[WBB] Comments that don't warrant their own thread 2022-??
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Las Vegas Aces’ Tiffany Hayes Named 2024 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year
Hayes is a twelve-year veteran and a former All-Star, who hasn't come off the bench since her second year, so this is only noteworthy in that it makes the fifth time in the last six seasons that a player on the Las Vegas Aces won 6POY.
It's the seventeenth time that one team won the same award two or more years in a row:
1997-98 Houston Comets (Cynthia Cooper x2)
1997-98 New York Liberty (Teresa Weatherspoon x2)
2002-03 Houston Comets (Sheryl Swoopes x2)
2005-06 Indiana Fever (Tamika Catchings x2)
2005-06 Sacramento Monarchs (Nicole Powell, Erin Perperoglou)
2009-10 Indiana Fever (Tamika Catchings x2)
2009-11 Phoenix Mercury (DeWanna Bonner x3)
2010-11 New York Liberty (Leilani Mitchell, Kia Vaughn)
2014-15 Chicago Sky (Allie Quigley x2)
2014-15 Phoenix Mercury (Brittney Griner x2)
2015-16 Seattle Storm (Jewell Loyd, Breanna Stewart)
2017-18 Washington Mystics (Alana Beard x2)
2019-20 Minnesota Lynx (Napheesa Collier, Crystal Dangerfield)
2019-21 Las Vegas Aces (Dearica Hamby x2, Kelsey Plum)
2022-23 Las Vegas Aces (A'ja Wilson x2)
2023-24 Indiana Fever (Aliyah Boston, Caitlin Clark)
2023-24 Las Vegas Aces (Alysha Clark, Tiffany Hayes)
Most Valuable Player
Defensive Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Sixth Player of the Year
Most Improved Player
Something that caught my eye: Alysha Clark and Tiffany Hayes winning consecutive 6POY awards marks the third time in league history that a team won the same postseason award in consecutive years with players that they did not draft. The two previous times were 2005-06 Sacramento Monarchs (MIP) and 2014-15 Chicago Sky (6POY).
Something else that caught my eye: there have been four times in WNBA history that the same franchise has gotten the Number One overall pick two or more years in a row (Storm 2000-01, Storm 2015-16, Aces 2017-19, Fever 2023-24), but the same team has only won ROY back-to-back seasons two out of those four times. The 2019-20 Minnesota Lynx is the only team to have won ROY in back-to-back seasons without having the Number One pick in either season.
Hayes is a twelve-year veteran and a former All-Star, who hasn't come off the bench since her second year, so this is only noteworthy in that it makes the fifth time in the last six seasons that a player on the Las Vegas Aces won 6POY.
It's the seventeenth time that one team won the same award two or more years in a row:
1997-98 Houston Comets (Cynthia Cooper x2)
1997-98 New York Liberty (Teresa Weatherspoon x2)
2002-03 Houston Comets (Sheryl Swoopes x2)
2005-06 Indiana Fever (Tamika Catchings x2)
2005-06 Sacramento Monarchs (Nicole Powell, Erin Perperoglou)
2009-10 Indiana Fever (Tamika Catchings x2)
2009-11 Phoenix Mercury (DeWanna Bonner x3)
2010-11 New York Liberty (Leilani Mitchell, Kia Vaughn)
2014-15 Chicago Sky (Allie Quigley x2)
2014-15 Phoenix Mercury (Brittney Griner x2)
2015-16 Seattle Storm (Jewell Loyd, Breanna Stewart)
2017-18 Washington Mystics (Alana Beard x2)
2019-20 Minnesota Lynx (Napheesa Collier, Crystal Dangerfield)
2019-21 Las Vegas Aces (Dearica Hamby x2, Kelsey Plum)
2022-23 Las Vegas Aces (A'ja Wilson x2)
2023-24 Indiana Fever (Aliyah Boston, Caitlin Clark)
2023-24 Las Vegas Aces (Alysha Clark, Tiffany Hayes)
Most Valuable Player
Defensive Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Sixth Player of the Year
Most Improved Player
Something that caught my eye: Alysha Clark and Tiffany Hayes winning consecutive 6POY awards marks the third time in league history that a team won the same postseason award in consecutive years with players that they did not draft. The two previous times were 2005-06 Sacramento Monarchs (MIP) and 2014-15 Chicago Sky (6POY).
Something else that caught my eye: there have been four times in WNBA history that the same franchise has gotten the Number One overall pick two or more years in a row (Storm 2000-01, Storm 2015-16, Aces 2017-19, Fever 2023-24), but the same team has only won ROY back-to-back seasons two out of those four times. The 2019-20 Minnesota Lynx is the only team to have won ROY in back-to-back seasons without having the Number One pick in either season.
So... there was an investigation into alleged bullying by the Seattle Storm coaching staff. The team released a statement earlier today saying that the investigation has concluded and found no wrongdoing on their part. And, less than two hours later, Seattle's star guard Jewell Loyd has requested a trade.
Hrmm...
Hrmm...
Diana Taurasi retires, ending legendary basketball career: 'I’m just full'
Fair Winds and Following Seas to an all-time great.
The first season of Unrivaled was a success, in my Personal Record Book™, flawless execution of a good concept. I will admit that I was bemused by how the Championship Final played out. Like, imagine if the United States had followed up the Miracle on Ice™ by losing to Finland? That's basically what happened in the Unrivaled Championship game.