Dawn Staley says A'ja Wilson is already best player in WNBA history, backs her for MVP: 'Argue with a wall'

‘There is nobody doing it like A’ja,’ Staley told CBS Sports

Whether or not Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson gets her fifth MVP award this year, South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said Wilson is already the greatest player in WNBA history. However, Staley clarified that she should win her third straight MVP this season, and if you don't agree, you can "argue with a wall." "She's already the GOAT. She has done things that no other player has done," Staley, who coached Wilson at South Carolina from 2014 to 2018, told CBS Sports. "This is what, her eighth or ninth year in the league? I don't know how many years. To be the MVP in half of those years, with one in question two years ago?

Three years ago? I don't know which one it was." Staley was referring to 2023, when Wilson controversially finished third behind Breanna Stewart and Alyssa Thomas in the tightest three-way MVP race in WNBA history. That year, Wilson infamously received a fourth-place vote and was not happy about it. Her revenge? Leading the Aces to another WNBA title and wearing a T-shirt featuring the voting breakdown during the championship parade. Wilson already has the most MVP awards in WNBA history with four, and is the heavy favorite to win again and become the first player in league history to win the award three years