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Message: [QUOTE="maccca3232, post: 5309302, member: 7923"] [B]WNBA All-Star Game Trivia[/B] The weird thing with the WNBA All-Star game is that they don't play them every season. The first was held in their third season and only played 21 out of 29 seasons. [U]Longest wait to become WNBA All-Star[/U] Kayla Thornton becomes only the second player, joining Plenette Pierson in 2015, to make her first All-Star game during her 9th season (with an available All-Star game). Gabby Williams becomes one of 5 players, after Tangela Smith & Tamika Whitmore in 2006, Anna DeForge in 2007 and Cheyenne Parker-Tyus in 2023, to make her first All-Star games during her 7th season (with an available All-Star game). All the others were one-time WNBA All-Stars. [U]Play first 7 available WNBA All-Star games[/U] A'ja Wilson joins 7 other players who played their first 7 available All-Star games. The others are: Griner (2021), Charles (2019), Pondexter (2015), Taurasi (2014), Bird (2011), Jackson (2009) and Leslie (2006). Only Charles made in 8 for 8. With Bird (2013) and Griner (2022) injured and Taurasi sitting out (2015). The other three (Jackson, Leslie & Pondexter) it would be their last WNBA All-Star game. Jackson would be limited to 13 games in the only other season she played with an All-Star game. Leslie missed one for maternity and was not selected in the other (2009 at age 36) and Pondexter was not selected for 2 seasons (2017 at age 34 and 2018 at age 35). [U]Play first 3 available WNBA All-Star games[/U] Aliyah Boston joins 23 other players who played their first 3 available All-Star games. The most recent players are: A'ja Wilson (2021) and then all the way back to 2013 with Nneka Oqwumike and Brittney Griner. Note: Available 3rd All-Game Stewie was injured (in 2019, no game in 2016) and Collier only played 4 games that season (in 2022, no game in 2020). [U]Play first 2 available WNBA All-Star games[/U] Clark & Reese join 36 other players who played their first 2 available All-Star games. Three of those never played another (Shoni Schimmel, Glory Johnson and Epiphanny Prince). [U]Play first available WNBA All-Star game[/U] Bueckers, Citron & Iriafen join 59 other players who played their first available All-Star game. 13 were one-time WNBA All-Stars. Seven played in the first ever All-Star game (Timms, Gillom, Edwards, Bullett, Hampton, Brondello and Lobo). The others were Lennox (2000), Stiles (2001), Dales (2002), Anosike & Houston (2009) and Adams (2011). [/QUOTE]

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