2025 WNBA All-Star snubs: Brittney Sykes and Kayla McBride among the biggest offenses

Participants of the Game All-Star of 2025 WNBA have been established with captains Naphesesa collier and Caitlin Clark Selecting their teams from a group of eight players and then a set of 12 players reserves. This selection process will be revealed during an hour -long episode of WNBA on Tuesday, July 8 at 7 pm et a espn.

The 2025 All-Star WNBA game will take place on Saturday, July 19 in Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

There are four first stars in Wing Storm Wing Gabby WilliamsValkyries forward Kayla Thornton and Mystics Rookies Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen.

While there were some snatches In the category of all star included mainly Skylar Diggins and Alyssa ThomasThe general opinion around the starters was that the weighted vote that combined the votes of the fan, the votes of the companions and the votes of the media spit a group that was mostly fair and rational.

Only the opposite of the opposite It surrounds the reserves that were announced on Sunday afternoon. Some believe that this could be the most puzzling group of players chosen by recent memory coaches.

A gap that stands out in the total group of 2025 WNBA All-Stars is the pure lack of centers Jonquel Jones, Alanna Smithand Brionna Jones Leaving the reservations list. Two sparks in front of the court players Dearic Hamby and Azurá Stevens were left good Efficient start at their stations. But the argument against one or both of Stevens and Hamby are selected in the fact that the sparks are 6-13 this season and are tenth in the classification of 13.

Lynx’s lead coach, Cheryl Reeve, expressed his confusion for the selected reserves, especially because teams like the mystics are below .500 and will have 2 stars. Also the fourth best team in the League in the Seattle Storm will have the narrowest with three, while the first three teams of Lynx, Mercury and Liberty will have only two.

“Historically, the teams at the top get a minimum of three, often four. So disappointing,” said Reeve. “Really, really happy for Courtney (Williams). The obvious was (Napheesa Collier), but we are disappointed with coaches voting on their selections for all-star.”

Then who was snatched and why are there many questions about the judgment of the 13 leading coaches in the league? It is difficult to know exactly the reasons for brilliant discrepancies this season, but it is worth remembering that there are seven coaches of the first time of the WNBA this season.

Also, who knows what each coach considered while voting. They had from June 29 to July 2 to vote three guards, five players on the court and four players from either position. It was also a popularity contest when it comes to players who like the most in the league? Liberty’s lead coach Sandy Brondello admitted on Sunday that he voted for Thornton, a player he coached for two seasons, including during the Liberty Championship in 2024.

“He has been a player of his entire career,” said Brondello. “But to enter a new organization and do it well. I voted for her as an alternative. I think it would be great for her to arrive and because she deserves.”

While Thornton has not been the most efficient Shooting 39.2% of the field and 27.9% of three, Valkyries deserved a representative simply because of the season they had the best expansion team of the year in the WNBA history. Thornton is his first scorer, he was a player of the WNBA Western Conference Week last month, and his contributions are presented at both ends on the floor.

Anyway, we go to some of the most searches of recent memory.

Brittney Sykes – Guard, Washington Mystics

Sykes is the top scorer of the Mysticles (17.9 ppg) and often has the task of defending the best perimeter player of the opponent. He is prommediating 8.7 free launch attempts per game leading the WNBA. He also runs his own team in attendance with an average of 4.6 per game.

Speaking of Sykes’ own team, while Sonia Citron has gathered an impressive Rookie season and a more efficient shooting division than her partner, her load is not as demanding as Sykes. Is still strange to reward a lower team than.

Brionna Jones – Center, Atlanta Dream

Jones could be the second most important player in the dream after Allisha Gray, the headline All-Star. She has Just as many gain actions as All-Stars Nneka Ogwumike and Skylar Diggins and more than Sabrina Ionescu and Alyssa Thomas.

Although Rhyne Howard is the second leading scorer in the dream and was the second dream player to make the All-Star team, his teammate in Jones has been jumping and limits more efficient. Jones has been firing 51% from the field and is a little more than five shots. Howard fired 34.2% of the field and also has a little more than 5 shots.

It also wonders if Angel Reese should have been a front court representative instead of Jones. While together he has been a lot of heavy performances since June 10, including his first triple-double, Reese fought powerfully with his efficiency during the first month of the season, and his average numbers and rebounds slightly reduced from his season all-star 2024.

Kayla McBride – Guard, Minnesota Lynx

It was not surprising to see a Lynx guard selected, but it was surprising was that it was not McBride. Prior to Lynx’s game yesterday afternoon against heaven, McBride met on his back A historical seasonFiring more than 50% from the field, more than 40% of three and 90% of the line, while promised almost 15 points per game.

While the averages of 13.5 points of Courtney Williams and 5.9 assists are impressive, McBride has been prommediating +12 Plus-Minus to +7.7 of Williams, as well as being the second main scorer in Minnesota behind Collier. It is also worth noting that Williams had two games this season where he did not make a single field goal.

Alanna Smith – Center, Minnesota Lynx

Reeve, lead coach of Lynx, alluded to his team that deserved more than two All-Stars, and there is an argument that, in addition to the MVP candidate, Collier, has been Alanna Smith, which occurs in critical periods. When Collier did not play on June 24 against Mysters, Smith door The team scored with 26 points, five rebounds and six blocks.

Smith’s numbers are quite similar to the selection of all stars Iriafen. Smith’s score is below Iriafen, with an average of 12.3 ppg at Smith’s 10.1, and Iriafen also promised more rebounds (8.3 to 5.3). But, Smith has greater efficiency and more assistance (2.9 to 1.3) than the Novio. Iriafen also experienced a decrease in minutes and an efficiency after the reintroduction of Shakira Austin to the starting line of the Mysticles.

Jonquel Jones – Center, New York Liberty

Luck was not very generous with Liberty 2024 WNBA Finals MVP in Jones. Before changing the right ankle twice, he played at a All-Star level with a double-double hair, as well as 2.3 assists and 43.8% of three, the best average of his career since Its third season in 2017.

The case of Jones is when you look at how his team has performed and without it all season. Freedom is 9-0 when Jones plays and then when Jones has been out, freedom is 3-6. With Jones on the floor when he has played, freedom have a net rating of 29.94, but when he has been off the flat and not playing, New York’s clean rating shrink to 7.44.

Although the case against Jones has been mainly the fact that he has only played in nine games so far this season, the same can be said of Captain All-Star Clark, who has only played in nine games so far this season. Although Clark received the vote from the main fans, they should not be given the same grace when it comes to their performance that affects their teams? A scenario that he could have seen here could have been that Jones received the designation, and then the curator Cathy Engelbert could have named a player in his place.