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2026 WNBA awards: The all-round growth in Shakira Austin’s game makes her the pick for Most Improved Player

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  • 2026 WNBA awards: The all-round growth in Shakira Austin’s game makes her the pick for Most Improved Player

    Jessica Shepard and Shakira Austin. | Getty Images Oftentimes, debates about major individual awards in sports can become debates about semantics. What does it mean to be or do the “most”? The 2026 Most Improved Player (MIP) race is illustrative of the mushy malleability of “most,” and how one’s definitional parameters could produce a different, deserving winner. Let’s break it down. A quick MIP shout out to NaLyssa Smith For example, had she not suffered a season-ending injury, I think the L...

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