{"id":26205,"date":"2025-07-21T13:40:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/26205\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T13:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:40:12","slug":"clark-collier-draft-all-star-teams-flip-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/26205\/","title":{"rendered":"Clark, Collier draft All-Star teams, flip coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Michael VoepelJul 8, 2025, 07:46 PM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.<\/p>\n

All three Indiana Fever<\/a> All-Stars will be on the same team for the WNBA All-Star Game in Indianapolis on July 19. The rosters, as chosen by captains Caitlin Clark<\/a> of the Fever and Napheesa Collier<\/a> of the Minnesota Lynx<\/a>, were announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Clark and Collier, the two leading vote-getters in fan balloting, first drafted from the eight remaining starters then filled out their teams picking from the 12 reserves. They also made one trade: swapping head coaches.<\/p>\n

Minnesota’s Cheryl Reeve initially was assigned to guide Team Clark, since the coach of the team with the league’s best record as of July 3 went to the player with the most votes. The New York Liberty<\/a>‘s Sandy Brondello, coach of the team with the second-best record at that point, was originally assigned to Team Collier. But since Reeve is Collier’s coach with the Lynx, the captains opted to switch coaches.<\/p>\n

THE CAPTAINS MADE THEIR PICKS \ud83d\udd25 <\/p>\n

The official 2025 WNBA All-Star rosters for Team Clark and Team Collier are set. Who will get the W? \ud83d\udc40 pic.twitter.com\/I1RCLkhNh9<\/a><\/p>\n

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Clark chose both her Fever teammates available in the roster draft: forward\/center Aliyah Boston<\/a> (pick No. 1) and guard Kelsey Mitchell<\/a> (pick No. 10). Rounding out Team Clark’s starters, along with herself and Boston, are Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu<\/a> (pick No. 3), three-time WNBA MVP center A’ja Wilson<\/a> of the Las Vegas Aces<\/a> (No. 5) and Phoenix Mercury<\/a> forward Satou Sabally<\/a> (No. 7).<\/p>\n

Team Clark’s reserves were headed by Mitchell then Seattle Storm<\/a> forward Gabby Williams<\/a> (pick No. 12), Washington Mystics<\/a> guard Sonia Citron<\/a> (No. 14) and forward Kiki Iriafen<\/a> (No. 16), Aces guard Jackie Young<\/a> (No. 18) and Golden State Valkyries<\/a> forward Kayla Thornton<\/a> (No. 20).<\/p>\n

Collier chose her former UConn<\/a> and USA Basketball teammate, Liberty forward Breanna Stewart<\/a>, with the second pick. The rest of Team Collier’s starters are Atlanta Dream<\/a> guard Allisha Gray<\/a> (pick No. 4), Storm forward Nneka Ogwumike<\/a> (No. 6) and Dallas Wings<\/a> guard Paige Bueckers<\/a> (No. 8).<\/p>\n

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The reserves for Team Collier are her Lynx teammate, guard Courtney Williams<\/a> (pick No. 9), Storm guard Skylar Diggins<\/a> (No. 11), Chicago Sky<\/a> forward Angel Reese<\/a> (No. 13), Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas<\/a> (No. 15), Los Angeles Sparks<\/a> guard Kelsey Plum<\/a> (No. 17) and Atlanta guard Rhyne Howard<\/a> (No. 19).<\/p>\n

The players went back and forth on potentially trading players, but that didn’t happen. Clark initially offered Sabally for Stewart, so that Brondello would then be coaching both Liberty players with Stewart and Ionescu. But Collier countered by asking Clark to give up Boston for Stewart, and it was a no-go.<\/p>\n

The All-Star 3-Point Contest and Skills Challenge is scheduled for July 18 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN). The All-Star Game will take place July 19 (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC\/Disney+\/ESPN+). All events will be staged at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, home of the Fever.<\/p>\n