Whereas Caitlin Clark has declined an invite to take part within the 3-point contest on Friday in Chicago, she’s going to nonetheless play in Saturday’s marquee occasion.
Clark, the captain of Teresa Weatherspoon’s group, will be a part of reigning MVP A’ja Wilson, Rookie of the Yr frontrunner Olivia Miles and Indiana Fever teammate Aliyah Boston on the identical group.
The trio contains a group that will probably be coached by Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve, and can face a squad drafted by WNBA legend Cynthia Cooper and coached by Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon as a part of the league’s thirtieth season.
Cooper and Hammon’s pool of All-Stars contains Clark’s Fever teammate Kelsey Mitchell.
On Tuesday, we ranked Staff Coop’s roster. At this time, we do the identical on the opposite facet.
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Staff Spoon
A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces (25.6 PPG, 9.6 RPG, 2.9 APG, 1.5 SPG, 2.0 BPG)
The reigning WNBA MVP will at all times maintain the highest spot, even among the many mixture of proficient gamers she’ll play with on Saturday. The actual fact stays, and can at all times be this fashion whereas she’s in her prime, is that Wilson is unstoppable when she needs to be.
Wilson’s need for perfection brings out her greatness each single time she steps on the courtroom. Her emotion is intoxicating, and whereas her talent degree is unmatched more often than not, she lifts everybody to her degree of greatness once they’re on the ground.
Olivia Miles, Minnesota Lynx (19.6 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 6.0 APG, 1.3 SPG)
Miles is slowly etching her title amongst a number of the all-time greats in her rookie marketing campaign. If the season have been accomplished, Miles would undoubtedly be part of our Finest Rookies of the Decade, however out of respect for these of the 2020s, her season is not full.
She’s nonetheless probably the most assured rookies we have ever seen, attacking the paint and difficult bigs—together with Wilson—with out hesitation. Should you problem her at her first step, she’ll beat you to the rim. Should you give her house, she’ll knock down her mid- or long-range jumpers. And her swagger is infectious.
Aliyah Boston, Indiana Fever (17.1 PPG, 8.6 RPG, 2.7 APG, 1.2 SPG, 1.2 BPG)
Boston is arguably the perfect heart within the Japanese Convention. Coming from the identical system Wilson did, beneath Daybreak Staley in South Carolina, Boston instructions an influence recreation that not many others can match when she’s close to the rim.
She’s able to dominating anybody who challenges her within the paint. And whereas she thrives together with her paint touches, she’s added an outdoor aptitude to her recreation, simply as Wilson did. There aren’t many who can play as deliberate as Boston.
Allisha Grey, Atlanta Dream (19.1 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 2.3 APG, 1.5 SPG)
Grey is having a career-best scoring season, as her competitiveness continues to be one of many defining traits that separates her. The South Carolina native’s elite athleticism comes from a cultured talent set that mixes with a mindset that elevates her recreation every time she’s on the courtroom.
Irrespective of the defender, Grey by no means appears intimidated by the opposing group’s greatest participant or the largest stage. Whether or not she’s guarding an All-Star or taking a crucial shot late in a recreation, Grey thrives with the duty relatively than avoiding it.
Nneka Ogwumike, Los Angeles Sparks (17.3 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 2.9 APG, 1.1 SPG)
Madame President is perhaps this 12 months’s mannequin of consistency to stay by. The 15-year veteran, who has risen to the event whereas teammates Kelsey Plum and Cameron Brink have missed important time with accidents, continues to set the usual. Ogwumike is having fun with one in every of her greatest seasons ever, and may doubtlessly end the marketing campaign with a career-best common in rebounds.
The 36-year-old has by no means compromised the qualities that made her elite within the first place, and there are only a few gamers who’ve been in a position to preserve the extent of excellence she’s displayed over such an extended profession. She delivers environment friendly scoring, robust rebounding, reliable protection, and a management high quality that everybody respects.
Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever (20.7 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 7.8 APG)
When Clark is at her greatest, she is a planet unto herself. Her long-range taking pictures and talent to not solely rise above defenders, however tether the web with off-balance jumpers, is superb to observe. An undisciplined defender can pay each time. And when she’s not firing from logos, she’s mastered threading the tightest of home windows to seek out any one in every of her teammates with a dime.
Clark’s consistency is exceptional, and never as a result of she turns in excellent video games nightly, however as a result of she impacts profitable in a number of methods, even when her shot is not falling. It is the benchmark of an elite participant, and he or she’s in simply her third season. Most just lately, Clark made historical past because the NBA 2K27 Deluxe Version cowl athlete.
Jessica Shepard, Dallas Wings (14.8 PPG, 11.9 RPG, 5.3 APG)
Certainly one of two gamers averaging a double-double this season, Shepard is perhaps essentially the most spectacular teammate within the WNBA. If this have been the films, she ought to obtain an Oscar nomination for Finest Supporting Actress. Fortunately for the Wings, that is actual life, and Shepard has been an unimaginable co-star so far.
What we have seen in a lineup with 2025 Rookie of the Yr Paige Bueckers and 2026 ROTY candidate Azzi Fudd is Shepard emerge because the glue that brings every part collectively. She will cross the rock, she will get to the rim and discover the middle of it, she will rebound, and she will intimidate on the defensive finish. Shepard is making a well-deserved title for herself this season.
Rhyne Howard, Atlanta Dream (17.6 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 3.4 APG, 2.4 SPG)
Probably the most constant gamers of her time, Howard’s contributions by no means waver. A look at her 5 seasons within the league, and you will note near-identical numbers every season in each statistical class. What you see is what you get, and the Dream are the benefactor.
She’s confirmed to be a useful asset as a result of she impacts profitable in each section of the sport. Way more than a scorer, Howard is a flexible two-way participant who can change the trajectory of any recreation together with her pure talent, basketball IQ and defensive influence.
Jonquel Jones, New York Liberty (14.8 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 2.5 APG, 1.1 BPG)
Jones continues to be a useful asset, as she’s at all times been, from her days in Connecticut when she gained an MVP award, to her present time in New York, the place she gained her first title. The 6-foot-6 tyrant affords a uncommon mixture of measurement, talent, versatility, and unselfishness.
There are only a few gamers within the W who can affect a recreation like Jones, with the best way she protects the rim, dominates the boards, handles the basketball, facilitates offense, and stretches the ground together with her 3-point taking pictures (keep in mind when she competed within the 3-point shootout?). Her versatility creates troublesome matchup issues for the perfect of any opponents.
Kiki Iriafen, Washington Mystics (14.9 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 1.6 APG)
Her legacy is already in development, because the 6-foot-3 ahead makes her second WNBA All-Star look in as many seasons. Her scoring common, rebounding, area objective share and 3-point share are all up. And she or he’s barely elevated her field-goal makes an attempt, from 10.3 to 11.0 per recreation.
Iriafen is a serious cause the Mystics are within the playoff dialog, and has pulled off spectacular wins this season, together with Monday in Golden State towards the league’s hardest protection. She has been arguably Washington’s emotional chief since getting into the league. There will probably be a day after we’re recurrently speaking about Iriafen in the identical frontcourt conversations as we do Wilson, Stewart, Jones and Boston.
Courtney Williams, Minnesota Lynx (15.8 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 4.1 APG, 1.3 SPG)
If there’s one factor you possibly can depend on from one of many hardest guards within the WNBA, it is 40 minutes of grit and willpower. The 11-year veteran is a three-time All-Star, together with the final two seasons. With Williams, the Lynx know she’s going to carry the identical confidence and aggression each possession, whether or not she’s going head-up towards an even bigger defender or dealing with an elite backcourt.
And whereas the brand new period brings a wealth of 3-point shooters and drive-and-kick gamers, Williams remains to be the grasp of the pull-up mid-range jumper, having perfected one in every of basketball’s hardest photographs. Even once they know it is coming, defenders are baffled by Williams discovering a knack for creating the precise separation to knock it down.
