Aces star honored as one of WNBA’s top 25 players ever

Time to adhd different grant to Angel McCoughtry’s resume. The Aces’ helping connected Sunday was named to “The W25” arsenic 1 of the WNBA’s 25 top and astir influential players.

The database was unveiled arsenic portion of the league’s 25th day festivities. A sheet comprised of the league’s media and luminaries voted. The selections were honored astatine halftime of the Aces’ crippled against the Chicago Sky.

“These athletes person played the crippled astatine the highest level connected the tribunal — they are scorers and rebounders, assistance makers and antiaircraft stoppers, leaders and mentors,” WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said successful a statement.

“In the community, they person almighty voices, individually and collectively, speaking retired connected important issues successful our society. Together, they person transformed the mode the crippled is played, changed the mode athletes are viewed, go unthinkable relation models, and inspired generations of young, divers athletes.”

McCoughtry is 1 of 10 progressive players named to The WNBA Top 25, joining Sue Bird, Tina Charles, Elena Delle Donne, Sylvia Fowles, Brittney Griner, Nneka Ogwumike, Candace Parker, Breanna Stewart and Diana Taurasi.

The 34-year-old is 1 of the astir dynamic helping players successful WNBA past and 1 of its champion two-way players. Selected with the No. 1 wide prime by the Atlanta Dream successful 2009 aft a standout vocation astatine Louisville, McCoughtry is simply a five-time All-Star, six-time All-WNBA honoree, 8 clip All-Defensive enactment and two-time scoring champion.

She helped the Dream scope the WNBA Finals connected 3 occasions and was portion of the Aces’ archetypal Finals tally successful the autumn aft signing with the franchise past February.

She’s averaged 18.7 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals successful 309 games spanning parts of 12 seasons. She’s missed each but 1 crippled this play with a torn ACL, but remains an integral portion of the locker country arsenic a leader.

She played the last seconds of a 78-71 victory implicit the Atlanta Dream connected Aug. 26, earning a lukewarm ovation from her erstwhile location crowd.

Fans volition person an accidental to ballot for the subordinate they deem to beryllium the top successful WNBA past opening astatine 2 p.m. Voting concludes Sept. 19 and is disposable via Twitter oregon the league’s authoritative website.

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