A’ja Wilson and the back-to-back defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces were scheduled to open the second half of their 2024 season against Breanna Stewart and the New York Liberty on Saturday at 4 p.m. ET, prompting a big reveal from the Aces’ superstar on social media.
Wilson’s announcement came on the heels of Wilson’s outstanding 21-point performance in Team USA’s 67-66 gold medal clinching win over Team France at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics this past Sunday.
“Oh Bron 21,” Wilson wrote on her Friday Instagram story preceded by a palm tree emoji and followed by a waving hand emoji.
Her post foreshadowed the announcement of her latest Player Exclusive sneaker drop in collaboration with Nike and LeBron James, the Los Angeles Lakers’ gold medalist and NBA superstar.
The Aces forward shared that she believes her James inspired sneakers are as good as it gets, as shown in a screenshot of her ensuing story page
Wilson also shared a post from the Instagram page LeagueFits, which referred to the 2023 WNBA Finals MVP as ‘Hoodie A’ja,” seemingly in reference to retired NBA star Carmelo Anthony’s ‘Hoodie Melo’ nickname.
The 6-foot-4, 195 pound Wilson carried averages of 27.2 points, 12 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.9 steals into Saturday’s showdown with Stewart and the 22-4 Liberty.
New York won the first and only matchup between the two teams so far this season on January 15 by a score of 90-82 in Las Vegas.
