The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

btubbs@tribunemedia.net

JONQUEL Jones, enjoying one of her best professional basketball seasons, has been selected as a starter for the Women’s National Basketball Association’s AT&T WNBA All-Star 2019.

AT&T WNBA All-Star 2019, featuring Team Delle Donne vs. Team Wilson, will be played on Saturday, July 27 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas - home of the Aces.

The 16th WNBA All-Star Game will be televised live by ABC at 3:30pm ET.

The captains and starters of the AT&T WNBA All-Star 2019 were revealed Thursday on ESPN’s ‘The Jump.’

As the two All-Star starters who finished with the most fan votes during WNBA All-Star Voting 2019 presented by Google, Washington Mystics’ Elena Delle Donne and Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson will serve as team captains and draft the All-Star game rosters from the pool of players voted as starters and reserves.

Jones, the centre for the Connecticut Sun, will join Delle Donne and Wilson in the frontcourt that includes Las Vegas’ Liz Cambage, the Phoenix Mercury’s Brittney Griner and the Seattle Storm’s Natasha Howard.

The four starting guards are the Los Angeles Sparks’ Chelsea Gray, Seattle’s Jewell Loyd, Las Vegas’ Kayla McBride, and the New York Liberty’s Kia Nurse.

Jones, the reigning Sixth Woman of the Year, was ranked at number seven on the fan voting for the frontcourt, but No.2 behind Delle Donne by the media. She will be making her second All-Star appearance after her debut in 2017 when she earned WNBA Most Improved Player honours.

The 12 reserves for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2019, as selected by the league’s head coaches, will be announced on Monday, July 15. Coaches will vote for three guards, five frontcourt players and four players at either position regardless of conference. They may not vote for their own players.