""I just don't want people to keep moving the bar on A'ja," Hammon told ESPN. "And if you've got voter fatigue, you shouldn't be voting. I don't let someone who plays tired keep playing; they've got to come out of the game. "I'm like, 'Don't get tired of A'ja.' Because what you're watching is amazing." Voter fatigue didn't affect Wilson this season. She received 51 of 72 first-place votes in earning MVP. Wilson has now won the MVP award in half of her eight WNBA seasons."
""Wilson was so dominant last season that there was no suspense around who would be MVP. And it isn't just the best MVP season for Wilson; we ranked it as the best MVP season in WNBA history a year ago. Wilson set the league record for scoring average (26.9), while also averaging career highs in rebounds (11.9) and blocks (2.6). She notched her second-highest field goal percentage (51.8). She received every first-place vote, only the second unanimous MVP choice in league history, joining Houston's Cynthia Cooper in 1997, the league's inaugural season.""
A'ja Wilson has earned four WNBA MVP awards and has won the honor in four of her eight seasons. Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon warned against voter fatigue and urged voters not to move the bar on Wilson. Wilson received 51 of 72 first-place votes in the most recent MVP voting. The 2024 MVP season was unanimous, with Wilson setting a league scoring average record (26.9) and posting career highs in rebounds (11.9) and blocks (2.6) while shooting 51.8 percent. Missing out on the 2023 MVP helped fuel her dominant 2024 campaign.
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