[2006alum]

Candace Parker, a contemporary of Candice Wiggins, had the following accolades:

• 3× WNBA champion (2016, 2021, 2023)
  
• WNBA Finals MVP (2016)
  
• 2× WNBA MVP (2008, 2013)
  
• 7× WNBA All-Star (2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)
  
• WNBA All-Star Game MVP (2013)
  
• 7× All-WNBA First Team (2008, 2012–2014, 2017, 2020, 2022)
  
• 3× All-WNBA Second Team (2009, 2015, 2018)
  
• 2× WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2009, 2012)
  
• WNBA Rookie of the Year (2008)
  
• WNBA All-Rookie Team (2008)
  
• WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2020)
  
• WNBA assists leader (2015)
  
• 3× WNBA rebounding leader (2008, 2009, 2020)
  
• 2× WNBA blocks leader (2009, 2012)
  
• 3× WNBA peak performer (2008, 2009, 2020)
  
• WNBA 20th Anniversary Team (2016)
  
• WNBA 25th Anniversary Team (2021)
  

BC

CP also has the record for second most dunks in the college game, is probably the closest female player to the LeBron James point forward model, and is the only rookie to win WNBA POY. Comparing Wiggins to one of the game's GOATs is not a very reasonable comparison, even if they were drafted the same year.

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It's too bad, the WNBA is a tough league but it's also not a great look for Stanford.

I see it as a great look for Tara. The WNBA coaches never could match their plays to the players. Tara did.

I see it as a double edged sword. No doubt Tara will go down as one of the game's all time best Xs & Os tacticians/chess masters. But I never felt like she was an amazing player development coach, almost precisely because she molded her schemes around the players rather than push the players to develop themselves, especially as one on one options. It's very telling that one of the worst players for our system (DiJonai Carrington) has blossomed into one of the best pro players. I think it made sense overall because in most years Tara was not going to get to recruit the best athletes, but it is why I think our alumni pro record underwhelms compared to their shelves and shelves of collegiate accolades.

[2006alum]

Candace Parker, a contemporary of Candice Wiggins, had the following accolades:

• 3× WNBA champion (2016, 2021, 2023)
  
• WNBA Finals MVP (2016)
  
• 2× WNBA MVP (2008, 2013)
  
• 7× WNBA All-Star (2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)
  
• WNBA All-Star Game MVP (2013)
  
• 7× All-WNBA First Team (2008, 2012–2014, 2017, 2020, 2022)
  
• 3× All-WNBA Second Team (2009, 2015, 2018)
  
• 2× WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2009, 2012)
  
• WNBA Rookie of the Year (2008)
  
• WNBA All-Rookie Team (2008)
  
• WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2020)
  
• WNBA assists leader (2015)
  
• 3× WNBA rebounding leader (2008, 2009, 2020)
  
• 2× WNBA blocks leader (2009, 2012)
  
• 3× WNBA peak performer (2008, 2009, 2020)
  
• WNBA 20th Anniversary Team (2016)
  
• WNBA 25th Anniversary Team (2021)
  

BC

CP also has the record for second most dunks in the college game, is probably the closest female player to the LeBron James point forward model, and is the only rookie to win WNBA POY. Comparing Wiggins to one of the game's GOATs is not a very reasonable comparison, even if they were drafted the same year.

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It's too bad, the WNBA is a tough league but it's also not a great look for Stanford.

I see it as a great look for Tara. The WNBA coaches never could match their plays to the players. Tara did.

I see it as a double edged sword. No doubt Tara will go down as one of the game's all time best Xs & Os tacticians/chess masters. But I never felt like she was an amazing player development coach, almost precisely because she molded her schemes around the players rather than push the players to develop themselves, especially as one on one options. It's very telling that one of the worst players for our system (DiJonai Carrington) has blossomed into one of the best pro players. I think it made sense overall because in most years Tara was not going to get to recruit the best athletes, but it is why I think our alumni pro record underwhelms compared to their shelves and shelves of collegiate accolades.