2020 WNBA MVP and 3x All-Star A’ja Wilson join executive producers LeBron James, Maverick Carter and co-creator Paul Rivera, along with fellow special guests: recording artist, author & entrepreneur Rick Ross, Grammy-nominated rapper Gunna, and CEO of UnitedMasters Steve Stoute.
During the layered conversation, A’Ja spoke candidly about the doors she hopes to open for future WNBA hopefuls.“Going into the league as a rookie, I wanted to be different.
I wanted to change it,” she said. “I want to break that glass ceiling. I want the younger generation to know like, “Hey, you don’t have to go overseas to play.”Responding to a question from Maverick, she also shared what she believes is the biggest hurdle facing WNBA players as the conversation around the problematic pay and opportunity gap between the WNBA and NBA continues.“On the men’s side, you make X amount, you score this amount of points, you’re gonna get that next check.
But for us [women], even if you do that, you have to be marketable, you have to sound a certain way, you have to look a certain way on social,” she continued. “And it just seems like we can never just break that barrier in itself.
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