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topicnews · July 19, 2025

Brittney Sykes, Brionna Jones called a replacement for 2025 AT & T WNBA All-Star game

Brittney Sykes, Brionna Jones called a replacement for 2025 AT & T WNBA All-Star game


New York, July 17, 2025 -Washington Mystics Guard Brittney Sykes and Atlanta Dreamna Jones were named by WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert to the injured Indiana Fever Guard Caitlin Clark and Phoenix Mercury striker Satou Sabally on the team Clark in 2025 at & t WNBA all-star game Replace on Saturday on Saturday, July 19, on Saturday, Saturday, on Saturday, on Saturday. (8.30 p.m. ET on ABC, Disney+ and ESPN+).

Team Clark head coach Sandy Brondello by The New York Liberty will call the players as a replacement for Clark and Sabally in the starting line-up for the AT&T WNBA all-Star game.

This is the first all-star appearance for Sykes, 31, who is in her third season with Washington and her ninth place in the WNBA. The 5-9 watch is a four-time all-WNBA-defensive team selection and is the leading goal scorer of the mystics this season with an average of 17.1 points per game. Sykes rank 13TH In the league in the rating and in assists (4.4 APG) and contributes 3.6 rebounds per game.

For Jones, 29, this marks their second WNBA all-star appearance in a row and the fourth of their career. Last year Jones helped the WNBA team to defeat the US women's national team with 117-109 in the AT&T WNBA All-Star game 2024 in Phoenix. Now in her first season with Atlanta and her ninth WNBA in the WNBA, the 6-3 Jones achieved an average of 13.4 points and 2.5 assists per game and this season takes fifth place in the league in the league (7.8 RPG).

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