As of last Tuesday, the fans had voted for A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Brittney Griner, Aliyah Boston, Jackie Young, Jewell Loyd, Satou Sabally, Elena Delle Donne, Arike Ogunbowale and Kelsey Plum to be the 2023 WNBA All-Star starters. One week later, here’s the vote that I cast:
Frontcourt (in alphabetical order)
- Brittney Griner
- Nneka Ogwumike
- Satou Sabally
- Breanna Stewart
- Alyssa Thomas
- A’ja Wilson
Stewie looks like the early frontrunner for MVP, and it isn’t really even close in my opinion. She’s averaging 23.9 points, 10.8 rebounds, four assists, 1.7 steals and 2.1 blocks! All are career highs, including the steals (by 0.05 over 2020). And it’s all while shooting 50/40/80. She’s a lock to make her fifth ASG and fourth ASG start; she should also be experiencing being a captain for the second time.
AT finished fourth in MVP voting last year, but still didn’t get enough respect entering this season. Not enough people believed she would be a perennial Top 5 player. Well, now she’s second in the WNBA when you add up the five major statistical categories (per game with assists counting times 1.5), behind only Stewie. Hopefully the media and players can bump her up into the starter field because as of last Tuesday she was over 8,000 votes behind the…
