Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier are set to go head to head when the Indiana Fever takes on the Minnesota Lynx in the 2025 WNBA Commissioner’s Cup final on Tuesday. The 2025 WNBA All-Star Game will mark Round 2.
On Sunday, June 29, the WNBA announced that Clark and Collier will serve as captains of this year’s All-Star Game after picking up their second and fifth career All-Star nods, respectively. Clark, the reigning Rookie of the Year, and Collier, the reigning Defensive Player of the Year, earned the honor by receiving the most fan votes.
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With the title of captain comes responsibilities. Clark and Collier will be tasked with drafting their All-Star teams playground-style from a pool of eight starters and 12 reserves. The remaining eight starters — selected by fan votes (50%), current WNBA players (25%) and media members (25%) — will be announced on Monday, June 30, while the 12 All-Star reserves will be selected by the league’s head coaches on July 6.
The WNBA All-Star Game draft will be broadcast on “WNBA Countdown Presented by Google” on July 8.
The 2025 WNBA All-Star Game will be hosted at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, home of the Fever, and could feature more Indiana superstars. In the first returns of fan voting earlier this month, Fever center Aliyah Boston was ranked third, trailing only Clark and Collier. Will Clark and Boston team up again?
We will have to wait and see.
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Clark’s availability for the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game will be something to monitor. Clark has missed a career-high seven games this season due to injury, including the Fever’s last two games due to a left groin injury. Her status for the Fever’s Commissioner’s Cup championship game vs. the Lynx remains unclear.
Clark is averaging 18.2 points and 8.9 assists per game, which marks a career-high.
Collier has led the Lynx to a league-best 13-2 record while averaging a league-high 24.5 points per game and 8.4 rebounds per game, the fourth-highest in the league.
Clark and Collier faced off against each other in the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game, where Clark and Team WNBA handed the U.S. women’s national team a loss before they went to the 2024 Paris Olympics and won another gold medal. Collier was held scoreless in three minutes of work off the bench for Team USA, while Clark had four points (2-of-9 FG, 0-of-7 3PT) and 10 assists in 26 minutes of work.
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