{"id":542929,"date":"2026-03-24T19:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T19:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/542929\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T19:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T19:57:08","slug":"aja-wilson-sends-personal-message-about-bam-adebayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/542929\/","title":{"rendered":"A\u2019ja Wilson Sends Personal Message About Bam Adebayo"},"content":{"rendered":"

A’ja Wilson is coming off the most decorated individual season in WNBA<\/a> history, becoming the first player ever to win MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, scoring title, and Finals MVP in the same year while leading the Las Vegas Aces<\/a> to their third championship in four seasons.<\/p>\n

However, her celebratory moment hasn’t stopped in this WNBA offseason as well. In the second week of March, her boyfriend Bam Adebayo<\/a> scored 83 points against the Washington Wizards<\/a>, passing Kobe Bryant<\/a> for the second-most points in an NBA<\/a> game.<\/p>\n

Wilson was there courtside to celebrate and later sat next to the Miami Heat<\/a> center during the postgame press conference. When Adebayo credited her for inspiring his performance, the public moment put their relationship back in the spotlight.<\/p>\n

Wilson, however, showed no interest in downplaying it. In a recent interview, the four-time MVP was open and direct about where things stand.<\/p>\n

“I’m in love,” she said<\/a>, “but I also have to credit Bam because he loves me properly. I think that doesn’t get talked about a lot. He loves me on my days where I don’t know if I love myself, and he does it in a way that’s not love-bombing. It’s more, ‘What do you need?'”<\/p>\n

With a grin on her face, she then added, “Granted, he’s attractive, yes. But the real reason is he just knows how to love me properly. And my parents like him, so.”<\/p>\n

They were first publicly linked during the 2024 Paris Olympics<\/a> before Wilson officially confirmed the relationship in Feb. 2025 at the NBA All-Star Weekend. When asked about marriage in a Time 2025 Athlete of the Year interview, Wilson said she hoped she wasn’t wasting her time.<\/p>\n

Adebayo echoed the sentiment about public scrutiny, telling reporters that fans will know about a proposal because people are nosy and they’ll look at her hands.<\/p>\n

Her finances will change significantly in 2026. After playing on “team-friendly” deals that paid her around $200,000 a year, she is now expected to break the million by re-signing with the Aces, thanks to the new verbal CBA agreement.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Aces are scheduled to open their season on May 9 at T-Mobile Arena against the Phoenix Mercury. They will hold their ring ceremony that same evening to celebrate their 2025 championship.<\/p>\n

Related: Caitlin Clark Request Emerges Before WNBA Season<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Mar 24, 2026, where it first appeared in the WNBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A’ja Wilson is coming off the most decorated individual season in WNBA history, becoming the first player ever…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[188707,8910,7566,4677,8173,355,5551,99,11948,434],"class_list":{"0":"post-542929","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-a39ja-wilson","9":"tag-bam-adebayo","10":"tag-kobe-bryant","11":"tag-las-vegas-aces","12":"tag-miami-heat","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-phoenix-mercury","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-washington-wizards","17":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542929","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=542929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}