The 2020 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on February 16, 2020, during the National Basketball Association 's (NBA) 2019-20 season. For the same reason, the beginning of the 2020 WNBA season has been delayed. The game will be July 15 at Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay. I agree to receive the "CBS Sports HQ Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. Wilson had the first overall pick, and chose the hometown star Candace Parker, while Stewart selected Jackie Young with her first choice. Las Vegas has showed up and showed out for the Aces and the WNBA since our first season, and we are looking forward to welcoming fans from around the world back to Michelob Ultra Arena for another incredible celebration of the best that womens basketball has to offer.. Team WNBA huddle is LIT @espn pic.twitter.com/4WXSK8QTSF. Team WNBA last year due to the Olympics, the captain's draft format will return this summer. Taurasi and Bird will try for their fifth Olympic gold medals, which no basketball player, male or female, has yet achieved. on Wednesday, Diggins-Smith said the game had taught the Olympians that they are not yet a team. Anyone can read what you share. As for Fowles, she's doing everything she can to keep the Lynx looking like a respectable club. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. The events will be hosted by the. Las Vegas will host this year's WNBA All-Star Game for the third time since 2019, the league announced Thursday. Betnijah Laney of the Liberty won the W.N.B.A.s Most Improved Player Award last year and is having an M.V.P.-caliber season. Defending 3-Point champion Allie Quigley of the Chicago Sky made history by winning the event a fourth time. All Rights Reserved. This marks the first time Chicago will host the WNBA's midseason showcase. F Breanna Stewart 7:39 pm ET. No portion of NBA.com may be duplicated, redistributed or. And pressed into duty as the primary ballhandler and scorer, New Yorks Layshia Clarendon has been a relentless rim-attacker, hitting 34.4 percent of her threes and finding ways to get her young teammates involved as shes racked up a 34.5 assist percentage. Official Release 2022-2023 SCHEDULE. Her 35-point outburst against the reigning champion Washington Mystics punctuates her ongoing six-game hot streak in which shes scored an average of 18.2 points per game on 50 percent shooting. "The 2004 game . The Washington Mystics have the. The initial selection of the All-Stars was conducted through a combination of voting by fans (50 percent of the vote), current WNBA players (25 percent) and a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters (25 percent) from June 15 through June 27. After an exciting first half of the season, 2022 WNBA All-Star Weekend has arrived. The 2022 WNBA All-Star Game is this weekend at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, home of the 2021 champion Chicago Sky.The All-Star weekend will feature a 3-Point Contest and Skills Challenge on Saturday . src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=674090812743125&ev=PageView&noscript=1"/>. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Voting is separated into backcourt and frontcourt. The No. And DeWanna Bonner, asked to carry the largest part of the offensive load by Sun coach Curt Miller, is posting a career-best defensive rebounding percentage (24.7) and steal percentage (3.2) the latter of which leads the league en route to 1.8 total win shares, eighth-best in the league. So we got to be ready for that., The Libertys Role in Making W.N.B.A. Nneka Ogwumike is having her most efficient season from the field since her 2016 MVP campaign, and ranks 10th overall in win shares, just ahead of Dearica Hamby, the runaway leader for Sixth Woman of the Year honors at this point. in her All-Star debut, had a game-high 26 points on 10 of 18 shooting, hitting five 3-pointers. She's one of only two players averaging a double-double and is second in blocks. During a court appearance on Thursday, she pleaded guilty, Ionescu card sets new WNBA record for highest price, Griner signs one year deal to return to Mercury, Gasol to receive Kobe & Gigi Bryant WNBA Advocacy Award, Taurasi re-signs with Mercury on multi-year contract, 2023 WNBA free agency tracker: Players, dates, more, Sky get Mabrey, Wings add Deshields in four-team trade, Stewart not giving up on WNBA charter flights, WNBA investigating Aces after Dearica Hamby slams team, Aces face WNBA probe for under-the-table payments. F DeWanna Bonner Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. Shes the best big in the Eastern Conference. The USA Womens National Team will be under the direction of Head Coach Dawn Staley, herself a member of the WNBAs All-Decade Team. to a 93-85 defeat of Team U.S.A. in a high-energy matchup that felt more like a regular-season game than an exhibition. June 30, 2021, Game to Feature Format with WNBA All-Stars vs. USA Basketball Womens National Team , 12-Time All-Star Bird, 10-Time All-Star Taurasi joined by Eight First-Time All-Stars , WNBA Legends Lisa Leslie, Tina Thompson to serve as Co-Head Coaches of Team WNBA , WNBA and USA Basketball to Honor Gold Medal-Winning 1996 USA Basketball Womens National Team . Later in the draft, a pair of starters were swapped, as Sabrina Ionescu moved to Team Wilson and Nneka Ogwumike moved to Team Stewart. Joining her in the starting lineup is her Chicago Sky teammate Cheyenne Parker, who is every bit the elite rebounder and finisher around the rim shes always been, but has become a great perimeter shooter as well 38.9 percent from beyond the arc and even edged her assist percentage up near double digits. Players. The rules: 11 players in the Eastern Conference, 11 in the Western Conference. For ticket information for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2021, log on to wnba.com/allstar. No official All-Star Game was held in 2010. