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      Tina Charles

      · TIna Charles,WNBA,Down Low Database

      The Basics

      Position: Center

      Current Team: Phoenix Mercury | #31

      Draft: 2010 | UConn | 1st round (1st overall)

      Key Accolades: Rookie of the Year (2010), MVP (2012), Peak Performer—Rebounding (2010-2012, 2016), All-Star (2011, 2013-2015, 2017-2019), All-WNBA (2010-2017)

      WNBA Profile | Stats | Instagram | Twitter

      The Down Low

      Tina is one of the most dominant post players in WNBA history. She's never averaged less than 15 points per game and averaged a double-double for four straight years, include when she won MVP.

      She also leads off the court. When the WNBA initially fined players for wearing black T-shirts during warm-ups to support Black Lives Matter rather than league-provided warm-ups, Tina was one of the most vocal players against the fines:

      Tina has also started a foundation and an entertainment company, Thirty One Enterprises.

      The last thing on her list to achieve is a WNBA championship. She is one of only a few WNBA MVPs yet to win a title. And we are all rooting for her to finally get that ring.

      Highlight Reel

      Tina notched 34 points against her former team, just 2 shy of her career high. When asked about her motivation, she explained: “They fired me on my day off... I got fired on my day off, so yeah, there was juice.”

      Notable Quotables

      [A]s someone who knows what it’s like to struggle for breath — as a person who knows the terror and powerlessness that goes along with gasping for air, and having no control over your breathing — I can tell you that what I’ve been seeing on the news has been all the more heartbreaking.

      Every time I hear the words “I can’t breathe,” my body has a specific, involuntary response, not just to the words, but to that
      feeling.

      [Source]

      More on Tina

      • How Maya Moore Is Transforming Player Activism (Tina Charles, Sports Illustrated)
      • Change Beyond Surface (The Players' Tribune)
      • 7x WNBA All-Star Tina Charles on her career, making documentaries, & philanthropy (Boardroom)
      • Tina Charles Has Found a New Way to Dominate in the WNBA (Matt Ellentuck, Uproxx)
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