Caitlin Clark won’t be going head-to-head with an NBA sharpshooter during the league’s upcoming All-Star weekend.
The WNBA superstar won’t compete in a 3-point challenge on Feb. 15 the way the Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu did against the Warriors’ Steph Curry last year.
That’s because Clark wants to first appear in a 3-point contest at this year’s WNBA All-Star weekend, the 23-year-old’s reps told ESPN.
Caitlin Clark pulls up for a 3-pointer during a Fever game. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
The 2025 WNBA All-Star Game will be held on July 19 in Indianapolis, the home of Clark’s Indiana Fever.
Ionsecu is planning to attend the NBA All-Star festivities again, though it’s unclear if she will be competing in a 3-point competition.
Clark helped spur record gates and viewership for the WNBA during her rookie year after doing so at Iowa in college.
Steph Curry (l.) poses with a custom championship belt after defeating Sabrina Ionescu (r.) in a special head-to-head 3-point contest during the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend. NBAE via Getty ImagesThe WNBA Rookie of the Year averaged 19.2 points, 8.4 assists and 5.3 rebounds across 40 regular-season games in her debut campaign.
Her 769 points and 337 assists are both WNBA rookie records.
Neither Clark or Ionescu competed in last year’s WNBA 3-point contest during the league’s All-Star weekend in Phoenix.
Ionescu, who lost to Curry 29-26 in last year’s duel, helped lead the Liberty to their first WNBA championship in 2024.
