Elena Delle Donne continues her quest for the MVP
By Ian Levy
Elena Delle Donne has already won the Rookie of the Year and been named to two All-Star teams in her first two seasons in the WNBA. Now she’s in her third, and she’s already a lock for another All-Star appearance, and looks to be heading for the scoring title and the MVP as well.
She’s averaging a ridiculous 31.6 points a night, which gives her nearly an 11 point advantage in the race for the scoring title. Only two other players, Angel McCoughtry and DeWanna Bonner, are even averaging 20 points a night. Plus, Delle Donne is third in the league in rebounding, pulling down just over 9 rebounds a night. Oh and she’s leading the league in field goal percentage and blocks as well, because hey, why not?
Like Anthony Davis in the NBA, Delle Donne is doing more than meeting expectations for her game, she’s skyrocketing right past them. And all the while, she’s changing the way people think about power forwards.
Yesterday against the Atlanta Dream, Delle Donne continued her quest for the MVP by dropping a career-high 45 points in an overtime win. She also grabbed 11 rebounds, blocked 6 shots, and set the record for most consecutive made free throws in one game (19) in the process. It was truly an MVP performance, there’s not too much else to say about it.
I mean, just look at the move she makes for her first bucket. That’s unreal.
You can check out her full highlights here, courtesy of the WNBA. Just a special, special performance.