With the 2020 WNBA season being isolated in the IMG Academy wubble in Florida, it prompted several veteran stalwarts of the W to sit out the season – including two of the Washington Mystics’ noteworthy vets in Elena Delle Donne and Tina Charles.
This opened the door for lesser-knowns, such as the Mystics’ Myisha Hines-Allen to put forth banner seasons.
Excuse me, WHAT @Mooks_22
(via @WashMystics) pic.twitter.com/6YtAVx1WcZ
— WSLAM (@wslam) July 29, 2020
It was a season to remember for @Mooks_22 🌟
She averaged a career-high 17 PPG for the @washmystics! pic.twitter.com/ii5yT0mcSG
— WNBA (@WNBA) October 22, 2020
ICYMI: @Mooks_22 is COLD-BLOODED 🥶
She hit two BIG-TIME threes in crunch time to lift the @WashMystics to victory! pic.twitter.com/OLt1ncNVmV
— WNBA (@WNBA) September 11, 2020
Hines-Allen’s wubble work was noticed by Sports Illustrated in advance of its 2020 SI Awards which will occur on Dec. 19. She was announced as one of four nominees for its Breakout of the Year award.
Her case for the honor is as stout as her 2020 play was. She started all 22 games and logged 30 minutes per contest. Hines-Allen was Washington’s leading scorer, tallying 17 points (a career high) and nearly nine rebounds per game – one board on average shy of a double-double for the season. She also had the highest field goal percentage of any Mystic who played at least 20 games and played at least 20 minutes per game at 51 percent from the field.
Hines-Allen also posted a 3-point shooting percentage of nearly 43 percent in leading Washington to a playoff berth in a season where several players did not suit up for the Mystics – including Delle Donne, Charles, Natasha Cloud and LaToya Sanders.
Two NBA rising stars are among the nominees in the Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell and the Denver Nuggets’ Jamal Murray along with MLB’s Shane Bieber.
