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WNBA All-Star rosters: Here's the full list for the 2023 game – For The Win
A’Ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart can start mapping out their draft boards.
The WNBA on Saturday revealed its 12 reserves for the 2023 All-Star game, which will be played on July 15 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Wilson and Stewart – who were the preseason favorites in the MVP race – were first and second in fan voting, respectively, and were among the 10 starters announced for the All-Star game last week. The starters were determined by a vote, while the reserves were picked by the league’s head coaches. On July 8 at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN, Wilson and Stewart will draft from that pool of remaining 20 players to make up the All-Star teams.
Team Wilson will be coaches by Aces’ head coach Becky Hammon and Team Stewart will be led by Connecticut Sun head coach Stephanie White. Hammon’s Aces and White’s Sun own the two best records in the WNBA so far this season. The Aces lead all teams with four All-Star selections.
Below is the full list of All-Stars for 2023, which includes the likes of dime-dropping Chelsea Gray, autograph-signing Arike Ogunbowale, and Rookie of the Year frontrunner Aliyah Boston.
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Because Elena Delle Donne suffered an ankle injury recently that will sideline her for at least two weeks, the WNBA needed a replacement player on Team Wilson.
The selection, made by WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert, is second-year Atlanta Dream guard Rhyne Howard. The league announced the decision on Tuesday, July 11.
Howard was an All-Star last year too, as a rookie. The selection makes her just the fourth player in Atlanta Dream history to earn multiple All-Star bids.
It’s a worthy selection, as Howard ranks 10th in the league in scoring with 18.7 points per game. And the Dream are riding a five-game winning streak.
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