Caitlin Clark and Klay Thompson could possibly be the most recent additions to the NBA’s All-Star Weekend three-point taking pictures competitors. Final yr, Sabrina Ionescu and Steph Curry confronted off within the first-of-its-kind problem, with Curry edging out the WNBA celebrity 29-26. This yr, Clark and Thompson could possibly be becoming a member of the competitors.
On Friday night time, ESPN insider Shams Charania mentioned the competitors may increase to incorporate the WNBA Rookie of the 12 months and the four-time NBA champion.
“Sources inform me that Curry and Ionescu are persevering with discussions on bringing again that shootout,” Charania mentioned. “There may be plans for that. But in addition, probably together with Klay Thompson and Caitlin Clark in that competitors this yr.”
Reporting for NBA Countdown on the tournament-style 2025 All-Star Recreation – plus Stephen Curry and Sabrina Ionescu working so as to add two pals to the NBA-WNBA 3-point problem: pic.twitter.com/DjjpAb1GO2
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 16, 2024
The “Steph vs Sabrina” three-point competitors was conceived after Sabrina Ionescu recorded 37 factors (out of a attainable 40) within the 2023 WNBA All-Star contest. The 37-point mark set each a WNBA and an NBA single-round file,.
In flip, Ionescu challenged Curry — the NBA’s all-time three-point chief — to a three-point contest, and occasion that was extensively thought of one of many highlights of the 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis.
Each Clark and Thompson’s additions could be becoming — Clark set the WNBA rookie file for many three-pointers in a single season with 122 threes this previous season. That’s the second most threes made by a WNBA participant in a single season, second to solely Ionescu, who holds the file for many threes in a single-season (124).
Thompson, in the meantime, holds the NBA file for many three-pointers made in a single sport (14). Thompson and Curry gained 4 WNBA championships as teammates, and their momentary reunification as teammates for this contest would add one other layer of intrigue.
It’s not the one potential twist to NBA All-Star weekend — Charania additionally reported that the league is contemplating exchange the All-Star Recreation with a four-team, tournament-style format made up of three All-Star groups and the winner of the Rising Stars sport. The 2 winners of the primary sport would face off in a remaining match.
Nothing is about in stone but, however having Caitlin Clark and Sabrina Ionescu sq. off in opposition to Steph Curry and Klay Thompson in a three-point shootout may function the spotlight of NBA All-Star Weekend, which is able to happen from February 16 to 18 in Chase Middle.
