The Basics
Position: Guard
Current Team: Los Angeles Sparks | #20
Draft: 2009 | Maryland | 1st round (3rd Pick)
Key Accolades: All-WNBA (2012); Most Improved Player (2012); All-Star (2013, 2018, 2019); WNBA Champion (2016, 2019)
WNBA Profile | Stats | Instagram | Twitter
The Pet
The Down Low
Kristi is a playmaker and a play caller. She's known as a point guard with a sky-high IQ and predilection for making clutch shots. Simply, Panda is incredibly fun to watch:
She's also committed to passing on this knowledge, both as a veteran leader to teammates, and recently in the NBA. Toliver served as an assistant coach for the Washington Wizards in 2019 and 2020, and has joined the Dallas Mavericks coaching staff for 2022. She also occasionally gives out free tips on twitter.
Highlight Video
I have rewatched this press conference multiple times, in which drunk Kristi, Elena Delle Donne and Natasha Cloud discuss winning the championship:
And I literally learned how to make gifs to gif this:
More on Kristi
- The Check-In: Sparks’ Kristi Toliver continues her balancing act (Thuc Nhi Nguyen, LA Times)
- Kristi Toliver helps Washington Mystics return to WNBA Finals (Mechelle Voepel, ESPN)
- How Los Angeles Sparks guard Kristi Toliver decided to leave DC (Megan Hines, HighPostHoops)