Congratulations to the Dallas Wings’ Satou Sabally, winner of the 2023 KIA WNBA Most Improved Player Award.
Sabally claimed 37 of 60 votes from a panel of media members. The Los Angeles Sparks’ Jordin Canada finished second with 18 votes, while the Chicago Sky’s Alanna Smith was third with three votes. The Minnesota Lynx’s Napheesa Collier and Washington Mystics’ Brittney Sykes each received one vote.
The No. 2 pick in the 2020 draft and a two-time All-Star, Sabally blossomed into a certified star in her fourth season in the WNBA, posting career bests across the board with 18.6 points, 8.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.8 steals per game. She is the second player in Wings franchise history to win the award, joining Skylar Diggins-Smith (2014).
Satou Sabally actually is a unicorn
Over the last decade, “unicorn” emerged as a fashionable moniker, most prominently applied to young NBA players who, despite approaching or exceeding 7-feet tall, had the theoretical ability to operate as an offensive threat from the perimeter while maintaining a more traditional post skillset….
