The WNBA announced the rosters for the 2021 All-Star Game Wednesday afternoon, which will take place in Las Vegas on July 14. For the first time in league history, the format will be WNBA All-Stars vs. USA Basketball Women's National Team, ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics that are slated to start at the end of July.
The WNBA All-Stars were selected through a combination of fan, player, media and coach voting to determine the final 12 players named through the roster. Fans received 50 percent of the vote, while the other 50 percent was broken up equally between the players and media. The top 36 vote-getters from that process who were not already selected to play for Team USA in the Olympics were then given to the league's head coaches who determined the finalized roster. Coaches were not allowed to vote for players from their own team and had to choose five frontcourt players, three guards and four additional players at any position.
Here are the full rosters for both teams:
WNBA All-Stars
| PLAYER | TEAM | POSITION |
|---|---|---|
|
DeWanna Bonner |
Connecticut Sun |
Frontcourt |
|
Liz Cambage |
Las Vegas Aces |
Frontcourt |
|
Kahleah Copper |
Chicago Sky |
Backcourt |
|
Dearica Hamby |
Las Vegas Aces |
Frontcourt |
|
Brionna Jones |
Connecticut Sun |
Frontcourt |
|
Jonquel Jones |
Connecticut Sun |
Frontcourt |
|
Betnijah Laney |
New York Liberty |
Backcourt |
|
Arike Ogunbowale |
Dallas Wings |
Backcourt |
|
Candace Parker |
Chicago Sky |
Frontcourt |
|
Satou Sabally |
Dallas Wings |
Frontcourt |
|
Courtney Vandersloot |
Chicago Sky |
Backcourt |
|
Courtney Williams |
Atlanta Dream |
Backcourt |
Team USA roster
| PLAYER | TEAM | POSITION |
|---|---|---|
|
Ariel Atkins |
Washington Mystics |
Backcourt |
|
Sue Bird |
Seattle Storm |
Backcourt |
|
Tina Charles |
Washington Mystics |
Frontcourt |
|
Napheesa Collier |
Minnesota Lynx |
Frontcourt |
|
Skylar Diggins-Smith |
Phoenix Mercury |
Backcourt |
|
Sylvia Fowles |
Minnesota Lynx |
Frontcourt |
|
Chelsea Gray |
Las Vegas Aces |
Backcourt |
|
Brittney Griner |
Phoenix Mercury |
Frontcourt |
|
Jewell Loyd |
Seattle Storm |
Backcourt |
|
Breanna Stewart |
Seattle Storm |
Frontcourt |
|
Diana Taurasi |
Phoenix Mercury |
Backcourt |
|
A'ja Wilson |
Las Vegas Aces |
Frontcourt |
The WNBA All-Stars have a total of seven first-time All-Stars on the roster, including Dallas Wings' standout guard Arike Ogunbowale, who is fourth in the league in points per game (20.3). Ogunbowale's teammate, forward Satou Sabally, is also a first-time All-Star selection, as those two have led the Wings to tie their regular-season win total from last year (eight) with still 16 games left in the regular season. The rest of the first-time All-Stars on the WNBA roster are Kahleah Copper, Dearica Hamby, Brionna Jones, Betnijah Laney and Courtney Williams.
On the Team USA side, only Washington Mystics guard Ariel Atkins is a first-time All-Star from a roster that features a slew of WNBA champions and Olympic gold medal winners.
The starters for both teams will be announced at a later date, with the head coaches making those decisions. University of South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley is the head coach of the Team USA Olympic team, while the WNBA All-Stars will be coached by league legends Lisa Leslie and Tina Thompson.
The 2021 WNBA All-Star Game will serve as a sendoff to the Olympic team before it heads to Tokyo, as the squad will be training in Vegas leading up to the Olympic Games. In order to accommodate the Olympic Games, the WNBA worked in an almost month-long break from league play between July 15-Aug. 11 to allow the players to represent their countries on the global stage.
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