12h29 CEST
11/10/2025
Becky Hammon believes A'ja Wilson is one of a kind, after the WNBA's four-time MVP helped the Las Vegas Aces secure their third championship title.
The Aces secured a 97-86 victory over the Phoenix Mercury on Friday to complete a clean sweep in the league's first best-of-seven Finals.
Wilson was in the middle of the action once again, scoring a team-high 31 points, as well as getting nine rebounds, four assists and three blocks.
Across the Finals, she averaged 28.5 points, 11.8 rebounds and two blocks in total.
"You have your Mount Rushmore, she's alone on Everest," Hammon said of Wilson. "There's no one around.
"By the time it's all said and done, she will be the greatest to ever do it. She doesn't have any limitations. She's the biggest, she's the most athletic, her skill set, and then also her willingness to make the right play."
Take a bow, A'ja Wilson https://t.co/xJRCztIMRA
— NBA (@NBA) October 11, 2025
Jewell Loyd, who scored 12 points off the bench, also lauded Wilson, noting how she pushes those around her to do better simply by performing.
"She can reach a level that most players can't," Loyd said. "It's not just about her MVPs - it's just how she plays all the time.
"If she wants to get a bucket, she's going to get a bucket. If she wants to get a stop, she's going to get a stop.
"We know all the work she puts in. When your best player is doing all that, we don't have a reason to take any plays off."
But Wilson was quick to credit her team-mates' role in Las Vegas' success, and noted how vital Hammon was to their push for the title.
"I would never be who I am without my team-mates," she said. "Greatness is being patient, waiting on your turn, waiting on your moment. And I think that's what defines us. You've got to be great when the lights aren't on you.
"You've got to be great when nobody's in the gym with you. You may not get anything in the end. That is what greatness is to me, because that is consistency, and that is just you doing the right things because it's right.
"Good things happen to the right people. And that's what you see in [our] locker room."