{"id":144382,"date":"2025-09-14T23:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T23:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/144382\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T23:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T23:47:09","slug":"azzi-fudd-makes-her-wnba-mvp-opinion-extremely-clear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/144382\/","title":{"rendered":"Azzi Fudd Makes Her WNBA MVP Opinion Extremely Clear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5c\">After her team&#8217;s regular season-ending win against the Golden State Valkyries on September 11, legendary Minnesota Lynx head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/womens-fastbreak\/news\/cheryl-reeve-refutes-becky-hammon-s-wnba-mvp-stance-01k4z4x7f3cj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cheryl Reeve stated her case<\/a> for why star player Napheesa Collier deserved to be the 2025 WNBA MVP. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5f\">&#8220;[The 50\/40\/90 season has] only been done once before, and that player was the MVP. Phee deserves that recognition. And the numbers don&#8217;t lie. And I think that&#8217;s something voters should look at. It&#8217;s done from start to finish. A 50\/40\/90 is historic. I don&#8217;t know how long it will be before it happens again. So Napheesa Collier has been the best player in the WNBA. She deserves MVP,&#8221; Reeve said, per <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/adukeMN\/status\/1966327490185495024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1966327490185495024%7Ctwgr%5E42b1db0461f8d2dc6f736e59f70647b316230bd9%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fonsi%2Fwomens-fastbreak%2Fnews%2Fcheryl-reeve-refutes-becky-hammon-s-wnba-mvp-stance-01k4z4x7f3cj\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">an X post <\/a>from Andrew Dukowitz. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5i\">She&#8217;s referencing the fact that Collier concluded the 2025 WNBA regular season with a 53.1% field goal percentage, a 40.3% three-point percentage, and a 90.6% field goal percentage. This made her the second player in WNBA history to record a 50\/40\/90 season, and the first to do so while averaging over 20 points per game (22.9, to be exact).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/01k55775qke7vedc1f80.jpg\" alt=\"Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier (24) looks on during a September 14, 2025 game\" title=\"Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier (24) looks on during a September 14, 2025 game\" width=\"5760\" height=\"5760\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"5r\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sep 14, 2025; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier (24) looks on against the Golden State Valkyries in the second half during game one of round one for the 2025 WNBA Playoffs at Target Center. Mandatory Credit: Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images | Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5v\">Just about everybody agrees that the MVP award is between Collier and A&#8217;ja Wilson. However, while Collier was once the clear favorite, it seems that the sentiment has shifted toward Wilson, given that Aces finished the regular season on a 16-game winning streak and Wilson dominated the entire league since the WNBA All-Star break in mid-July. <\/p>\n<p>UConn Star Azzi Fudd States WNBA MVP Opinion With 3-Words<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"61\">There are still many who agree with Reeve in thinking that Collier deserves her MVP recognition. One of these is UConn Huskies superstar and reigning NCAA national champion Azzi Fudd, who made this clear in a recent interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@theefashionmix\/video\/7549692702112222477\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">she did with TikTok&#8217;s @theefashionmix<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"64\">Fudd and her Huskies teammate, KK Arnold, were at New York Fashion Week when they ran into this fashion influencer. After speaking about their respective outfits, Fudd was asked to provide a WNBA take.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"67\">&#8220;Phee for MVP,&#8221; Fudd said. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6a\">&#8220;Same,&#8221; Arnold then said.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cPhee for MVP\u201d azzi knows ball\ud83d\ude42\u200d\u2195\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MVPhee?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#MVPhee<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hRsFhaIbeT\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/hRsFhaIbeT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ria\u2727\u02d6\u00b0 (@love_wbb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/love_wbb\/status\/1966992302221476341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6g\">Fudd didn&#8217;t have to offer any take about Paige Bueckers winning WNBA Rookie of the Year, given that&#8217;s a foregone conclusion at this point.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6j\">The Lynx have the rights to swap picks with the Sky in the 2026 WNBA Draft, which they will surely do given that the Sky will likely have one of the top three picks.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6m\">Therefore, many believe Minnesota could select Fudd with their pick, which would make her teammates with her 2025 WNBA MVP pick next season.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended Reading:<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After her team&#8217;s regular season-ending win against the Golden State Valkyries on September 11, legendary Minnesota Lynx head&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-144382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}