The Las Vegas Aces say they have become the first team in WNBA history to sell out season tickets.Margaret Fleming of Front Office Sports relayed the information from the Aces, who sold 8,600 season-ticket memberships for the 2024 season at the 10,000-seat Michelob Ultra Arena.The Aces have won back-to-back champions and could very well three-peat in 2024. Two-time WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson leads a core that includes fellow 2023 All-Stars Kelsey Plum, Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young. Candace Parker is also back with the team after missing the back half of 2023 with a fracture in her foot.
During last year’s Finals, I started to ask Aces point guard Chelsea Gray whether WIlson might someday be considered the best player ever, and she cut me off before I could finish the question: “Yes.” She added: “It should already be starting to be talked about.” A year later, Gray’s point was proved in a most painful way: She injured her left foot in Game 3 of the Finals and sat out Game 4, and Wilson led the Aces to a title-clinching win in New York anyway.
When the WNBA named the 25 best players in league history in 2021—through a vote of media and WNBA figures—Wilson was not on the list. But for those who have watched her closely, Wilson’s performance in this series was more affirmative than transformative. They knew. Now everybody should.
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