
A'ja Wilson told reporters Friday she has no plans to leave the Las Vegas Aces, and she is expected to sign the WNBA's new $1.4 million supermax contract soon.
Las Vegas Aces superstar A'ja Wilson has won three WNBA championships, four MVP awards, and more individual hardware than any active player in the WNBA. She has also, for most of her career, been paid as if none of that were true.
That changes this offseason — and she is not going anywhere to collect it.
Wilson told reporters Friday she has no plans to leave Las Vegas when free agency opens, shutting down any speculation about her future with the Aces in characteristically direct fashion.
"I'm not looking," she said. "I know exactly where I am. ... I'm looking to win another one."
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Wilson is set to sign the new supermax deal worth $1.4 million per year. It will be a significant increase from the $200,000 she earned annually under her previous contract. Wilson prioritized taking a cheaper contract in Las Vegas to add elite talent. It worked. Las Vegas won three titles in four years.
Now the new collective bargaining agreement has pushed the salary cap from $1.4 million to $7 million, and Wilson no longer has to choose between getting paid and keeping her team together. She can do both.
She turns 30 in August and is coming off the best season of her career. Last season she put up 23.4 points, 10.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.3 blocks, and 1.3 steals a night, taking home her fourth MVP and third Defensive Player of the Year. Across 267 career games, she's a 49.8% shooter who has averaged 21.4 points and 9.3 rebounds. Seven All-Star nods, two scoring titles, five blocks crowns, two Finals MVPs — the trophy case keeps growing.
Gray, Young, and Loyd are all entering free agency, so the roster around Wilson is very much unsettled. Retaining all three alongside Wilson's supermax would require both money and organizational will.
Wilson has done her part. For years, she subsidized Las Vegas' dynasty with her own contract. Now it is the Aces' turn to build around her properly.


