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Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson named most valuable player of WNBA basketball

(AP) – A’ja Wilson doesn’t remember much after figuring out that WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert was surprising her with the league’s MVP award.

The Aces star thought she was going to a league meeting Thursday when Engelbert started to talk about Wilson’s accomplishments this season.

“She was reading off my stats and that’s when it hit me what was going on,” Wilson said. “I wish I could tell you the rest, but I can’t because I was balling my eyes out.”

The No. 1 overall pick three years ago led the Aces to an 18-4 record during the shortened season and the top seed in the WNBA playoffs. Wilson averaged 20.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and two blocks this year for Las Vegas.

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