The 2023 WNBA Skills Challenge ahead of this weekend’s All-Star Game will feature a new format in which four sets of All-Star teammates will compete in a set of relay competitions highlighting agility, dribbling, passing and shooting skills, the league announced Tuesday.
The pairings are as follows: Team Aces, Chelsea Gray and Kelsey Plum; Team Dream, Allisha Gray and Cheyenne Parker; Team Liberty, Sabrina Ionescu and Courtney Vandersloot; and Team Wings, Arike Ogunbowale and Satou Sabally.
The Las Vegas Aces, who are hosting the All-Star Game, led all squads with four All-Star selections, followed by the New York Liberty and Atlanta Dream with three.
All four pairings will compete in the first round of the Skills Challenge, with the two teams that get through the obstacle course the quickest advancing to the final round and going head-to-head for the championship.
The Skills Challenge and the 3-point Contest will take place Friday at 4 p.m. ET and will be broadcast…
