WNBA All-Star starters have formally been introduced, with ten gamers incomes their spot due to a mixture of fan, media, and participant votes.
Within the backcourt, Paige Bueckers (Dallas Wings), Caitlin Clark (Indiana Fever), Sabrina Ionescu (New York Liberty), and Allisha Grey (Atlanta Dream) will begin.
Within the frontcourt, Napheesa Collier (Minnesota Lynx), A’ja Wilson (Las Vegas), Breanna Stewart (New York Liberty), Aliyah Boston (Indiana Fever), Nneka Ogwumike (Seattle Storm), and Satou Sabally (Phoenix Mercury) will begin.
Right here’s the WNBA All-Star general scores (weighted) for the highest 10 finishers based mostly on 50% fan votes, 25% participant votes and 25% media votes. pic.twitter.com/wF0TPA2tQL
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Every participant’s rating was weighted based mostly on 50% fan votes, 25% participant votes, and 25% media panel votes.
Bueckers led all guards in voting, ranked 2nd amongst followers, fifth amongst media, and 4th amongst gamers. However, on condition that Clark earned essentially the most fan votes, she’ll be considered one of two All-Star captains.
Collier led all bigs in voting, ranked 1st amongst followers, 2nd within the media, and 2nd amongst gamers.
Along with the ten named starters, coaches will choose the remaining 12 gamers who will function All-Star reserves.
It’s no shock that these voted starters earned that honor, however there are a couple of gamers who had been vastly underrated within the scheme of voting. That’s at all times going to be the case in a league so proficient, however on this case, two veteran gamers stick out particularly.
Alyssa Thomas was the largest WNBA All-Star snub
Alyssa Thomas headlines the listing of All-Star snubs. Thomas completed tenth general amongst frontcourt gamers, coming thirteenth in fan voting, seventh in media voting, and sixth in participant voting. That’s regardless of main the league in assists with 9.3 per night time, and taking pictures a career-best 53.8% from the sphere en path to 14.8 factors per recreation.
Thomas has been a crucial a part of the Mercury’s success; Phoenix has the league’s second-best file at 12-5. Of word, Phoenix has been considerably higher when Thomas is accessible; they’re 10-2 when she is within the lineup, and 2-3 with out her. It’s attainable that the 5 video games she missed with a calf harm negatively impacted her in fan, media, and participant voting.
A contributing issue may be that Thomas has spent most of her WNBA profession taking part in for a smaller market with the Connecticut Solar, and receiving much less of the limelight regardless of continued dominance.
Along with Thomas, Skylar Diggins was possible ranked decrease than she ought to have been. Diggins was ranked sixth amongst guards, together with ninth amongst followers. She is averaging 18.9 factors per recreation on 46.3% taking pictures, together with 41.8% from three. She’s fourth within the WNBA in assists per recreation with 6.1 an evening, and has been one of many league’s most constant high-volume three-point shooters.
The Seattle Storm haven’t been fairly the powerhouse some projected them to be, however they nonetheless have the league’s fifth greatest file, and Diggins has been an enormous a part of why.
