Las Vegas Aces star forward A’ja Wilson is expected to not only win the 2024 WNBA MVP award this season, but potentially become the first unanimous MVP winner since legend Cynthia Cooper did so with the Houston Comets in 1997.
While this year’s MVP race isn’t close, last year’s certainly was. It came down to Wilson, New York Liberty star forward Breanna Stewart, and Connecticut Sun standout Alyssa Thomas.
Many people believed Wilson — who won 2022 WNBA MVP — should have won again in 2023. Yet, Wilson ended up taking 3rd place behind both Stewart (who won) and Thomas…