STANFORD, Calif. – Chiney and Nneka Ogwumike have been selected to the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game following a vote of fans, fellow WNBA players, head coaches and media.
Elena Delle Donne and Candace Parker will serve as team captains and draft the rosters for the 15th version of the event, which will take place on Saturday, July 28 at Target Center in Minneapolis. ABC will televise the game live at 12:30 p.m. PT.
An All-Star as a rookie in 2014, Chiney earned her second selection after missing two of the previous three seasons due to injury. She has started all 21 games for the Connecticut Sun and is averaging a team-high 15.0 points and 7.5 rebounds. Her .603 field goal percentage is second in the league.
Nneka, the 2016 WNBA MVP, has been selected to every All-Star game played during her career and will be making her fifth appearance in the showcase. The elder Ogwumike leads the Los Angeles Sparks in rebounding (7.4) and field goal percentage (.549) and is second in scoring (16.1).
The Ogwumikes, who first appeared as All-Stars together in 2014, are the only siblings to play in the WNBA All-Star Game.
For the first time, All-Stars were selected without regard for conference affiliation. Fans accounted for 40 percent of the vote, while current players, current head coaches and a media panel accounted for 20 percent each. The All-Stars were announced Tuesday on ESPN's SportsCenter.
Under the new All-Star Game format that replaces the traditional matchup between conferences, Delle Donne and Parker will select their respective teams from the pool of All-Stars to form two 11-player rosters, which will be revealed on Thursday, July 19 at the start of ESPN2's telecast of a game between Washington and the Dallas Wings (5 p.m. PT tip-off).
On Friday, July 27, the All-Star team captains and head coaches will meet to determine the starting lineups. The starters will be revealed that night on ESPN2 (4 p.m. PT) during a live telecast of the WNBA All-Star Welcome Reception in Minnesota.