Irons was only able to watch Moore on TV when she was dominating women’s basketball at UConn and then with the Minnesota Lynx while he was in jail serving a 50-year sentence for a crime that Moore and her extended family helped get overturned. That fact he says Moore still has it is welcome news for WNBA fans wondering if the former league MVP will return to the league. She still shoots from deep and will shoot your lights out.” She made a trick shot from her mama’s bedroom to the goal.
we have a basketball hoop in the back of the house,“ he said laughing during an interview with The Associated Press this week. That’s just the reality of the things that Maya is doing.NEW YORK (AP) - Maya Moore’s husband Jonathan Irons had a quick answer when asked if he wanted to see his wife play basketball again. It’s funny that I say that because she’s so much younger than me. Just from a human standpoint, the things that she believes in and the morals that she carries outside of the basketball world is everything that anybody would want their daughter to be. “That’s what I think about when I put Maya into perspective. “Wow,” said Lynx center Sylvia Fowles, a longtime teammate. While it’s unclear when or if Moore will return to the Lynx, it’s beyond clear that she will continue to be an inspiration to her teammates. To see it come to fruition like this is so cool to see.” It’s amazing that she gave up her career for this great cause. ” I am so happy for everybody involved in this. “She’s been doing this since I was in high school, so it’s been a long time coming,” said Lynx star Napheesa Collier, who like Moore hails from Jefferson City. They are currently at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., preparing for the upcoming season. Some of Moore’s teammates shared similar sentiments on Tuesday afternoon during a nearly 30-minute chat with reporters. Just a wrongfully convicted Black man walking free.” This time there is no hardware to take home to the trophy case. “I am sure she was voted MVP of this championship, too. “On behalf of the Lynx organization, we are so proud of Maya for earning the biggest win of her career,” Lynx general manager and head coach Cheryl Reeve said in a statement. Members of the Lynx watched from afar, awestruck by the moment yet at the same time not surprised by the fact that Moore went on to accomplish something to which she set her mind.
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Louis area when he was 16 years old.Ī judge overturned the convictions in March, citing a series of problems with the case, and last week, after serving 22 years in prison, Irons was finally able to go home. He had been serving a 50-year prison sentence stemming from the non-fatal shooting of a homeowner in the St. It was a culmination for Moore, a Jefferson City native, after she put her WNBA career on hold last year to help Irons fight his conviction for burglary and assault. Just dropping to my knees and being so thankful that we made it.” “I’d been standing, and we’d been standing, for so long, and it was an unplanned moment where I just felt relief. “In that moment, I really felt like I could rest,” Moore said on Good Morning America last week. She posted the scene onĭropping to her knees, overcome with emotion, as Irons embraced with members of his family.
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Nevermind her four WNBA championships with the Lynx, her two NCAA championships with UConn, or her two gold medals with Team USA.Īll of those accolades pale in comparison to the moment last week when Moore saw Jonathan Irons walk out of the Jefferson City Correctional Center in Missouri a free man. PAUL - A week ago, Maya Moore earned the biggest victory of her life.
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