All season long, Olivia Miles has wowed the WNBA world with her playmaking and scoring brilliance. For one analyst, Miles won’t just be hoisting the WNBA championship trophy when it’s all said and done.
On Thursday, NBA player-turned-analyst Brandon Jennings tweeted that it would be “blasphemy” for the Minnesota Lynx rookie to not get the WNBA MVP award. When a netizen claimed that A’ja Wilson and Caitlin Clark were ahead of Miles in this race, Jennings upped the ante.
“She’s on her way to having a Magic Johnson year as a rookie. When they win it all and she holding the Finals MVP come back”
While Clark and the reigning MVP Wilson have had stellar seasons, Miles has accelerated her ascent into stardom after getting drafted second overall in this year’s WNBA draft. As the court general of the league-leading Lynx, Miles is averaging 19.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 6.1 assists, and 1.3 steals per game.
Though the Lynx have maintained their status as playoff contenders, they started this season with a disadvantage as Napheesa Collier continued to recuperate from the offseason surgeries to both of her ankles. Despite this, Miles came into her own almost immediately and anchored the Lynx’s offense.
At 31-8, Minnesota is in prime position to lock up the no. 1 seed in the playoffs. The grueling schedule of the postseason will be the next test for Miles, but for staunch supporters like Jennings, they already know where things are going.
“I’ve Been Doing a Lot of Internal Work”: Olivia Miles Opens Up on Building Confidence After Suffering ACL Injury
In an appearance on the “Welcome to the Party” podcast this past Wednesday, Olivia Miles shared the story of how she significantly increased her confidence.
According to the All-Star guard, she was a different person before she suffered her ACL injury in February 2023.
“That player before I hurt my knee was someone who needed external validation to thrive and to feel okay, and needed coach’s approval, and needed my parents’ approval. After I hurt my knee…it allowed me to sit down and love parts of myself that I needed someone else to love for me. Ever since that point, I’ve been doing a lot of internal work to have that confidence.”
Miles added that this self-confidence “translated” when she stepped into the WNBA ranks, empowering her to “not care about what people thought” as she embarked on her rookie year.
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