WNBA star Caitlin Clark will not participate in a 3 -point special shooting at Nba 2025 All-Star Weekend, its representatives announced on Wednesday in a statement.
“Caitlin will not be Nba All-Star, “Clark representatives to Excel Sports Management said.” She wants her first 3-point competition to be at the WNBA All-Star in Indianapolis this summer. “”
Here is everything you need to know about the situation before Nba All-Star Weekend, which takes place from February 16 to 18 in San Francisco.
What did the NBA want Clark to do?
Last year, a new event was presented to the NBA stars calendar: “Stephen vs Sabrina.” In the very first NBA challenge against WNBA at 3 points, Steph Curry faced Sabrina Ionescu in a battle 1 against 1 for the supremacy of shooting outside. The competition, which Curry won with a late push, was an immediate success and has inspired a new life in the stars weekend, which has been a little out of last years.
Almost immediately, there were conferences about bringing the force test in 2025, in particular with Curry and the Golden State Warriors who should play the host.
“I don’t know if someone can fill these shoes, but that might have to be something we do more often,” said Curry after his victory.
In April, Shams Charania reported Curry against Ionescu, part II II, was very likely to occur at the weekend of stars in 2025, and suggested the possibility that the event was extended to a competition of 2 against 2 which could include Clark as well as Klay Thompson or Damian Lillard.
Charania reiterated in November These talks progressed to bring a variation in the competition. “Curry and Ionescu are in strong conversations to come back,” said Charania, adding that Clark and Thompson were also in the mixture. Ionnescu was also questioned in November on whom she wanted to team up in a 3 -point competition and chose Clark as an ideal partner.
On the basis of all the available reports, it seems clear that the NBA dream scenario would have been that Curry and Thompson come together to face Ionescu and Clark in a shooting of 2. It would have taken place on Sunday, between the matches semi-finals and the new star match tournament championship, rather than during the stars on Saturday evening.
Why did Clark refuse the invitation?
First and foremost, Clark wanted his first experience in a 3-point competition to be at the WNBA stars weekend in 2025, that his Indiana fever will welcome later this summer.
Furthermore, According to The Sports Business JournalClark did not want to draw a ball support either because his intersane training diet is focused only on shooting or shooting. The shooting would be installed as a traditional 3 -point competition in which there are five racks spaced around the ground with five balls at each rack.
It should also be noted that Clark clearly said that she wanted to relax this off -season after playing for almost a consecutive year between her senior season at Iowa and the recruit season with fever. She refused opportunities to play abroad and with unrivaled, and rather focused on individual training with the new staff of fever coaches.
What will the NBA do now?
From a logistical point of view, the simplest solution for the NBA would be to have simply “Stephen vs Sabrina 2.0”. Curry and Ionescu seem to be interested, and keeping it head-to-head would make real revenge. In addition, they would not have to rush to try to find a last -minute replacement for Clark, which could cause the event to lose part of its cachet.
What is the next step for Clark?
The recruit of the year of the WNBA 2024 is already back on the field by preparing its second season, and Recently put on a shiny shooting display during a training session. After having led fever to the playoffs for the first time since 2016 while establishing the assistance record in a single season of the League and by doing the first team of the WNBA, among others, Clark will have even more important objectives: winning At least one series elimination and perhaps difficult for MVP.
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The fever has already re-signed the companion in the Clark rear area, Kelsey Mitchell, and has a lot of space to spend a free agency to further improve the team. Clark and fever will overturn their 2025 campaign on May 17 at home against the Chicago sky.
