{"id":564462,"date":"2026-04-04T17:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/564462\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T17:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T17:00:25","slug":"aja-wilson-not-looking-anywhere-but-las-vegas-ahead-of-wnba-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/564462\/","title":{"rendered":"A’ja Wilson ‘not looking anywhere’ but Las Vegas ahead of WNBA free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

For weeks, the expectation has been that the Las Vegas Aces would re-sign superstar A\u2019ja Wilson<\/a> to a supermax contract whenever WNBA free agency came around. Now, Wilson\u2019s own words would appear to confirm that position.<\/p>\n

The New York Post\u2019s Madeline Kenney<\/a> reported Friday that Wilson, speaking from USA Basketball training camp, affirmed she isn\u2019t going anywhere after winning a third championship in four years with the Aces.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know exactly where I am. I know I love Vegas. I\u2019m not leaving Vegas, so I\u2019m not looking anywhere,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cI\u2019m looking to win another one. I\u2019m looking to defend a championship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilson\u2019s return may have been expected, but that makes it no less encouraging for Las Vegas fans to hear confirmation. Along with those three championships, Wilson has won four MVPs and three Defensive Player of the Year awards since she was drafted No. 1 overall by the Aces in 2018. In just eight years, she has built a resume that makes her worthy of the \u201cGreatest of All Time\u201d label.<\/p>\n

In a similar manner to Breanna Stewart\u2019s verbal commitment to the New York Liberty<\/a>, Wilson\u2019s words provide Las Vegas with some stability entering an unprecedented free agency period around the league. Knowing that a renewed collective bargaining agreement would create higher salaries, nearly every veteran signed deals that ended after the 2025 season \u2014 meaning more than 80% of the league is currently not under contract. That includes key Aces Chelsea Gray, Jackie Young and Jewell Loyd, so it\u2019s good to have certainty around the dynasty\u2019s centerpiece in Wilson.<\/p>\n

We still don\u2019t know when free agency will officially begin as the league transitions to the new CBA, but it is sure to feature fireworks.<\/p>\n

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As the WNBA\u2019s new CBA begins to get set into place, players and fans alike can begin to turn their attention to a jam-packed offseason, including the 2026 Draft and a historic Free Agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For weeks, the expectation has been that the Las Vegas Aces would re-sign superstar A\u2019ja Wilson to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":{"0":"post-564462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564462","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=564462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}