WNBA Spotlight: A’ja Wilson 🏀

Posted on March 11, 2025 by riahb3

Posted By Riah June 2, 2023

Happy Friday! & Happy June!

Some announcements June 7- My first cookbook will be available for sale. I’m super excited about it & Agent 0 ( Gilbert Arenas) blog will be live June 19 🙂 So be on the lookout for those two things!

Let’s jump right in with another LEO! 🙂

A’ja Wilson who is now entering her 5th full year in the WNBA and coming off a championship for the Las Vegas Aces is currently in season. She is also the defending league MVP & Defensive Player of the year.

A’ja in the beginning wasn’t too fond of basketball, actually wasn’t too interested in it until late in highschool. But once she fell in love with the game it was a wrap lol.

A’ja attended South Carolina under coach Dawn Staley and let’s put it this way, when you hear South Carolina University you immediately think of A’ja Wilson. She is a household legend. She dominated in college and just fun to watch. She is a baller! Her legacy is cemented at the University with a statue.

How cool is that?!

Between 2020-2022, A’ja as a center averaged 19+ points per game, made the All- Star team every year with the exception of the covid year, and first team All WNBA. Not to mention she is super down to earth and never forgets the sacrifices she has made as well as her parents. The relationship she has with her family is everything.

Your support system is sometimes the extra push you need to keep going no matter what you are working on.

Also some of her endorsements include Nike, Ruffles, and Mountain Dew! 🙂 Always bet on yourself if you can, you never know where it will lead you.

Having a strong support system is just as vital too. It keeps you going, grounded, & motivated.

I always appreciate my readers & supporters!

See you guys next week!

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Welcome Back BG!!

Posted on March 11, 2025 by riahb3

Posted By Riah May 15, 2023

The WNBA 2023 Season is among us!

Teams are prepping to begin the season this coming week. Crazy how fast time flies, seems like the Las Vegas Aces just won the championship!

They will be defending their title win.

The big news all season will be the return of Brittney Griner. As many of you know she was detained in Russia for months and with the help of President Biden, She is now home, healing and returning to the game. Mistake on her part, I’m just glad she is safe and can be back on US Soil. I wish her the best of luck. The only reason she was playing over seas like most of her WNBA counterparts is due to lack of salary the league offers.

If you were unaware the NBA salaries to WNBA are vastly different by milllions of dollars. The #1 overall draft pick for the WNBA averages a salary of rougly $78,000 a year not including endorsements or now NIL deals. It’s sad that for as long as the WNBA has been established, the money, resources to keep players and their families happy. Playing overseas has most often than not been an option once the regular season ends. After the Griner situation, most WNBA players were reconsidering the thought of traveling to play.

I hope in years to come to the WNBA can be just as lucrative as the NBA. They also need more teams. 12 WNBA teams isn’t going to cut it especially if the players that are drafted don’t actually make the the roster.

This was somewhat news to me, I didn’t realize if you are drafted late you aren’t guaranteed a roster spot even if the team really wants you and markets you.

A direct example of this was shown with the Conneticut Sun. They drafted Alexis Morris from the National Championship LSU Tigers. She was had to basically try out to make the team only for Connecticut to waive her.
You work so hard to make it to your dream job, have them promote you, only to be let go.

I’m sure it is a frustrating process but I know Alexis will get picked up somewhere if not , her next option is overseas.

We will have to wait and see how everything comes together for her. I know it will! Good Luck to you Alexis, BG and all of the WNBA players on the upcoming season.

Never give up and if anything always bet on yourself:)

That will wrap up today’s blog! See you guys for Football Friday!! The new schedule is here! Let’s talk about it!!

Thanks for reading!

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