Sports stars celebrate past, present & future phenoms at Gatorade Player of the Year awards
Jayson Tatum, Nneka Ogwumike and Kennedy Fuller spoke to Yahoo Sports at this week's event in Los Angeles.
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- With LeBron kind of being on the back end of his career, besides yourself, who do you think is going to be the next face of the NBA?
JAYSON TATUM: There are so many talented guys, young guys in this league, and even guys that are still relatively-- like Embiid, Jokic, and Giannis, they're still kind of young I guess. Then you got guys like me, and Luka, and Jaylen Brown, Donovan Mitchell. League is in great hands. So many talented guys.
- Give us like a top five Rushmore for WNBA players. Who do you think would be up there?
NNEKA OGWUMIKE: Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie, Diana, Maya, and Candace.
- How does it feel to be up for such a huge honor alongside the best athletes in the nation?
KENNEDY FULLER: The first accomplishment of just being on the same list as some of the girls, [INAUDIBLE] soccer one. It's just so unbelievable and insane for me. And I think that being able to be a part of the [INAUDIBLE] award and just be able to be even nominated for is a very, very big blessing. And then, I would say being able to meet and collab with some of the best athletes in the nation right now, and some honestly in the world, is something that I will never take for granted.