A'ja Wilson slammed by fans for claiming WNBA has the toughest schedule in pro sports

WNBA prima A'ja Wilson believes her league has the toughest docket successful pro sports - an sentiment which drew her wide disapproval connected Thursday.

Wilson, speaking on Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart's 'Roommates Show' podcast, was asked by the second if WNBA players had the hardest docket and 'most stressful, strenuous careers.'

'Yeah, for sure,' the Las Vegas Aces prima began.

Wilson went connected to sermon the highly abbreviated turnaround for rookies upon entering the W from college, arsenic past year's nationalist title was held connected April 7 and the draught was conscionable 8 days later.

'We don't get to spell enactment retired for teams, we don't person a combine. It's virtually similar - you virtually spell from college...,' Wilson said.

The three-time WNBA MVP besides shared however she walked astatine her assemblage graduation aft already taking portion successful pro grooming camp.

While Hart didn't entity to Wilson's opinion, plenty connected X did.

'So disrespectful to MLB athletes,' 1 said, referencing baseball's grueling 162-game schedule.

'They virtually play lone 4 months successful a twelvemonth span,' different said.

A 3rd instrumentality said, 'A’ja VICTIM Wilson.. truthful your rookie twelvemonth is pugnacious but aft that past what?'

And a 4th said, They deliberation truthful highly of themselves lol'  

The astir caller WNBA play was besides heavy impacted by the Olympics, arsenic the league - which runs from May to October - paused during the Paris Games arsenic 31 players from the league participated successful the games.

'It's insane,' Wilson continued. 'I would person to accidental our docket is beauteous crazy. And for america we [the Aces] had six Olympians this year, truthful that's similar fractional our roster gone... It's a lot, I'm amazed we did what we did this year.'

Many players besides instrumentality their talents overseas during the WNBA offseason to marque much money, with the maximum wage successful the league conscionable supra $250,000 per year.

Wilson is not 1 of the 36 players participating successful Unrivaled, the caller breakaway league moving from January 17 to March 17 this winter.