A'ja Wilson Reacts to Winning Historic 5th WNBA MVP Award, Learned News from Kamala Harris

Las Vegas Aces superstar A'ja Wilson was named the WNBA MVP on Thursday for the fifth time, the most in the history of the league.

And she received the news from a very special messenger—former Vice President Kamala Harris:

As for the achievement, Wilson spoke about maintaining an MVP-worthy level of play.

"The crown gets heavy," she told reporters. "Wearing it gets heavy. It may tilt, it may slip, but my biggest thing is making sure it doesn't fall—and it doesn't just necessarily mean the crown falls on me, but it doesn't fall on anyone that may be wearing it... if you're going to wear the crown, if you're going to rock it, you've got to have an understanding that its going to get heavy. But it doesn't mean it's going to drop. Not on my watch."

Wilson, 30, has now been the MVP in five of the last seven WNBA seasons. No other player in league history has more than three. Her career accolades also include three WNBA titles, a Rookie of the Year award, three Defensive Player of the Year awards, eight All-Star Game appearances and five first-team All-WNBA nods.

Wilson's dominance cannot be denied. She led the WNBA in scoring (26.2 PPG), was fifth in rebounding (9.4 RPG), first in blocks (1.9 BPG), tied for 12th in steals (1.4 SPG) and shot an impressive 52.7 percent from the field and 40.4 percent from three.

The MVP voting wasn't even close, nor should it have been:

Per ESPN's Michael Voepel, Wilson became the first player in WNBA history to average 25 or more points points per game wh0ile shooting at least 50 percent from the field and 40 percent from three, and the only player who has ever averaged more points in a season than Wilson did this year was... herself, back in 2024 (26.4 PPG).

At this point—and with all apologies to Diana Taurasi—the GOAT debate in women's basketball may be settled.

"Like I've said, 'Take her off Mount Rushmore, she's Everest,'" Aces head coach Becky Hammon told Voepel. "Now I'm taking her off Everest, and I just have to put her on a different planet. You can be a really talented and skilled basketball player and not win as much as she has and not become individually great as much as she has. She's the most coachable player I've ever been around. There's a reason why she keeps coming back better and better each year."