Even off the court, Wilson reigns. Her first Nike shoe, the A\u2019One, sold out within minutes in 2025. Wilson took its sister, the Nike A\u2019Two, for a European tour this spring. She\u2019s walking carpets and trying out voice acting; her appearance on Hot Ones went viral after she stopped to pray for deliverance from the spicy wings.<\/p>\n
Becky Hammon, who\u2019s been coaching the Aces since 2022, has seen the change in her star player. \u201cShe went from a young girl to a woman\u201d over the last few years, says Hammon. \u201cHer work ethic, her groundedness\u2014she just has all the pieces. She holds the locker room accountable, and she can only do that when she\u2019s holding herself to the highest standard.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wilson\u2019s height and regal bearing make her an ideal conduit for bold fashion; you\u2019d be hard-pressed to find another athlete who can wear head-to-toe Rick Owens as credibly as she does. On the trip for the Nike A\u2019Two, Wilson posed in Jacquemus outside of the Louvre Pyramid by I.M. Pei.<\/p>\n
Though Wilson has been in the national spotlight since high school, her transformation wasn\u2019t inevitable. Her mother, Eva, still remembers the days when Wilson would buy $10 hoodies at Goodwill. \u201cYou\u2019re able to develop a sense of style when you have money to pay for it,\u201d Eva says over the phone with a knowing laugh. \u201cLet\u2019s just be real\u2014you can do a whole lot when you got money.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Wilsons were hands-on parents, though there was a clear division of labor. \u201cRoscoe was the athletic side. I was the academic side,\u201d says Eva, who shares Wilson\u2019s blunt yet affable manner and Southern twang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even off the court, Wilson reigns. Her first Nike shoe, the A\u2019One, sold out within minutes in 2025.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[3499,99,275763,434],"class_list":["post-638639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-from-the-magazine","tag-sports","tag-sports-issue-2026","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638639","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=638639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}