NEW YORK, July 23, 2019 – The team rosters for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2019, as selected by All-Star captains Elena Delle Donne of the Washington Mystics and A’ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces, were revealed tonight on ESPN2 in the first televised WNBA All-Star Team Selection Special.

The Phoenix Mercury’s Brittney Griner was selected by Delle Donne with the first overall pick in the WNBA All-Star Draft.  The Los Angeles Sparks’ Chelsea Gray was drafted by Wilson with the No. 2 overall pick.  See below for the complete pick-by-pick results from the WNBA All-Star Team Selection Special.

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 16^th WNBA All-Star Game will be televised live by ABC at 3:30 p.m. ET.

Delle Donne and Wilson drafted the AT&T WNBA All-Star team rosters from the pool of players voted as starters and reserves, making picks without regard to a player’s conference affiliation or position.

During the draft, the eight remaining All-Star Game starters (aside from Delle Donne and Wilson) were selected in the first round.  The 13 reserves were chosen in the second round – a group that included the Minnesota Lynx’s Napheesa Collier, who was named by WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert to replace the injured Wilson in AT&T WNBA All-Star 2019.

Delle Donne, the top overall finisher in fan voting, was awarded the first pick in the first round (Starters).  Wilson made the first selection in the second round (Reserves).  The captains alternated picks in each round until all players in that round had been selected.

Delle Donne and Wilson finished the WNBA All-Star Draft by making two trades, exchanging two players and both head coaches.  In the player trade, Delle Donne acquired the New York Liberty’s Tina Charles (selected 15^th overall by Wilson) in exchange for Collier (selected by Delle Donne at No. 18).

With the trade of head coaches, Bill Laimbeer and his Aces staff will now guide Team Wilson and the Mystics’ Mike Thibault and his staff will lead Team Delle Donne.  Wilson and Laimbeer will name the replacement for Wilson in the starting lineup.

As the player who received the most fan votes, Delle Donne was able to choose between wearing white or red uniforms.  Team Delle Donne selected the white uniforms.  Team Wilson will be assigned red uniforms.Below are the 2019 WNBA All-Star Draft results and the 2019 WNBA All-Star Game rosters.

 
2019 WNBA ALL-STARS

TEAM DELLE DONNE (Head Coach Mike Thibault)
Starters
Elena Delle Donne (Washington Mystics)
Brittney Griner (Phoenix Mercury)
Jonquel Jones (Connecticut Sun)
Jewell Loyd (Seattle Storm)   
Kia Nurse^ (New York Liberty  ) 

Reserves
DeWanna Bonner (Phoenix Mercury)   
Tina Charles (New York Liberty)    
Nneka Ogwumike (Los Angeles Sparks)  
Alyssa Thomas (Connecticut Sun)      
Kristi Toliver (Washington Mystics) 
Courtney Vandersloot (Chicago Sky)            

TEAM WILSON (Head Coach Bill Laimbeer)
Starters
Liz Cambage (Las Vegas Aces)        
Chelsea Gray (Los Angeles Sparks)  
Natasha Howard^ (Seattle Storm)            
Kayla McBride (Las Vegas Aces)        
A’ja Wilson* (Las Vegas Aces)        

Reserves
Napheesa Collier^+ (Minnesota Lynx)       
Diamond DeShields^ (Chicago Sky)            
Candice Dupree (Indiana Fever)           
Sylvia Fowles (Minnesota Lynx)       
Allie Quigley (Chicago Sky)             
Odyssey Sims^ (Minnesota Lynx)       
Erica Wheeler^ (Indiana Fever)           

^ denotes first-time All-Star selection
* denotes injured, unable to play
+ denotes replacement player named by WNBA Commissioner
YRS denotes number of seasons completed entering 2019
ASG denotes number of All-Star selections including 2019