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INDIANAPOLIS — Thank goodness for Steph and Sabrina. And Jaylen Brown. Apparently the league’s superstars are now too cool and perhaps too afraid to put themselves out there in front of the world on Saturday night. Apparently they’ve forgotten what the “Star” means in “All-Star Saturday night,” choosing to sit out signature events, preferring to look cool on the sidelines. Heck, they don’t even allow themselves to get excited anymore. They’re too cool to cheer? It’s been… Source link

Stephen Curry and Sabrina Ionescu might have signed up for a win-win situation when they agreed to go head-to-head in an unprecedented 3-point shootout, but someone had to lose. Curry made sure he came out with the victory on All-Star Saturday night, scoring 29 points. Ionescu, 26, didn’t want to shoot from the women’s 3-point line of 20 feet, 6 inches. Instead, she leveled the playing field and shot from the NBA line of 23 feet, 9 inches. Naturally, she did shoot a WNBA ball. Fans were… Source link

The 2022 WNBA All-Star Game is this weekend at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, home of the 2021 champion Chicago Sky. The All-Star weekend started with the New York Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu winning the Skills Challenge and Chicago Sky star Allie Quigley winning a record fourth 3-Point Contest on Saturday. No NBA or WNBA player had ever won a 3-Point Contest more than three times. The All-Star Game is at 1 p.m. ET Sunday (ABC). The two teams are captained by Seattle Storm forward Breanna… Source link

Sabrina Ionescu pledged to live out Kobe Bryant’s legacy and found inspiration in the lives of his daughter, Gianna, and her teammates, Alyssa Altobelli and Payton Chester. One year after their deaths, she reflected on the loss and how she honors their legacies. Ionescu honors legacies of Kobe, Gigi Ionescu, 23, counted Bryant as a mentor and close friend. While working out with Bryant in Los Angeles ahead of her senior season at Oregon she twice helped coach the Mamba Ballers, the team… Source link