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‘Mind-blowing’: Jackson first Australian player in basketball Hall of Fame – Sydney Morning Herald
Jackson was a seven-time WNBA All-Star and three-time MVP who also won four Olympic medals and a world championship over her spectacular career.
Former Opals and WNBA star Lauren Jackson has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fames Class of 2021.
The Albury-born 40-year-old was a seven-time All-Star and three-time WNBA MVP (2003, 2007, 2010) who helped the Seattle Storm win championships in 2004 and 2010. The 196cm forward/centre was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2001 draft.
She won three Olympic silver medals with the Opals between Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008, also winning bronze in London four years later where Jackson…
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