{"id":725466,"date":"2026-06-09T16:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/725466\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T16:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:04:09","slug":"aces-chelsea-gray-said-what-were-all-thinking-about-aja-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/725466\/","title":{"rendered":"Aces&#8217; Chelsea Gray said what we&#8217;re all thinking about A&#8217;ja Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A&#8217;ja Wilson on Monday did something that no WNBA player ever has done.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson keeps breaking new ground, and one of her All-Star teammates said what fans and observers often think when they see the Las Vegas Aces superstar play.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson became the first player ever to notch a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UnderdogWNBA\/status\/2064197852692119914?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">34-12-9 stat line<\/a>\u00a0as the Aces defeated the Seattle Storm, 101-91. Wilson, the league&#8217;s only four-time MVP, also became the quickest player to 6,000 career points as she dropped her second-best scoring game of the season to date.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/wnba\/las-vegas-aces\/news\/aja-wilsons-record-breaking-night-somehow-got-even-crazier\/64e5ee70b8e2ae4b18b3a201\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A&#8217;ja Wilson&#8217;s record-breaking night somehow got even crazier<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea Gray told USA Network postgame that Wilson is greatness personified, on and off the court, as the Aces&#8217; all-time assists leader revealed what it&#8217;s like to witness her in that zone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s amazing, man. She (never) ceases to amaze me,&#8221; Gray said. &#8220;I&#8217;m in awe a lot of the time. Just blessed to play with her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;I&#8217;m in awe a lot of the time&#8230; she&#8217;s what greatness is all about on and off the floor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea Gray on what it&#8217;s like playing alongside A&#8217;ja Wilson \u2b07\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jy9O5UkamS\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Jy9O5UkamS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 USA Sports (@usasports) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/usasports\/status\/2064201949143044571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 9, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Gray also said that Wilson &#8220;keeps getting better&#8221; &#8212; which is a scary concept to think about in relation to a player who already can do just about everything.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson this season is the WNBA&#8217;s leading scorer at 25.9 points per game. She leads the league in field goals made and attempted as well as shots blocked per game. She doesn&#8217;t turn 30 years old until August.<\/p>\n<p>The 8-3 Aces have the league&#8217;s second-best record behind the surging Minnesota Lynx. But as long as Wilson is healthy, Vegas will like their chances against anyone. After all, this team started 14-14 last season and went on to the win the championship anyone.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s greatness personified.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More WNBA news:<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A&#8217;ja Wilson on Monday did something that no WNBA player ever has done. Wilson keeps breaking new ground,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-725466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725466","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=725466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}