2-time WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne announces retirement: "My body seemed to make this decision"

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Two-time WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne is retiring from basketball after 11 seasons. She said in an Instagram post on Friday that her body "seemed to make this decision before my mind accepted it."

Delle Donne, who last suited up for the Washington Mystics, has not played a professional game after taking the 2024 season off.

"One of my favorite children's books asked, 'How did it get so late so soon?'. I have asked myself that over and over again in the process of coming to the decision to retire from playing basketball," the 34-year-old wrote on Instagram. "Being able to say that out loud was one of the hardest parts of my career."

Delle Donne leaves the game with a long list of accolades including two WNBA MVPs, seven WNBA All-Star teams, four All-WNBA First team picks and a championship trophy with the Mystics in 2019.

Delle Donne was the No. 2 overall pick in 2013 by the Chicago Sky, where she played for four years. There she made the All-Star team in each of her first three seasons, winning her first MVP award in 2015.



https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wnba-mvp-elena-delle-donne-announces-retirement-washington-mystics/

[ProfessorGAC]

1. Saw Her A Lot When She Was With The Sky

Most skilled big I've seen in the W.
Her body let her down. She just couldn't quit hurting.