Aliyah Boston Breaks the WNBA Bank
Former South Carolina standout Aliyah Boston has just eclipsed the league’s salary records by signing a four-year, $6.3 million supermax extension with the Indiana Fever—surpassing A’ja Wilson’s previous top mark. Entering her fourth season, Boston averaged career highs of 15 points, 8.2 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.2 steals per game while shooting 53.8 percent from the floor. Fever GM Amber Cox praised her as a “foundational piece,” noting that despite already being All-WNBA caliber, she’s only begun to tap into her potential. Boston’s deal comes on the heels of a new CBA agreement and cements her status as one of the league’s cornerstones.
Finally, a team figured out that Aliyah Boston was undervalued—because nothing says “we believe in you” like a paycheck that breaks the bank. Indiana must’ve thought, “Why settle for buying a used car when you can lease Aliyah for six figures a year?” Now the Fever can parade around saying they’ve locked in their franchise player, while Boston publicly thanks the big guy upstairs and privately wonders if she should start accepting offers for her autograph at Target. Meanwhile, other WNBA stars are Googling “how to renegotiate contracts upward” and coaches everywhere are dusting off the phrase “building around Aliyah” as if it weren’t already scripted on their whiteboards.
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