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.