Sun star Alyssa Thomas and the Mystics’ Elena Delle Donne are amid the listing of 12 reserves for the 2023 WNBA All-Star Activity.
Thomas, who presently sales opportunities the WNBA in occupation triple-doubles, will engage in in her fourth All-Star Recreation, while the two-time MVP will make her seventh visual appeal following becoming preferred by the league’s coaches.
The All-Star Video game is scheduled for July 15 in Las Vegas.
Thomas currently sales opportunities the league in rebounding (10.4 per game) and steals (2.1 per match) although averaging 14.6 factors for each match for Connecticut, which sits in next area in the league’s standings at 12-4. Delle Donne is averaging 19.5 points (seventh-most effective in the league) and 6.3 rebounds for each activity this period.
Joining Thomas and Delle Donne as reserves in the frontcourt include things like Thomas’s teammate, DeWanna Bonner, Lynx forward Napheesa Collier, the Storm’s Ezi Magbegor and the Aspiration’s Cheyenne Parker. Magbegor and Parker will be playing in their initial All-Star Activity.
There is no shortage of talent amid the reserves in the backcourt. The listing features the Sky’s Kahleah Copper, the Dream’s Allisha Gray, the Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu and Courtney Vandersloot, the Fever’s Kelsey Mitchell and the Aces’ Kelsey Plum. For Grey and Mitchell, it marks their to start with All-Star appearances.
Two-time MVP A’ja Wilson and 2018 MVP Breanna Stewart have been named captains for the league’s exhibition recreation on June 25.
The other starters in this year’s match are as follows:
- Aliyah Boston, Fever
- Chelsea Grey, Aces
- Brittney Griner, Mercury
- Jewell Loyd, Storm
- Arie Ogunbowale, Wings
- Nneka Ogwumike, Sparks
- Satou Sabally, Wings
- Jackie Younger, Aces
Wilson and Stewart will choose their respective teams on July 8 at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN.
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