Breanna Stewart is the Thanos of basketball. She’s really just out here collecting trophies and accolades like they’re Infinity Stones.
She added another one to her gauntlet on Thursday with the Seattle Storm’s 79-57 win over the Connecticut Sun for the WNBA’s very first Commissioner’s Cup championship game.
So, for those of us out of the know, the Commissioner’s Cup is a new in-season tournament the W put on for its 25th anniversary.
Throughout the season, prior to the Olympic break, there were 10 games per team that were designated as Commissioner’s Cup tournament games sprinkled throughout their schedule.
The two teams with the highest winning percentages in those games played for the championship. It ended up being the Sun and the Storm. The winning team got a $500,000 prize fund.
Obviously, the Storm won. And it was behind a dazzling 17 point performance from Stewart where she shot 6-8 from the field and 3-4 from deep. She was a +27 on the night.
That was all while knocking down shots like this.
BR3ANNA BUCKETS 🪣@breannastewart X #TakeCover pic.twitter.com/kjiswrTrfd
— Seattle Storm (@seattlestorm) August 13, 2021
And dominating on both ends like this.
.@breannastewart getting started on both ends 😤
(via @WNBA) pic.twitter.com/Fu5zhjsvmK
— espnW (@espnW) August 13, 2021
Fresh off of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, too. She absolutely dominated. And with that, she won MVP of the Commissioner’s Cup — which is, apparently, a thing.
And that adds yet another stone to the infinity gauntlet that is Breanna Stewart’s resume. It just keeps growing despite the fact that she tore her Achilles in 2019.
It looks a little something like this now.
Breanna Stewart's resume is INSANE 🤯
4x NCAA Champ
4x NCAA Tournament MOP
3x NCAA National Player of the Year
3x All-American
WNBA Rookie of the year
WNBA MVP
2x WNBA Champ
2x WNBA Finals MVP
3x WNBA All-Star
2x WNBA 1st Team
Euroleague Champ, MVP, Finals MVP
2x Gold Medalist pic.twitter.com/vWPSP7MQPE— The Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) August 8, 2021
Breanna Stewart:
2019
April 14 – torn Achilles2020
October 6 – WNBA championship & Finals MVP2021
April 18 – EuroLeague championship & Final 4 MVP
April 27 – Russian League championship & MVP
August 8 – Olympic gold medal & MVP
August 12 – WNBA Commissioner's Cup win & MVP— Matt Ellentuck (@mellentuck) August 13, 2021
Just insane. She’s only 26 years old with all of that. This is absolutely the best basketball player in the world.
If she keeps this up, by the end of her career she’ll certainly be the most accomplished, too.
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