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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. ## Video: TIME100 Sports | Basketball moves with A'ja Wilson [Watch (HLS stream): TIME100 Sports | Basketball moves with A'ja Wilson](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/rQmxoVLq.m3u8) (2:09)  _Published 2026-06-09_ by [Sean Gregory](https://time.com/author/sean-gregory/) ## Sean Gregory Senior Correspondent  Djeneba Aduayom for TIME A quick reminder of A’ja Wilson’s mind-blowing 2025: The 6-ft. 4-in. Las Vegas Aces superstar won a record fourth WNBA MVP award. She became the fastest player in league history to reach 5,000 points. And she became the first player in WNBA or NBA history to—deep breath—win a championship, claim the scoring title, and be named Finals MVP, league MVP, and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season. In that same year, Nike debuted Wilson’s signature shoe, the A’One, the first for a Black WNBA player from the brand in more than two decades. (Nike unveiled the second edition, the [A’Two](https://about.nike.com/en/newsroom/releases/aja-wilson-a-two-second-signature-nike-shoe-and-apparel-collection), in Paris in March.) As if this all weren’t enough, her buzzer-beating shot in Game 3 of the WNBA finals, over two Phoenix Mercury players, gave her a legacy-defining moment to be played on a loop. Is there any question she’s the best women’s hoops player of all time? “I think I’m on my way there,” Wilson told TIME [for its 2025 Athlete of the Year story.](https://time.com/7339270/athlete-of-the-year-2025-aja-wilson/) “I’m making it real hard for people to chase after me. 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