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High Post Hoops’ Top 20 WNBA players, ranked for 2019: Part 2, the final countdown

By High Post Hoops Staff

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - AUGUST 19: Sylvia Fowles #34 of the Minnesota Lynx fights for position against guard Elena Delle Donne #11 of the Washington Mystics on August 19, 2018 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - AUGUST 19: Sylvia Fowles #34 of the Minnesota Lynx fights for position against guard Elena Delle Donne #11 of the Washington Mystics on August 19, 2018 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – MAY 29: Sylvia Fowles #34 of the Minnesota Lynx shoots the ball during the game against Mercedes Russell #2 of Seattle Storm on May 29, 2019 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Jordan Johnson/NBAE via Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – MAY 29: Sylvia Fowles #34 of the Minnesota Lynx shoots the ball during the game against Mercedes Russell #2 of Seattle Storm on May 29, 2019 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Jordan Johnson/NBAE via Getty Images) /

2. Sylvia Fowles

No matter what, Sylvia Fowles keeps on putting up virtually identical, Hall of Fame-caliber two-way seasons. In Chicago, in Minnesota, surrounded by veterans, now on a young team figuring out is offensive identity. Doesn’t matter. Her true shooting percentage tops 60, she gets her shots, she grabs boards and blocks shots, she’s adept at getting into passing lanes, agile at 6’6 and a true dominant on-ball defender. The long-term conversation about where she sits in WNBA history is going to be a fascinating one — she’s currently ninth in league history in win shares, even if she didn’t play another game, and simply continuing at her current pace through the end of 2019, she’s going to be fourth in league history. That’s some rarefied air. It’s justified. And incredibly, at 33,  she’s doing it pretty much the way she did it at 23, ferocious on the court and gentle, the ultimate teammate, off it as well.

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