Locked On Women’s Basketball: WNBA MVP Week recap

Who will be the 2023 WNBA MVP? Howard Megdal and his guests tackled that question last week for Locked On Women’s Basketball, making cases for the three frontrunners: Breanna Stewart, Alyssa Thomas and A’ja Wilson.

Breanna Stewart, New York Liberty

Locked On Women’s Basketball: 2023 WNBA MVP Week — The case for New York Liberty’s Breanna Stewart 

2023 WNBA MVP race: The case for the New York Liberty’s Breanna Stewart

Alyssa Thomas, Connecticut Sun

Locked On Women’s Basketball: 2023 WNBA MVP Week — The case for Connecticut Sun’s Alyssa Thomas

2023 WNBA MVP race: The case for the Connecticut Sun’s Alyssa Thomas

A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces

Locked On Women’s Basketball: 2023 WNBA MVP Week — The case for Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson

2023 WNBA MVP race: The case for the Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson

2023 WNBA awards

The WNBA began announcing its end-of-season awards on Sept. 11. The Kia WNBA Most Valuable Player award will be announced on Sept. 26, during the WNBA semifinals. Wilson won the award in 2022 after leading the eventual champion Aces to the No. 1 seed while averaging 19.5 points and 9.4 rebounds per game in the regular season. She also won the award in 2020. Stewart earned MVP honors in 2018 on her way to a WNBA championship with the Seattle Storm.

Locked On Women’s Basketball

Locked On Women’s Basketball is a daily podcast covering all aspects of the women’s basketball world! Join host Howard Megdal as he interviews the incredible staff of The Next, along with the biggest and most influential names in the sport. From NCAA to the WNBA we’ll cover all that and more on Locked On Women’s Basketball, part of the Locked On Podcast Network.