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Get ready for Team WNBA vs. Team USA at WNBA All-Star 2024 in Phoenix!
Here are the 12 WNBA All-Stars who will take on the USA Basketball Women’s National Team on July 20:
- DeWanna Bonner (Connecticut Sun; 6th selection)
- Aliyah Boston (Indiana Fever; 2nd selection)
- Caitlin Clark (Indiana Fever; 1st selection)
- Allisha Gray (Atlanta Dream; 2nd selection)
- Dearica Hamby (Los Angeles Sparks; 3rd selection)
- Brionna Jones (Connecticut Sun; 3rd selection)
- Jonquel Jones (New York Liberty; 5th selection)
- Kayla McBride (Minnesota Lynx; 4th selection)
- Kelsey Mitchell (Indiana Fever; 2nd selection)
- Arike Ogunbowale (Dallas Wings; 4th selection)
- Nneka Ogwumike (Seattle Storm, 9th selection)
- Angel Reese (Chicago Sky; 1st selection)
As a reminder, the members of Team USA are:
- Napheesa Collier (Minnesota Lynx; 4th selection)
- Kahleah Copper (Phoenix Mercury; 4th selection)
- Chelsea Gray (Las Vegas Aces; 6th selection)
- Brittney Griner (Phoenix Mercury; 10th selection)
- Sabrina Ionescu (New York Liberty; 3rd selection)
- Jewell Loyd (Seattle Storm; 6th selection)
- Kelsey Plum (Las Vegas Aces; 3rd selection)
- Breanna Stewart (New York Liberty; 6th selection)
- Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury; 11th selection)
- Alyssa Thomas (Connecticut Sun; 5th selection)
- A’ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces; 6th selection)
- Jackie Young (Las Vegas Aces; 3rd selection)
The top-10 vote-getters (determined by 50 percent fan vote, 25 percent player vote and 25 percent media panel vote) were, in alphabetical order: Aliyah Boston, Caitlin Clark, Napheesa Collier, Kahleah Copper, Dearica Hamby, Sabrina Ionescu, Arike Ogunbowale, Breanna Stewart, A’ja Wilson and Jackie Young. Clark finished first in the fan vote (700,735), followed by Boston (618,680), Wilson (607,300), Stewart (424,135) and Reese (381,518).
The remaining spots on Team WNBA were filled by the league’s 12 head coaches, as they selected five frontcourt players, three backcourt players and four players from any position from a list of the next 36-highest vote-getters, although coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players. The starters for both Team WNBA and Team USA will be determined by the team’s respective head coaches.
In 2021, the WNBA All-Star Game first featured Team WNBA vs. Team USA, with Arike Ogunbowale winning MVP honors as she led the All-Stars past the Olympians, 93-85.
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