NEW YORK — Paige Bueckers will play in her first WNBA All-Star Recreation and Nneka Ogwumike has earned her tenth choice, the league introduced Monday because it named the gamers who will be part of Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier as All-Star starters.
Bueckers, who was the No. 1 draft choose by the Dallas Wings, would be the tenth rookie to start out the sport. It is the third straight season it has occurred, with Clark getting a begin final 12 months and Aliyah Boston in 2013.
Bueckers is ranked eleventh within the league in scoring (18.4 factors) and sixth in assists (5.8) to guide rookies in each classes. She acquired the sixth-most votes from followers.
Ogwumike, who stars for Seattle, is tied for the third-most All-Star appearances with Tamika Catchings and Brittney Griner. She trails solely Sue Chicken (13) and Diana Taurasi (11).
Clark and Collier have been named captains of the groups Sunday for receiving essentially the most fan votes. The pair will draft their groups by selecting among the many different starters in addition to the 12 reserves picked by coaches. The reserves can be introduced this weekend.
New York’s Breanna Stewart and Las Vegas’ A’ja Wilson every earned a seventh All-Star nod and can be within the beginning lineup. Different starters chosen Monday by a mixture of fan, media and participant voting included guards Allisha Grey of Atlanta and Sabrina Ionescu of New York. The frontcourt additionally will function Phoenix’s Satou Sabally and Boston, Clark’s Indiana teammate.
The starters have been chosen from throughout the WNBA with out regard to convention affiliation. Gamers and a media panel joined followers in choosing the starters. Fan voting accounted for 50%, and the participant and media votes every accounted for 25%.
Boston completed fewer than 1,400 votes behind Minnesota star Collier for second within the fan voting. Whereas Clark completed first within the fan vote, she was ninth within the gamers’ vote and third within the media voting for guards.
Kelsey Mitchell of Indiana and Angel Reese of Chicago each simply missed making the All-Star starters record, ending fifth and seventh, respectively, at their positions.
The sport can be performed in Indianapolis on July 19.