The Minnesota Lynx on Saturday night before their game against the Indiana Fever will retire number 23. The number that Maya Moore won 4 championships wearing with the franchise.
Maya Moore will be the fifth player to have their number retired and hung in the rafters of Target Center. She will join Lindsay Whalen, Rebekkah Brunson, Seimone Augustus, and Sylvia Fowles.
Maya Moore took the game of basketball and elevated it during her time playing. Her historic career both collegiate and professional is up there with the greats.
Moore was the number one draft pick by Minnesota in 2011 and spent her entire 8 year career with the Lynx. In that time she accomplished more than any kid could dream of playing in their driveway.
Most kids dream of one day winning a championship, Maya Moore won 4 in her 8 seasons. In her first of those 8 seasons, she became the WNBA Rookie of the Year. Also in 2011, she and the Lynx won their first championship.
In her fourth season in 2014, she won the WNBA League MVP Award. This coming after winning her second championship in 2013, where she was the 2013 Finals MVP.
She would win a championship in 2015 and 2017 as well. I could list stats about Maya Moore until my face turned blue, but at her core, she was simply a winner!
Before even getting to the league Moore spent 4 years at UConn. During those four years she would become the most winningest player in the history of college basketball. Moore led the UConn Huskies to a 150-4 record and two national titles during her time in college.
Take the four rings in the WNBA, the two collegiate championships, and her two Olympic Gold Medals and Maya Moore has a ring for each finger (minus the thumbs).
True definition of a WINNER!
Maya Moore will be remembered forever as that.
Moore will also be inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday, August, 23rd, 2024.
Moore’s inspiration reaches life just as much as basketball. Retiring early and out of nowhere to put all of her time and efforts into family and advocacy for criminal injustice reform.
Her and her husbands book about their journey is called “Love & Justice” detailing their story.
To Maya Moore, thank you and continue to win.
Rowan Donaghey, Sports Reporter and Betting Analyst for Stare Down Sports. You can follow him on the X via @RowanDonaghey
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