LeBron James has been a WNBA fan boy ever since 2010. Despite fans coming at him for capitalising on the league’s newfound success, not many know he has been rooting for the women from their dark days. “I think best of 3 game series isn’t enough games for WNBA playoffs. Best out of 5, I say.” James wrote in 2010. And you can’t be a WNBA follower without being a fan of Diana Taurasi’s game.

After Taurasi became the first WNBA player to reach 9,000 career points, LeBron wrote, “Of course she did!! 🐐 status. Congrats friend! @DianaTaurasi” . For someone with that stature in the women’s game, she was still paid peanuts as compared to Lebron and Co. The WNBA legend voiced her WNBA pay, or lack thereof, during her time in the league. Taurasi said in a short clip from her Docuseries

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