Ahead of the excitement, here's everything you need to know about Sunday's star-studded exhibition: After using a special Team USA vs. After not holding an All-Star game in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, the W.N.B.A. 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. Thomas is completely back to her pre-injury form and has been doing a little bit of everything for the Sun on both sides of the ball: 15.8 points, 8.4 rebounds, 4.9 assists and two steals. The final starter, Betnijah Laney, has only improved since we featured her as a breakout star. The WNBA is thrilled to bring AT&T WNBA All-Star 2023, to Las Vegas, a city that showed such incredible support for the Aces and the WNBA throughout last season, especially during the WNBA Finals presented by YouTube TV when the Aces brought the city its first (major) professional sports championship, WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a statement. ET. Wilson has been incredible leading the Aces to the best record in the league by putting at 16.8 points, 10.1 rebounds and 2.4 blocks. 1 overall in this year's draft. Last years game was played in Chicago, and the 2020 event didnt take place because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Team Wilson will be coached by Becky Hammon and the Aces staff, while James Wade the Sky staff will be in charge of Team Stewart. on Wednesday, Diggins-Smith said the game had taught the Olympians that they are not yet a team. Key elements of the agreement are supported through the leagues partnership platform, WNBA Changemakers, with AT&T, the WNBAs Marquee Partner and inaugural Changemaker, as well as fellow inaugural Changemakers Deloitte and NIKE, Inc, and subsequent additions Google and U.S. Bank. Before Team Wilson and Team Stewart tip-off, heres everything you need to know for the WNBAs 18th All-Star Game: The 2022 WNBA All-Star Game will begin at 1 p.m. Were here to work.. But lets not miss the true two-way star shes become. The WNBA is infiltrating the NBA, several star players at a time When assessing where young stars Jaden Ivey and Paolo Banchero got their hoop skills from, look no further than their WNBA moms. Anyone can read what you share. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. G Jewell Loyd, Angel McCoughtry, Napheesa Collier, Diana Taurasi, Arike Ogunbowale, Nneka Ogwumike, Dearica Hamby, Sami Whitcomb, Brittney Sykes, Crystal Dangerfield, Sylvia Fowles, C Cheyenne Parker The WNBA is excited to bring AT&T WNBA All-Star 2022 and an innovative new WNBA Live event to Chicago, a city that showed such electric support for the Chicago Sky and the WNBA throughout last season and especially during the WNBA Finals presented by YouTube TV, said WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert. The league has also announced a set of special rules for the All-Star Game: 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. It was the 69th edition of the NBA All-Star Game, and was played at the United Center in Chicago, home of the Chicago Bulls. ET at Wintrust Arena, home of the defending champion Chicago Sky. Stay in the know with upcoming events at the Wintrust Arena and McCormick Square: Copyright 2021 - Wintrust Arena Privacy Policy|Do Not Sell My Info, Single-game tickets for the @chicagosky are offici, #BlueGrit was shown by @depaulwbbhoops as they bat, @depaulhoops falls to @butlermbb, 59-58. Back in November, the NBA announced the 2021 All-Star Game, originally set to be played in Indianapolis, would not be played. Team Wilson defeated Team (Elena) Delle. Each was named to the WNBAs All-Decade Team in 2006. Courtney Vandersloot (4). The WNBA season is not even a month old, but it's already time to start thinking about the 2022 All-Star Game. In addition to leading the league in rebounding and field goal percentage, she's one of two players averaging a double-double. While she compiled highlight after highlight on the court, Ogunbowale made sure to keep people on Twitter updated on the happenings of the game whenever she went to the bench. That excitement and urgency permeated the Team W.N.B.A. 12:00 PM. So Im trying to go out there and get the W so I can be like, Yeah, Grandma got the gold back in 2021.. She must be in the MVP conversation. Were here to prepare to win gold, she said. Theres No WNBA All-Star Game This Year, But We Picked The Rosters Anyway, from 21.6 percent in 2018 to 27.2 percent this season, defensive rebounding percentage, block percentage (twice) and assist percentage, 47.7 percent this season, 40.4 percent last season, her most efficient season from the field since her 2016 MVP campaign, at a rate that ranks top-four in the league, posting a career-best defensive rebounding percentage (24.7), fourth in the league in assist percentage and third in true shooting percentage. AT&T WNBA All-Star 2022 will be played in Chicago at the Wintrust Arena, home of the defending WNBA Champion Chicago Sky, on Sunday, July 10 (ABC, noon CT/1 p.m. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/WNBA?sub_confirmation=1Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WNBAFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wnbaFor news, stories, and more: https://www.wnba.com/Get WNBA League Pass: https://leaguepass.wnba.com/packages Serving as Co-Head Coaches of Team WNBA will be WNBA Legends Lisa Leslie and Tina Thompson. Shes the leading scorer for the Aces. The contest will be nationally televised on ABC. Coaching Staff; Lobo & Lady Lobo Track. In the East, the starting honors begin with Courtney Vandersloot, currently a close second behind Stewart in win shares. Team WNBA defeated Team USA 93-85 in the 2021 WNBA All-Star Game on Wednesday, with Arike Ogunbowale being named MVP after dropping a game-high 26 points. Any Youth Se The action began with All-Star Saturday, which featured the 3-Point Contest and Skills Challenge. Myisha Hines-Allen continues to provide one of the most complete seasons in the league this season for Washington, while teammate Ariel Atkins is hitting 46.8 percent of her threes and taking on the toughest perimeter defensive assignments for the Mystics. The league's best and brightest convene in Chicago as the city hosts the festivities for the first time ever. AT&T WNBA All-Star 2022 will be played in Chicago at the Wintrust Arena, home of the defending WNBA Champion Chicago Sky, on Sunday, July 10 (ABC, noon CT/1 p.m. Or write about sports? Data Provided By 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 . Howard Megdal is editor-in-chief of The Next, a womens basketball site, and founder of the womens sports newsletter The IX. While winning isn't everything for All-Star nods, it's worth noting the Storm are 5-1 with Stewart and 0-2 without her. won, she would view it as her own Olympic victory if, Jones clarified later, Team U.S.A. also wins gold in Tokyo. In 2006, 2007, and 2010, the Challenge was a timed event, but in 2019 onward it changed to a three-round, obstacle-course competition that tests dribbling, passing, agility and three-point shooting skills. But, of course, there are no Olympics and still no All-Star Game. With fan voting now open, let's take a look at the potential starters. 