WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson’s award got here with a heartfelt, but hilarious, shock.
Wilson was offered the MVP trophy on Friday by WNBA commissioner Cathy Englebert, with a shock from her boyfriend, Miami Warmth ahead Bam Adebayo, who handed her the trophy.
However that wasn’t the one shock. A pair of supporters additionally confirmed up for the league’s first-ever four-time MVP in their very own colourful method.
Mark Davis, proprietor of the Las Vegas Aces and Las Vegas Raiders, attended the occasion, together with Wilson’s father, Roscoe Wilson Jr. The 2, along with the Aces workers, wore pink wigs in tribute to the pink hair A’ja wore on media day, which matched the debut colorway of her signature A’One sneaker.
Davis inherited the Raiders — who face the Washington Commanders right this moment — when the franchise nonetheless resided in Oakland, after his father, Al Davis, died in 2011. He then bought the Aces in 2021.
Wilson, 29, joined elite firm within the basketball realm as one among 4 gamers to earn the distinction 4 occasions earlier than the age of 30, becoming a member of Invoice Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James.
Wilson was additionally named Co-Defensive Participant of the Yr alongside the Minnesota Lynx’s Alanna Smith, averaging 2.3 blocks per recreation.
Wilson averaged 23.4 factors, 10.2 rebounds and three.1 assists per recreation for the Aces through the 2025 WNBA common season.