With 34 points, 12 rebounds, eight assists, 12/19 field goals, and 2/2 three pointers in 38 minutes, Candace Parker made the best career-first game.

She was also only the second woman to dunk in an official match, and the first to repeat it, so quickly, in the next game.

Now, not surprisingly, she is the first woman in the WNBA to be named Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year at the same time.

And that’s an achievement beyond NBA greats like Michael Jordan, Karla Malone, John Stockton, Dominique Wilkins, Shaquille O’Neal, Gary Payton, Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or even Magic Johnson, who got the finals MVP in his first year but the MVP for the regular season went to Kareem.

Even going back in history, George Mikan, Bill Rusell, Rick Barry, Oscar Robertson, Bill Walton and Julius Erving failed to make the elite list. Only Wes Unseld and Wilt Chamberlain managed to make it.

We’re talking about Candace Parker of the Los Angeles Sparks, playing at the highest level in basketball, coming from a double NCAA title, top draft pick this year, continuing with the Olympic gold medal with the US team in Beijing, leading in rebounds in the whole WNBA campaign and her first Conference Finals, and ending with this double award.