WNBA great Maya Moore, who stepped away from basketball in 2019 to help her now-husband, Jonathan Irons, win his release from prison by getting his 50-year sentence overturned in 2020, has retired.
Maya Moore knew it was time to officially end her basketball career — four years after stepping away.
In a video call with reporters after the show, Moore said she missed her teammates but was too focused over the last four years on her off-the-court priorities that transitioning back to basketball was not on her mind. “On behalf of the Minnesota Lynx organization, I want to congratulate Maya on an incredible basketball career,” said Cheryl Reeve, Lynx coach and president of basketball operations. “We will always cherish her time in a Lynx uniform and we wish her the best as she continues to pursue this next chapter of her life.”
During her career, she was at the forefront of the Lynx becoming one of the first pro sports teams to fully embrace social activism, starting, when players wore black T-shirts that read, “Change Starts With Us.” Their message was prompted by fatal police shootings that week of Philando Castile in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Louisiana.
She finished her career as the Lynx franchise leader in scoring average, 3-point field goals made and steals , and finished second in total points scored , field goals made , assists and blocks .
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