Two days after Satou Sabally helped the Wings win their first playoff series since the franchise's relocation to Dallas, she was named the WNBA Most Improved Player.
The 6-foot-4 forward, who grew up in Gambia and Germany before coming to the United States to attend college at Oregon, has averaged career-highs across the board in 18.6 points , 8.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.8 steals per game, while compiling 14 double-doubles, fifth-best in the league, and recording the Wings' first triple-double. Her 3-point shooting also improved from 23.3% last year to 36.1% this season.
After being hindered by various injuries over the previous two seasons, Sabally spent the offseason changing her physical and mental approach to the game. She delayed her overseas season with Turkish club Fenerbahce and even took a break from basketball before delving into work with renowned trainer Susan King Borchardt, who helped her figure out how she best recovers.
Sabally's emergence has been key to the Wings finishing as a top-four seed in the regular season and their current semifinals run. Regardless of how the postseason pans out, Sabally has not just lived up to her billing as a lottery pick, but at 25 has shown she's capable of being, if not having already arrived as, one of the league's very best. She is expected to receive votes on MVP ballots as well.
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