Sabrina Ionescu, the 27-year-old player of Romanian origin who has been evolving in WNBA for five years, the professional basketball league in the United States, has an exceptional start to New York Liberty, his team and the champion, a title won in October 2024.
Sabrina Ionescu plays 5 years in WNBA Photo New York Liberty
In the last match played last weekend, New York Liberty defeated Indiana Fever with 90-88, and Sabrina Ionescu was the best player, marking 23 points. In the first three matches of the current season, New York Liberty has as many victories, being second in the standings, and Sabrina Ionescu has scored 47 points until now. Since 2020, since it evolves in WNBA, Sabrina Ionescu has managed to reach an impressive total of 2,384 points, almost half of them being marked from 3 -point throwing.
In 2021 he became the youngest player in the history of the North American championship who succeeds a triple-ball, a term basketball that designates at least 10 decisive passes, 10 recovery and so many successful points in a single party.
Sabrina is the first player in WNBA history that has achieved over 500 points, over 200 recovery and over 200 decisive passes in a single season.
In 2023, Sabrina Ionescu arrived with New York Liberty in the WNBA final, but losing in front of the Las Vegas team.
Last year, in February 2024, “Stephen Vs Sabrina” took place, a unique three-point throw competition, at All-Star Game. For the first time, the player from the female basketball professional league (WNBA), Sabrina Ionescu, and the famous basketball player Stephen Curry were “lasted” in the first event organized by the NBA. Stephen Curry, the superstate of the Golden State Warriors team, defeated Sabrina Ionescu, in the first three-point throw competition during the NBA All-Star Weekend, ended with a score of 29-26 in favor of Curry.
The American player with Romanian parents won the 3 -point WNBA competition in 2023 with a total of 37 points and 25 baskets registered from 27 throws, record of the event.
In 2024, Sabrina Ionescu won the Olympic title in Paris with the US Basketball team, and in 2022 became a world champion.
Kobe Bryant appreciated her a lot
Sabrina Ionescu was designated the best player in WNBA two years in a row in 2022 and 2023. And before reaching the professional women’s basketball league, Sabrina Ionescu became the first player in NCAA (North American university championship, men and women) who cumulated 2,000 points, 1,000 recovery. Sabrina played in NCAA for Oregon Ducks
Sabrina Ionescu makes a career in American Photo New York Liberty basketball
Sabrina Ionescu had a very close friendship with the famous basketball player Kobe Bryant, unfortunately died in January 2020. The two first met on January 11, 2019, and Kobe Bryant, the player who made history at Los Angeles Lakers, became a mentor, teaching her how to improve her game.
Sabrina Ionescu was born in California, in the United States, on December 6, 1997, exactly the year in which New York Liberty was set up, the team for which she is playing now. His father, Dan Ionescu, left Romania for the Revolution of December 1989, looking for a better life over the ocean. He would bring together his family after several months, in the spring of 1990, taking his wife Liliana and their first son, Andrei.
