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WNBA superstar A’ja Wilson rocked a Bill Laimbeer jersey pregame to celebrate his birthday

A’ja Wilson celebrates Bill Laimbeer Night by rocking his Detroit Pistons jersey.

The stars of the WNBA love a good pregame outfit and perhaps no one does it quite like A’ja Wilson. 

From Sheryl Swoopes Houston Comet jerseys to repping Las Vegas Golden Knights jerseys, Wilson has made a splash in the fashion game.

On Thursday night, the former NCAA champion and 2020 league MVP pulled up to Michelob ULTRA Arena rocking a throwback Bill Laimbeer Detroit Pistons jersey from the 1980s.

There’s no coincidence here. The former Bad Boy Piston had coached Wilson from 2018 up until this current season when leadership replaced him with Becky Hammon as the team’s head coach. 

Laimbeer was back in attendance to celebrate his 65th birthday on Thursday as the Aces (-10.5) honored him with Bill Laimbeer Night.

A’ja understood the assignment.

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The Last Dance: Five Notre Dame Connections to Michael Jordan

Have you enjoyed “The Last Dance” on ESPN? Michael Jordan never played against Notre Dame but he did have more than a couple connections.

If you’re like most of sports fans in the United States you probably spent a good amount of your last five Sunday nights taking in ESPN’s documentary, “The Last Dance”.  For a kid growing up in the nineties it was a great walk down memory lane and incredibly informative for stories about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dynasty.

What connections to Notre Dame did the documentary have?  Let’s look back at just a few:

Michael Jordan’s Former Teammate Turns Notre Dame Coach:

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Pistons legend Bill Laimbeer says LeBron ‘firmly’ best player ever

Laimbeer is now the head coach of the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces and discussed his thoughts on LeBron on ESPN’s First Take.

With the upcoming documentary about Michael Jordan premiering this Sunday on ESPN, talk about the Chicago Bulls of the 1980s and 1990s has dominated much of the talk around sports as the public anxiously awaits the 10-part documentary that was created from a reported 10,000 hours of exclusive footage following around Jordan and his final season with the Bulls in 1997-98.  But long before “The Last Dance,” Jordan had to get through the Detroit Pistons. And at least one member of those legendary Pistons teams that Jordan had to go through several times believes that he didn’t play against the best player of All-Time.

Pistons legend and current Las Vegas Aces head coach Bill Laimbeer told ESPN’s First Take on Tuesday that he “firmly” believes LeBron James, not Michael Jordan, is the greatest player of All-Time, due to his ability to make players better from the moment he entered the league.

There is definitely an argument to be made for LeBron. Winning a championship in Cleveland for the first time in 52 years and the sheer volume of All-NBA caliber seasons are definitely things in his favor. Obviously, Jordan and his 6-0 NBA Finals record, as well as the legend he has among players is something that matters as well. It’s all truly a matter of what you prefer.

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