Fever’s Caitlin Clark passes on NBA All-Star Game 3-point contest
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark wants her first 3-point contest to come at the WNBA All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis and will not participate in a special challenge during NBA All-Star Weekend, her representatives at Excel Sports said Wednesday.
There had been speculation that Clark might participate in a contest similar to the one during last year’s NBA All-Star Weekend, when Warriors star Stephen Curry beat the New York Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu in an NBA vs. WNBA 3-point challenge.
Curry and Ionescu have had conversations to return in a variation of the shootout, which could include other NBA and WNBA players such as Klay Thompson of the Dallas Mavericks, sources told ESPN in November.
NBA All-Star Weekend is scheduled for Feb. 14-16 in San Francisco. WNBA All-Star Weekend will be held July 18-19 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
ESPN’s Shams Charania contributed to this report.
Source: espn.com