Satou Sabally is the first Dallas Wings player and first German in the WNBA to win a major regular season award.
was the result of changes that began in the offseason. She took time off after the 2022 WNBA campaign to rest and recover after an injury-riddled season, dedicating time to improve her mental game and physical strength.Advertisement
The results were beyond even what she was expecting. But it also wasn’t surprising. Everyone knew the talent Sabally possessed, and she was already a key player on a EuroLeague champion. It was just a matter of staying healthy during a WNBA season.. “She’s worked extremely hard. She’s gotten better from year to year. She added stuff. She added the range. She added the floaters. She’s been super fun to watch.”against the top-seeded Las Vegas Aces.
She returned to the United States to play at Oregon, where she was an All-American and Cheryl Miller Award winner beforeSabally and her sister, New York Liberty forward Nyara Sabally, are the only two Germans currently in the WNBA, of only a handful in league history.“Being a representative of Gambia and Germany means a lot because you’re always bigger than yourself and you can always give back through that,” Sabally said.
Sabally isn’t the first German award winner in United States basketball history. Detlef Schrempf was the first non-American to win a major NBA award when he claimed back-to-back Sixth Man of the Year trophies in 1991 and 1992.How Mavs legend Dirk Nowitzki helped inspire Satou Sabally’s ascent from German fan to Wings’ top rookieThe two German forwards texted after Tuesday night’s game, a conversation Sabally said she wanted to keep private.
“What I’m doing right now is definitely building on my own legacy,” Sabally said. “I’m taking his influence and all the good work that he’s given me, all the good energy, I’m soaking all that in so I can create something on the female side that is going to be just as unique as what he did.”
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