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Bam Adebayo Appears To Endorse A'ja Wilson For Unanimous MVP Of WNBA

Shandel Richardson

Sep 11, 2024; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Indiana Fever forward Katie Lou Samuelson (33) attempts to block Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson (22) on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, during a game between the Indiana Fever and the Las Vegas Aces at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Aces defeated the Fever, 86-75. Mandatory Credit: Grace Smith
Sep 11, 2024; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Indiana Fever forward Katie Lou Samuelson (33) attempts to block Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson (22) on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, during a game between the Indiana Fever and the Las Vegas Aces at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Aces defeated the Fever, 86-75. Mandatory Credit: Grace Smith / Grace Smith/USA TODAY Network via Imagn Images
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No doubt, this is the year of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese in the WNBA.

This is fine because of the attention they bring to the game, but the league still belongs to Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson. And apparently Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo thinks so, too.

Adebayo appeared to drop an endorsement for Wilson to win unanimous MVP this season. He posted on X: "U'nanimous."

It was an obvious play off the apostrophe in Wilson's first name.

Wilson had 27 points in the Aces' 86-75 victory Wednesday against Clark and the Indiana Fever. She has 956 points, breaking Jewell Loyd's single-season record of 939 from last year. Wilson is on pace to become the first to score 1,000 points in WNBA history.

"It feels great because now people will stop talking about it," Wilson told reporters after the game. "Felt like it was just like lingering, lingering, lingering, so I'm glad that we got it done.

"I don't want to sound cliché when I say this, but I don't get any of that without every single teammate along the way. And I'm so grateful to be able to play with selfless women. They give it their all every single day, and they're their pure selves, and that's what I love the most," she added, holding back tears. "My teammates, they're the heartbeat, they keep me going."

While Clark and Reese are driving Internet clicks, Wilson is just adding to the case of her being the best player in the league. She is on the way to a third MVP award.

And Adebayo wants everyone to know.

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star.  TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here