Phoenix Mercury's Alyssa Thomas named WNBA All-Star Game reserve
Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas was named as a WNBA All-Star Game reserve on Sunday. It is the sixth All-Star selection of her career.
PHOENIX — Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas was named as a WNBA All-Star Game reserve on Sunday.
It is the sixth All-Star selection of her career (2017, 2019, 2022-24) and her fourth as a reserve.
Thomas is averaging 14.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 9.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game, while shooting 52.5% from the field this season.
Thomas is on track to become the first player in WNBA history to average at least 14 points, seven rebounds, nine assists and one steal while shooting at least 50% from the field. The only NBA players who have ever done so are LeBron James, Magic Johnson and Nikola Jokić.
Thomas also leads the WNBA in both assists per game (with a career-high of 9.4) and total assists (122), despite missing five games with a left calf injury.
The other 11 reserves announced on Sunday were the Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese, the Atlanta Dream’s Rhyne Howard, the Golden State Valkyries’ Kayla Thornton, the Seattle Storm’s Gabby Williams and Skylar Diggins, the Minnesota Lynx’s Courtney Williams, the Indiana Fever’s Kelsey Mitchell, the Los Angeles Sparks’ Kelsey Plum, the Washington Mystics’ Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen and the Las Vegas Aces’ Jackie Young.
WNBA head coaches selected the 12 reserves. Coaches voted for three guards, five frontcourt players and four players at either position, but could not pick their own players.
Indiana’s Caitlin Clark and Minnesota’s Napheesa Collier were the overall leading voter-getters and were named as captains last Sunday. Clark received 1,293,526 votes, while Collier received 1,176,020 votes.
Clark and Collier will draft their rosters by first picking from the other eight starters and then among the 12 reserves. The All-Star roster draft will be held on Tuesday at 4 p.m. MST.
The other eight starters announced on Monday were Indiana’s Aliyah Boston, Dallas’ Paige Bueckers, Atlanta’s Allisha Gray, New York’s Sabrina Ionescu, Seattle’s Nneka Ogwumike, Phoenix’s Satou Sabally, New York’s Breanna Stewart and Las Vegas’ A’ja Wilson.
The head coaches were decided based on the teams with the two best records through July 4. The coach with the best record, Minnesota’s Cheryl Reeve, will lead the team whose captain earned the most fan votes (Clark’s team), while New York’s Sandy Brondello will coach Collier’s team.
The 2025 WNBA All-Star Game will be played in Indianapolis at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on July 19 at 5:30 p.m. MST.