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Liberty's Jonquel Jones made WNBA history amid All-Star Game gem originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
With a dominant performance for Team Spoon in the All-Star Game, Jonquel Jones became the first player in WNBA history to capture all four MVP awards that the league has to offer.
Jones nearly recorded a triple-double in Team Spoon's 129-122 win over Team Coop. The New York Liberty star recorded 22 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists at Chicago's United Center, where the WNBA shattered All-Star attendance records.
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On a night that celebrated the first 30 years of WNBA basketball, Jones did something none of Cynthia Cooper, Lisa Leslie or Diana Taurasi ever managed in their legendary careers.
Jones became the first player ever to win WNBA MVP, All-Star Game MVP, Commissioner's Cup MVP and WNBA Finals MVP in the same career.
Even more impressively, Jones has secured all four awards in a five-year span. She won WNBA MVP as a member of the Connecticut Sun in 2021 before claiming Commissioner's Cup MVP with the Liberty in 2023. The following year, she was named Finals MVP as the Liberty won their first-ever championship.
Jones has long been one of the WNBA's most consistent and productive bigs. The reward for that consistency is a slice of league history that puts her squarely among the best frontcourt players of her era.
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