A’ja Wilson is looking for her second consecutive WNBA title with the Las Vegas Aces, and one of her biggest fans is her former college coach, Dawn Staley. In an exclusive interview with CBS Sports HQ, the South Carolina coach described the WNBA superstar and what makes her great.
“She’s crazy,” Staley said of Wilson. “She is crazy good. Meaning she is funny, she is smart. She has an incredible appetite, insatiable desire to be great.”
Wilson has one of the biggest personalities in the league, but behind all her banter on social media and funny moments off the court, she is a serious competitor. Wilson played for Staley from 2014–2018, and she helped South Carolina win its first ever national title in 2017.
Five years later, Wilson led the Aces to their first WNBA title, but now she is looking to repeat — a feat she wasn’t able to accomplish at South Carolina. Staley said she would like nothing more than to see it happen, and she told a story about what Wilson is doing to prepare.
“She’s probably going to kill me for saying this, but it actually brought me to tears. She texted me probably a week ago, that was before Game 1 of the Finals, and she asked me for Sheryl Swoopes’ number,” Staley…
