{"id":350235,"date":"2025-12-17T03:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T03:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/350235\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T03:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T03:15:09","slug":"fever-coach-stephanie-white-leaves-no-doubt-about-the-wnbas-best-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/350235\/","title":{"rendered":"Fever Coach Stephanie White Leaves No Doubt About the WNBA\u2019s Best Player"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a case to be made that Las Vegas Aces star forward A’ja Wilson is already the greatest women’s basketball player of all time, despite the fact that she’s still not even 30 years old. <\/p>\n

Wilson just concluded a 2025 campaign that saw her win her third WNBA championship, her fourth league MVP (and second consecutive), and the 2025 Co-Defensive Player of the Year Award (which is her third time winning). She has accomplished everything there is to accomplish in the sport and has left an indelible mark on women’s basketball. <\/p>\n

Wilson has been showered with accolades since the WNBA season ended, including being named <\/a>the Time 2025 Athlete of the Year and The Sporting News 2025 Female Athlete of the Year, the latter of which was announced on December 16. <\/p>\n

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Oct 10, 2025; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson (22) shoots a free throw during the first half of game four of the 2025 WNBA Finals at Mortgage Matchup Center. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images | Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Stephanie White Praises ‘Best Player in the World’ A’ja Wilson<\/p>\n

Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White had to worry about defending Wilson during the 2025 WNBA Semifinals, which the Fever narrowly lost in five games. But now that the season is over, White can enjoy and articulate Wilson’s greatness, which she did when speaking with Sporting News’ Mike Decourcy for a December 16 article<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cNo. 1, it\u2019s her skill set: Her ability to knock down jumpers, to attack you off the bounce, score high-degree-of-difficult shots, fadeaways. She has such a high release point,\u201d White said of Wilson. \u201cIt\u2019s the way Becky uses her, too, when they invert actions, bring her off of screens. You guard her with a post player, try to get length and size, and they\u2019re not used to defending off of pin-downs and pin-aways, those kinds of things. Her IQ and her activity \u2013 all of those things make her hard to guard. <\/p>\n

“Just like any great player, you\u2019re not going to stop them. You just want to make them make the toughest shot possible for 40 minutes,” White continued. <\/p>\n

Stephanie White speaking about A\u2019ja abilities and greatness \u203c\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/hyEL1UYbaY<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/rT2e9vZqUn<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe thing that\u2019s impressed me most is just the way that her game has evolved,\u201d White continued. \u201cShe was just such a dominant low-block player. You had to put one player behind her and one in front, try to sandwich her and keep her from getting the ball. She\u2019s developed perimeter and face-up skills to just become the best player in the world. <\/p>\n

“She has an intensity level about her, a discipline about the way she does things. You don\u2019t often see players who don\u2019t play in the offseason come back and have the same rhythm, timing. It\u2019s like she hasn\u2019t lost anything. That\u2019s a tribute to how she works in the offseason,” White added. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou see greatness, the best in the world, someone who\u2019s won multiple championships and is still hungry \u2013 multiple championships and MVPs \u2013 and is still hungry, still not satisfied.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fever fans are hoping that another player who wears No. 22 can be the WNBA’s best player in the near future. <\/p>\n

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