Skylar Diggins-Smith Called To The 2017 All-WNBA First String

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NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2017-- Dallas Wings all-star guard Skylar Diggins-Smith, has actually been named to the 2017 All-WNBA First String, the WNBA revealed today. She is just one of 4 that was named to the First Group, the league revealed.

The All-WNBA First Team votes came from a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. She is signed up with on the First string by Minnesota Lynx Center Sylvia Fowles, New York Liberty onward Tina Charles, Los Angeles Sparks onward Candace Parker and Lynx guard Maya Moore. The Junior varsity consists of 2 Los Angeles players, ahead Nneka Ogwumike and guard Chelsea Gray, in addition to 2 members of the Phoenix Mercury, center Brittney Griner and guard Diana Taurasi. Connecticut Sun onward Jonquel Jones completes the 2nd Group and signs up with Gray as both first-time choices on this year's All-WNBA Teams. Voting for the All-WNBA First and Junior varsities was performed at the final thought of the regular season. Gamers were picked by position and got 5 factors for every First string vote and three points for each and every Second Team vote. 5 of the 10 gamers picked to the All-WNBA Teams belong to the competition between Minnesota and Los Angeles in the WNBA Finals 2017 offered by Verizon. With the series connected at 1-1, the Stimulates will organize the Lynx in Game 3 on Friday, Sept, 29 at 9 p.m. ET in ESPN2. The 2017 All-WNBA Groups feature 6 MVPs victors: Fowles 2017 ), Charles 2012 ), Parker 2008, 2013) and Moore 2014) on the First Group, and Ogwumike 2016) and Taurasi 2009) on the Junior Varsity. Fowles, currently a six-time All-WNBA choice and three-time First Team choice, made her very first regular-season MVP honor after ranking fifth in the organization in racking up 18.9 ppg), second in recoiling 10.4 rpg) and connected for second in blocked shots 1.97 bpg). She also shot a WNBA-best and career-high 65.5 percent from the field. Charles has been an All-WNBA option in every season of her eight-year job, consisting of five First string responds. In leading the Liberty 22-12) to the WNBA's third-best record, she balanced 19.7 points third in the organization) and 9.4 rebounds fourth in the organization). The 2017 WNBA MVP runner-up gained seven Player of the Week honors, matching a WNBA document that she set last season. Diggins-Smith was named to the All-WNBA First String for the second time. She balanced 18.5 factors seventh in the WNBA) and a career-high 5.8 aids fourth in the WNBA) while leading the organization in mins 34.2 mpg). The Dallas All-Star likewise attempted a WNBA-high 218 totally free throws and shot 89.4 percent from the charity line sixth in the organization). Parker's 7th All-WNBA selection 5th on the First string) follows a season in which she averaged 16.9 factors, 8.4 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.45 takes and 1.67 blocks-- a top-11 position in the league for every classification. Her 10th WNBA season consisted of the 6th regular-season triple-double in league background as she completed with 11 points, 17 rebounds and 11 assists against the San Antonio Stars on July 28. Moore was chosen to the All-WNBA First String for the fifth consecutive period. With averages of 17.3 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.88 takes, Moore signed up with Fowles in assisting the Lynx 27-7) post the WNBA's ideal document and safeguard its seventh straight 20-win season. The All-WNBA Junior varsity includes Ogwumike and Gray as they join Parker to make the second-seeded Stimulates 26-8) the only group with 3 players on the 2017 All-WNBA Teams. Ogwumike rated 6th in the WNBA in racking up 18.8 ppg), 8th in recoiling 7.7 rpg), third in steals 1.85 spg) and linked for 4th in field goal percent 56.1 ). Gray, in her 3rd period, balanced a career-high 14.8 factors Wings Jersey, led the WNBA in three-point field goal percentage at 48.2 and added 4.4 aids 6th in the organization). Griner and Taurasi both made history this period with the Mercury. In balancing 21.9 factors and 2.50 blocks, Griner came to be the initial gamer ever to lead the league in both categories in the very same season. Taurasi, meanwhile, damaged WNBA career records for points and three-pointers made. This year marked the 10th time in 13 seasons that Taurasi 17.9 ppg) averaged at the very least 17.0 factors. Connecticut's Jones also generated a record-setting season. A new WNBA All-Star in her second season, Jones set single-season documents with 11.9 rebounds per video game, 403 complete rebounds and 280 defensive rebounds. She also averaged 15.4 points to help the Sun 21-13) get to the playoffs for the initial time since 2012. In honor of being named to the All-WNBA First and Second Teams, each member of the First Team will obtain $10, 000, while each participant of the Second Team will get $5, 000.

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