{"id":297217,"date":"2025-11-17T14:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T14:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/297217\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T14:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T14:41:08","slug":"aja-wilson-waxes-lyrical-over-perfect-boyfriend-bam-adebayos-undying-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/297217\/","title":{"rendered":"A’ja Wilson waxes lyrical over ‘perfect’ boyfriend Bam Adebayo’s undying support"},"content":{"rendered":"

WNBA champion A\u2019ja Wilson is undoubtedly going through the best part of her career after clinching her third title with the Las Vegas Aces<\/a> as well as a record-breaking fourth league MVP award this year.<\/p>\n

Now, Wilson has revealed the impact of the support system offered by her boyfriend, NBA star Bam Adebayo, through the season. And the Aces player has nothing but high praises for him as her biggest cheerleader.<\/p>\n

She made this known during an interview with Robin Roberts while appearing as a guest on the \u201cGood Morning America\u201d show on Thursday.<\/p>\n

When asked how they have been able to support themselves as professional athletes, Wilson said (Timestamp: 4:20):<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just what we do. I think that\u2019s our foundation that we just built when our relationship kind of first started and we were just like, you know, this isn\u2019t going to be easy.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, with our schedules and lifestyle, but at the end of the day, if we want it to work, we\u2019re going to make it work for each other\u2026 So, he\u2019s in my eyes, he\u2019s perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A\u2019ja Wilson<\/a> also stated that she feels Bam Adebayo is the right person for her, with the level of regular support he gives.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, he\u2019s human. But you know, the support that he gives always, it\u2019s incredible to think that I\u2019ve kind of met my match,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Adebayo and Wilson first sparked dating rumors last year when they were spotted spending time together ahead of the Paris Olympics in which they both competed in.<\/p>\n

In January 2025, Bam Adebayo<\/a> wore Wilson\u2019s signature Nike shoe on the court during a game between the Miami Heat and the Brooklyn Nets.<\/p>\n

Then in February this year, the Aces player publicly confirmed their relationship during her jersey retirement at the University of South Carolina.<\/p>\n

The power couple have since been seen multiple times publicly and have continued to support each other in important moments, with both social media posts and courtside appearances.<\/p>\n

Adebayo even compared the WNBA star to NBA legend Bill Russell<\/a> last month following her title-winning season, another sign of his undying love and support for her.<\/p>\n

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\t\tSince his first foray into online journalism in 2019, Peter Okereke has written widely on Entertainment and Pop Culture … More about Peter Okereke<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WNBA champion A\u2019ja Wilson is undoubtedly going through the best part of her career after clinching her third…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[650,8910,4677,99,434],"class_list":{"0":"post-297217","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-aja-wilson","9":"tag-bam-adebayo","10":"tag-las-vegas-aces","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}