Prior to the Seattle Storm at New York Liberty game on Saturday, leading All-Star Game vote-getter A’ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces and second-leading vote-getter Breanna Stewart of the Liberty drafted their teams for the 2023 WNBA All-Star Game, which will be held in Las Vegas.
Wilson went with Chelsea Gray with the No. 1 overall pick. Not surprising that she took an Aces teammate and she went with Gray over Jackie Young even though Young may be having a better season, shooting a ridiculous 57.3 percent from the field and 48.2 percent from three with 19.3 points per game. Gray probably has a higher ceiling than Young — she has the ability to be the best player in the league on any given night as we saw in last year’s Finals.
Stewart took Brittney Griner with her first pick even though Griner was a borderline starter. Stewart wanted to celebrate Griner being home from Russia and pay homage to how well she has handled her return. Wilson then went with Young with her second pick. She could afford to take two guards in a row seeing as she is a frontcourt player, and Young can certainly play the 3 if needed. Stewart answered by taking Jewell Loyd, reuniting with her Robin from the Seattle days, which was good to see.
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