Lauren Jackson, Australian legend and WNBA great, inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame
ABCThe term "great" is much overused in sport, but there is no doubt Lauren Jackson is one Australian athlete that fully deserves such a description. Key points: Lauren Jackson won two WNBA titles and was MVP of the league three times Jackson joins coach Lindsay Gaze as the only Australians with a place in the Hall of Fame Other inductees in the 2021 class include Chris Bosh and Paul Pierce Playing in the world's top basketball league in the USA for over a decade, captaining her country, winning medals at four Olympic Games and helping the Opals to a coveted World Cup victory in 2006, Jackson has become the first Australian player inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in the USA. "I definitely saw a lot of the world and experienced things I would never have experienced if I stayed a NSW country girl and never left home," she said. "It's come with a toll, but I just have to look back on my life and be thankful for everything because it's gotten me to this point and I'm just the happiest I've ever been."
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