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). ET), the 2022 MTN DEW 3-Point Contest and WNBA Skills Challenge will take place at McCormick Place, broadcast live by ESPN. The 2021 AT&T WNBA All Star Game is one of many key elements of the celebration of the WNBAs 25th season, which will continue to recognize the incredible achievements of players to date while also serving as a celebratory send-off of the WNBA players who will compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. . 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. 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 . Read more about how W.N.B.A. Im grateful to AT&T and the WNBA for choosing Chicago for this exciting event as well as the Chicago Sky for continuing to represent the best of our city., As we are continuing to grow the footprint of the Sky and the WNBA, there is no better way to do it than to have the great stars of our WNBA galaxy gathered in Chicago for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2022, said Sky President and CEO Adam Fox. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Last year's game was played in Chicago, and the 2020 event didn't take place because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This summer, it's the WNBA's turn to shine in Chi-Town. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Taurasi and Bird will try for their fifth Olympic gold medals, which no basketball player, male or female, has yet achieved. All-Stars (6) And at the risk of overloading the starting five with Storm folks, Jewell Loyd, has to be here as well. That year, the USA national team defeated a team of WNBA All-Stars 7458 at Radio City Music Hall. Lobo Basketball. July 14, 2021 at 7:09 PM PDT. This summer, its the WNBAs turn to shine in Chi-Town. Locate Youth Sports Leagues in Sunnyvale California with our directory of Sunnyvale Youth Sports Leagues reviews, coupons, maps, phone number, photos and information. 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. The participants carried a different mind-set into this game than in All-Star Games of the past, said Brittney Griner, the Phoenix Mercury center and seven-time All-Star, who led Team U.S.A. with 17 points. Her 2.2 win shares entering Tuesday nights games ranks third in the league, and shes top-10 in the league in both offensive and defensive win shares, hitting 44.2 percent of her 3-point shots and 60 percent of her two-pointers. The WNBA team had seven first-time All . As previously announced, the USA Basketball Womens National Team will hold training camp in Las Vegas in July. Should a member of Team WNBA be unable to play for any reason, WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert will name a replacement. Please disable your ad blocker to view the video content. Brittney Sykes is a defensive catalyst for the Sparks and dramatically improved her efficiency from two. Here are five players who could steal the show . The list of top 36 vote-getters is available here. Leslie and Tina Thompson, also a Hall of Famer, coached Team W.N.B.A. G Betnijah Laney CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: wnba | pageType: | She's one of only two players averaging a double-double and is second in blocks. More information will be provided later. Aja Wilson, after a dip in production in 2019 playing next to Liz Cambage, has picked up right where she left off in 2018, the signature star for a Las Vegas team that is absolutely a threat to Seattles march to the WNBA title. at Team Wilson defeated Team (Elena) Delle. Originally, the game had been scrapped because of the Summer Olympics, historically a time when the league does not play the midseason classic. For the same reason, the beginning of the 2020 WNBA season has been delayed. Breanna Stewart has been, by a pretty clear measure, the most valuable player in the league as a whole so far. After going with Team USA vs. 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. Ogunbowale, with Team W.N.B.A. This year, the game will once again being played with the playground-style captain's picks format, and A'ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart were named captains for receiving the most fan votes. The league later announced a revised 22-game schedule, but no all-star game was played. Kelsey Mitchell and Julie Allemand, the Indiana Fever backcourt, have done it all Allemand is fourth in the league in assist percentage and third in true shooting percentage and Mitchell took a massive leap forward in efficiency despite taking more shots per game, on average, than in previous seasons. 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. Diana Taurasi is producing at similar rates to her 2018 All-Star campaign, while Arike Ogunbowale is attacking as much as she did in her All-Rookie campaign last season even as shes become dramatically more efficient from two-point range (47.7 percent this season, 40.4 percent last season). And just as exciting as her All-Star performance is the season the third-year player is having. Coaches were not permitted to vote for players from their own team. The Skills Challenge was held during the All-Star Game event during 20062007, 2010, 2019, and 2022. The starters are determined by fans voting through internet ballots. Then, at 2 p.m. CT (3 p.m. 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. 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. in her All-Star debut, had a game-high 26 points on 10 of 18 shooting, hitting five 3-pointers. After an exciting first half of the season, 2022 WNBA All-Star Weekend has arrived. Jones, an M.V.P. Arike Ogunbowale, a second-year player with the Dallas Wings, won the MVP award . last year after leading the Storm to the title. Together, they are as effective as almost any regular pairing for the Fever, a surprise (though not to coach Marianne Stanley) playoff contender. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. The only other player to put up those numbers over the course of a season was Tamika Catchings. 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.