Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson and Indiana Fever rookie guard Caitlin Clark lead the voting after the primary spherical of fan returns for the WNBA All-Star Sport, the league introduced Friday.
The sport will happen on July 20 on the Footprint Heart in Phoenix. The WNBA All-Stars will face the All-Stars from the U.S. Ladies’s Nationwide Basketball Staff.
Wilson, a two-time WNBA MVP, is main the league in scoring (27.9 ppg) and rebounding (11.3 rpg). She is the highest vote-getter with 217,773 votes. Clark is averaging 16.3 factors and 6.2 assists, which is third within the WNBA. She is just one,346 votes behind Wilson after the primary returns.
Fever ahead Aliyah Boston, New York Liberty ahead Breanna Stewart, and Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale spherical out the highest 5 in voting to date.
The vote is cut up between followers (50 p.c), present WNBA gamers (25 p.c), and a nationwide panel of sportswriters and broadcasters (25 p.c).
The ten vote-getters will routinely be named to take part within the WNBA All-Star Sport. Any participant who’s within the prime 10 in votes and never on the USA Ladies’s Nationwide Staff roster will routinely be assigned to Staff WNBA.
The ultimate WNBA All-Star Sport rosters might be introduced on July 2.