The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) All-Star Game is an annual exhibition basketball game played between the Eastern Conference and the Western ConferenceAll-Stars. Eleven players, five starters and six reserves, from each conference are chosen. The starters are chosen through electronic ballots cast daily by fans on WNBA.com. The leading vote recipients at each position start the game. The reserves are chosen by voting among the league's head coaches. Coaches are not allowed to vote for their own players. Through the 2013 game, coaches could select two guards, two forwards, one center and two players regardless of positions. Starting with the 2014 game, the forward and center positions were folded into a single frontcourt category; coaches can now vote for two guards, three frontcourt players, and one player regardless of position. If a player is unable to participate due to injury or illness, a replacement will be selected.
In 2010, the Stars at the Sun game was also held between a team of WNBA stars and the USA national team, even though it was a non-Olympic year and the season did not directly conflict with the year's main international women's basketball event, the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women.
↑ "WNBA Announces 2007 All-Star Starting Lineups". WNBA. July 3, 2007. Retrieved July 4, 2025. Bird, however, will be unable to participate in the 2007 All-Star Game...Bird will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery...on July 6.
↑ "Cynthia Cooper Announces Retirement". WNBA. May 10, 2004. Retrieved June 30, 2025. Despite the injury, Cooper was voted in as a starting guard to the 2003 WNBA All-Star Game.
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