It’s time to predict the WNBA award winners. We’ve taken a look at the Rookie of the Year, Sixth Player of the Year and Most Improved Player.
So, who will be the Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY) in 2024?
A’ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces)
It’s been A’ja Wilson’s league for the past two seasons, and the rest of us have just been here to witness it. She’s won every award imaginable, from Finals MVP to regular season MVP to WNBA titles to back-to-back DPOY awards.
Offensively, Wilson has been a juggernaut; defensively, she’s been as inevitable as death, with preventative measures being the only counters.
You might try to make her work more on both ends of the floor and force her to defend the perimeter more, but she’s comfortable with it all. In the end, if you even get a shot up, she will swat it into the stands. She had a league-leading 89 rejections in 2023 and likely will produce similar numbers in 2024.
Wilson undoubtedly will be a frontrunner for the award, but having won it twice, will voter fatigue set in? Can someone else take it from her?
Alyssa Thomas (Connecticut Sun)
Alyssa Thomas has been the runner-up for DPOY for the last two seasons. Will this be the season she can best Wilson and be the best defender in the WNBA?
