NEW YORK (AP) — Satou Sabally of the Dallas Wings was named the WNBA’s Most Improved Participant on Thursday after averaging profession bests with 18.6 factors, 81. rebounds and 4.4 assists per sport.
The fourth-year professional set a franchise document with seven consecutive double-doubles early within the season and completed with 14 double-doubles — fifth within the league — and her first profession triple-double.
Sallaby and the Wings reached the playoffs for the third consecutive 12 months and gained a postseason collection for the primary time since transferring to the Dallas space from Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the 2016 season. They swept Atlanta in a best-of-three and are set to play defending champion Las Vegas within the best-of-five semifinals.
The second general choose within the draft by Dallas in 2020 out of Oregon, Sabally averaged 11.3 factors and 4.8 rebounds in 11 video games final season. She shot a career-high 43.5% from the sector this season after taking pictures 39.8% a 12 months in the past.
The 25-year-old’s 3-point proportion jumped to 36.1% from 23.3% final season.
Sabally completed ninth in scoring, tenth in rebounding and fourth in steals (1.8 per sport) and was an All-Star Sport starter for the primary time in her second look.
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