Caitlin Clark is inclined to compete in NBA All-Star Three-Point Competition, Sources Tell SBJ

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Caitlin Clark has told NBA that she is not inclined to participate in an all-star game-three-point competition next month, which may include Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Sabrina Ionescu, sources told SBJ, although indications are still the league are in discussions with Clark’s representatives.

Sources said Clark is not interested in falling the invitation.

This decision would be something of a blow to the league that had considered moving what they call Steph vs. Sabrina 2.0 to Sunday night in All-Star Weekend, to be staged between the second semi-final and championship game in the first ever all-star tournament in San Francisco.

In another development, the league officially announced its Rising Stars Challenge guards today, which revealed that Bronny James would not be one of the seven G League players attending the event. There would have been the remote opportunity in the past that if Bronny James was part of a team that won the Rising Stars Challenge, he could possibly meet against his father LeBron James in an all-star semi-final Sunday. But according to Bleacher Report’s Chris HaynesBronny (an average of 16.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists in G League) rejected an invitation to play.

The league has spent the past year trying to spruce up the Sunday part of the All-Star game and finally prepare the four-team tournament, which included three teams on eight NBA All-Stars, plus Rising Stars winner. And the idea of ​​adding clark to mix was a peripheral priority.

According to sources, the league reached out to the fever watch through her close employees and agents, and the opportunity still exists that she could still accept their three-point shooting invitation. A scenario would have an NBA player like Curry conceivably advance and recovering and do a similar shoot-out on the WNBA All-Star game next summer.

“I wouldn’t say it’s over until the thing happens,” said a source about Clark’s decision. “Many of these things gather very, very late.”