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. What channel is the WNBA All-Star Game on? Howard Megdal is editor-in-chief of The Next, a womens basketball site, and founder of the womens sports newsletter The IX. Players will take part in the 3-Point Contest and WNBA Skills Challenge on July 14. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. NBA All-Star weekend is finally upon us and excitement is in the air. This was no ordinary. Kelsey Plum recorded 30 PTS and 3 AST for Team Wilson, while Sabrina Ionescu. And it was also a good reminder that everybody is always going to want to take us down. The 2022 WNBA All-Star Game saw a sendoff for a few legends as Team Wilson beat Team Stewart 134-112 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, home of the 2021 champion Chicago Sky.Las Vegas Aces star Kelsey . on Wednesday. at Leslie and Tina Thompson, also a Hall of Famer, coached Team W.N.B.A. In addition to leading the league in rebounding and field goal percentage, she's one of two players averaging a double-double. Jan 12, 2023 at 9:49 pm The WNBA announced Thursday that the 2023 All-Star Game will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Michelob Ultra Arena on July 15. Betnijah Laney (4) Team WNBA format last year to promote the Olympics, the league has returned to the captain's picks format. Another All-Star having a great season is Connecticut Sun forward Jonquel Jones, who picked the word grateful postgame to describe her feelings after making her third All-Star Game. Were about to make history, Leslie, a Hall of Famer and four-time Olympic gold medalist, shouted. The two players exchanged co-captains, with Sylvia Fowles joining Wilson and Stewart reuniting with Seattle Storm teammate. Join our linker program. That ranks slightly ahead of Napheesa Collier, who has helped Minnesota remain in contention despite Sylvia Fowles missing half of the Lynxs games so far. Including the captains, there will be 10 starters and 12 reserves for a total of 22 players -- 11 on each team. Were excited to once again host the leagues signature showcase event in the sports and entertainment capital of the world, Las Vegas Aces President Nikki Fargas said in a statement. The starting five need to adhere to the format of two guards, two forwards and a center. Sugar Rodgers Is Rewriting Her Life Story Through the W.N.B.A. Instead, there was an exhibition game matching the USA national team against a WNBA All-Star team, with Team USA winning 9972 at Mohegan Sun Arena.[3]. Im trying to win because this is the closest Ill ever get to a gold medal, Jones said with a laugh. The Women's National Basketball Association All-Star Game, commonly referred to as the WNBA All-Star Game, is an annual exhibition basketball game played in the United States between the best players of the Western and Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Data Provided By The 2020 Summer Olympics were postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports, FILE - WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert waves to the crowd before Game 2 in the semifinals of the WNBA playoffs between the Las Vegas Aces and the Phoenix Mercury Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, in Las Vegas. Here are five players who could steal the show . Shes preparing for her second Olympics appearance. On Saturday, July 9, some of the leagues biggest and brightest stars will display their talents for a special audience the participants in the Girls Nike Nationals as the two WNBA All-Star teams will conduct practices indoors at McCormick Place where the Nike TOC and Girls Nike Nationals are taking place. As previously announced, the USA Basketball Womens National Team will hold training camp in Las Vegas in July. All three are Quad 1 games played on a neutral court, and all three rank among the top-15 in Kenpom rankings. 6-keys: media/spln/wnba/reg/free/stories, By pressing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the. In 2004, the game was not played in its usual format due to the WNBA players competing in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. This summer, it's the WNBA's turn to shine in Chi-Town. In 2020, the NBAs top stars played in a riveting All-Star Game, the first one in league history to use the Elam Ending. Each also was among the honorees in 2016 when the WNBA unveiled its Top 20@20 celebrating the 20 greatest and most influential players in its history. 2023 ABC News Internet Ventures. candidate, is the leagues best rebounder. All-Access:. A'ja Wilson (14) All rights reserved. Coaching Staff; Lobo & Lady Lobo Track. The Division of the Physical Sciences.