New Contender for MVP in the WNBA | Jessica Benson Show
star of last night was Alyssa Thomas. And we were just talking about how Alyssa Thomas is the only WNBA player in history to have back-to-back triple doubles. Now she has had backto backto back triple doubles as she had her third straight in last night’s game with 18 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists. Alyssa Thomas is going to mess around and steal this MVP from Nfisa Collier if she keeps playing at this level and if the Mercury keep winning as they have been. Um, no other WNBA player has ever done that before. Like, it is just Alyssa Thomas. And in the last three games, she has had 41 points, 33 rebounds, and 32 assist. It was cool. I think that her final assist that got her into triple double territory was a pass to Dana Bonner, who hit a three. So, the connectivity, obviously, they are a couple, and so to have that moment between the two of them was very cool. But Alyssa Thomas has been awesome. And especially with Nfisa Collier being hurt right now, it did feel as if it was Nefisa Collier’s MVP to lose. I mean, we’ve been calling it MVP for the majority of this season. And it’s no disrespect to Nefisa Collier who’s been tremendous for the Lyns and the number one team in the WNBA this season and the front runners to win WNBA championship. But like Alyssa Thomas has just been awesome. The fact that we’re even having a conversation is a testament to at she’s been awesome and the team success is now showing. Yes. As as well where and the team has been they they hadn’t been losing a bunch of games. I’m not saying that but they’ve been around third or fourth in the W for as far as I can recall like most of the season. Well, now you look at the standings and I think they’re h either half game back or half game up on the Liberty Force that second spot. And so now it becomes uh okay, here’s the first best, here’s the first best, here’s the best team, here’s the second best team, and they both got incredible uh players with incredible stats. Now, we can just we can just sort of look at the stats because the team success is there for both of these these franchises right now. Both of those women at and Nishia Collier are playing outside of their minds coupled with their team success. She has played her way squarely into the MVP conversation. Um, I’m not saying that if I if the season ended right now, I’d vote for her as MVP, but she’s she is there. It was for most of the year. Nicia call, you’re way up here, and then everybody else sort of down here trying to chase it down. Well, now it’s boom, neck and neck. Those two are your clear uh one and two uh in the MVP race, 1A, 1B. And listen, I it would be remiss of me to say, you know, the the Atlanta Dream play last night now had a had a really good game. That makes me happy. But Alicia Gary did drops dropped 25. And listen, man, I understand whispering. I It’s It’s back to a whisper. It’s a little whisper. It’s back to a whisper. But a little whisper, but I’ll say that the Atlanta Dream are actually tied with the Phoenix Mercury in the standings, and they’re both a half game behind the New York Liberty. Four straight. The Dream has won four straight. Now, I don’t know what Alicia He was against this guy last night. You got to be who you got to be. Like, I don’t listen. Play the team in front of you. Play that’s all you can do. I don’t know what Alicia I don’t know what Alicia can do to like get neck andneck with those other two, but she’s having a hell of a season. Hell of a season. She is. Alicia MVP.
There’s a new contender for WNBA MVP: Alyssa Thomas, who just recorded her third consecutive triple-double. While many assumed Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier would run away with the award, Alyssa Thomas of the Phoenix Mercury has firmly played her way into the conversation.
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