{"id":880787,"date":"2026-09-02T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/880787\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T14:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T14:00:12","slug":"diana-taurasi-names-wnba-player-she-thinks-could-average-30-or-maybe-even-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/880787\/","title":{"rendered":"Diana Taurasi names WNBA player she thinks could &#8216;average 30 or maybe even 35&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Diana Taurasi has had high praise for Las Vegas Aces player A\u2019ja Wilson during a podcast with Bill Simmons this week.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson is once again dominating the WNBA when it comes to points this season, and is currently averaging a league-high 26.0 per game.<\/p>\n<p>Kelsey Mitchell of the Indiana Fever is second (25.0), followed by her teammate, Caitlin Clark (22.5).<\/p>\n<p>But now, Taurasi has suggested that Wilson could be the first player in the league\u2019s history to average 30 or more points.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"790\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2290657496-1024x790.jpg\" alt=\"A'ja Wilson #22 of the Las Vegas Aces reacts after being called for a foul against the Minnesota Lynx in the third quarter of their game at Michelob ULTRA Arena\" class=\"wp-image-2606091\" \/>Photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty ImagesDiana Taurasi backs A\u2019ja Wilson to average 30 points<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/5n7d1mrZ6hQrLEz3Z00JV8?si=9kJ8iRdYSxeBBZQ7qqQMIw&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=b5fe57826eae468f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Bill Simmons Podcast<\/a>, she stated: \u201cWell, when I say someone is going to average 30 or maybe even 35, it\u2019s going to be her [Wilson].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Right before making that claim, Taurasi outlined why A\u2019ja is \u2018so impressive\u2019, highlighting the work she does on her game during the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-WNBA star explained: \u201cBut the thing with A\u2019ja that\u2019s so impressive, I\u2019ve never seen a player, and I always have these deep conversations with other basketball minds who I trust.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019m like, you are who you are, there\u2019s not a lot of players that I met earlier on in my career that just became a great passer or a great decision maker, or a great shooter. Yeah, you can improve a little bit, but usually who you are is who you are.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I saw A\u2019ja in college, I would have never thought she would\u2019ve got to this point, to be honest. And that\u2019s just a credit to her, being in the gym.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, people always say, \u2018Well, you know, during the summer, I want to add this\u2019, she actually did it. Every summer, every offseason, she\u2019s added something. That\u2019s really hard to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilson already holds the record for the highest points per game average across one season, earning a total of 26.87 back in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Her current 2026 average would also be the second-highest in WNBA history, overtaking Taurasi\u2019s total of 25.29 from 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Diana Taurasi has had high praise for Las Vegas Aces player A\u2019ja Wilson&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[4662,49,48,35220,82,630],"class_list":["post-880787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-aja-wilson","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-diana-taurasi","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880787","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=880787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}