Do you even consider someone worth calling an icon even without a WNBA ring? Maybe, but the list won’t be long. And even in that rare list, you will have to keep Alyssa Thomas. The 33-year-old will need a title to cement and fit into the idea of being in the best category. “She wants to win, she wants to win the championship bad,” said Dwayne Bonner, Thomas’ Mercury teammate and fiancée. “She’ll do whatever it takes.” Alyssa has been there, yet far.

Thomas has been here in this space before. She pushed the Aces to five in the 2020 semis after a dislocated shoulder playing for the Connecticut Sun. Next, she knocked out the Sky in 2022, stole games off the Aces in the 2022 Finals, and the superteam Liberty in 2023. If that wasn’t all, she forced five against the Lynx in 2024, plu

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