12-13-2024, 08:42 PM
2006alum dateline='[url=tel:1734145206' Wrote: 1734145206[/url]']
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.
If you don’t like Parker, here are the WNBA accomplishments of Sylvia Fowles, drafted just ahead of Wiggins:
2× WNBA champion (2015, 2017)
2× WNBA Finals MVP (2015, 2017)
WNBA MVP (2017)
8× WNBA All-Star (2009, 2011, 2013, 2017–2019, 2021, 2022)
3× All-WNBA First Team (2010, 2013, 2017)
5× All-WNBA Second Team (2011, 2012, 2016, 2021, 2022)
4x WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2011, 2013, 2016, 2021)
8x WNBA All-Defensive First Team (2010–2013, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022)
3× WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2008, 2014, 2018)
2× WNBA blocks leader (2010, 2011)
3× WNBA rebounding champion (2013, 2018, 2022)
3× WNBA Peak Performer (2013, 2018, 2022)
WNBA All-Rookie Team (2008)
Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award (2022)
WNBA 25th Anniversary Team (2021)
I love Wiggins, but I don’t think she had the WNBA career that we would have wanted for her or that the Lynx were hoping for her when they drafted her third overall. I only brought up Parker because many on here considered Wiggins as impactful as Parker in college, and argued she should have won the Naismith award instead of Parker (I believe Wiggins won the Wade that year). They played different positions on different teams, but the “Ice” vs. “Ace” debate was real, and while you can make the case for each of them in college, in the pros it was night and day.
Since I am a Stanford fan, and not a WNBA fan, I don’t care that her WNBA career wasn’t as accomplished as Parkers.
BC
