Four-time WNBA champion. Three-time WNBA MVP. Three-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year. All-Star Game MVP. A record playoff triple-double. Three Olympic Gold medals.
These accolades belong to the one of the greatest women’s basketball players in the history of the sport. I respect her for her dedication, her leadership, her legacy, and the way she would just flat out play ball.
During her impressive stateside career, I daresay she was the best in the world. She was one of the quickest in the game. The quickest first step on offense you ever seen. Then, like a flash of lightning, she was swooping through for yet another steal and already at the other rim before you realized what happened.
She was one of those players you want on your team because she had extreme levels of basketball I.Q. She understood the game, and she understood spacing, and teamwork, and finishing, and free throws, and hustle plays, and leadership, and DEFENSE.
Sheryl Swoopes is a WNBA legend. It is my intention to convince you we should pay some kind of official honor to one of the WNBA’s pioneers. There should be some kind of recognition for both Swoopes as well as those of us that followed that brilliant WNBA career. And I think I have the answer. Get ready for it…
The Sheryl Swoopes Defensive Player of The Year Award.
It’s perfect! She was the first to win it thrice, after all. And then there is the added bonus of honoring her legacy. I think she deserves a proper “Thank You” for what she has done for the world of women’s basketball. It really can be summed up in the ever-appropriate chant: “Swoopes, There it is!”
Any thoughts? Leave comments!
Marcus
She's a player that set the bar, and even raised it a few times. I would think that is the least that could be done to honor what Swoopes brought to this league.
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