Paige Bueckers and Caitlin Clark ended up on opposite sides after the Fever Score for the 2026 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game was set on July 15, 2026. Cynthia Cooper and Teresa Weatherspoon drafted the teams, locking in Team Coop and Team Spoon for the Chicago showcase.
Clark drew 1,023,321 fan votes and went to Team Spoon. Bueckers led all players with 1,045,051 votes, yet the coin flip still decided which general manager would get her first, leaving Cooper with Team Coop and Bueckers.
Cynthia Cooper and Teresa Weatherspoon draft
The rosters came from a pool of 10 starters and 12 reserves. The starters were chosen by fans, media, and current players, while the reserves came from the league’s 15 head coaches. Teresa Weatherspoon picked first from the starters and opened with A’ja Wilson; Cynthia Cooper’s next selection was Breanna Stewart.
That sequence set the rest of the board. Cooper then had the first pick from the reserves, while Weatherspoon handled the initial starter choice, a split that shaped how the two All-Star teams were assembled before the game in Chicago.
Team Coop and Team Spoon
The two teams will play for a $100,000 prize pool. The winning side’s affiliated organization gets $70,000, and the runner-up’s affiliated organization gets $30,000. The money goes to two Chicago-based organizations that work to keep girls involved in sports, giving the game a built-in off-court result beyond the roster reveal.
Becky Hammon and Cheryl Reeve will coach the game after their teams posted the two best records through games played on Friday, July 10. Las Vegas and Minnesota were both 16-6 at that point, which put Hammon with Bueckers and Reeve with Clark once the teams were assigned.
Chicago and United Center
The 2026 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game will be played Saturday, July 25, at United Center in Chicago. It sits at the center of three days of WNBA activities, so the draft did more than assign jerseys — it fixed the matchups, the coaches, and the charity stakes in one move.
What the complete pick-by-pick roster selections were is not shown in the source excerpt. Fans now know the two headliners are on different teams, the vote leaders were split by a coin flip, and the rest of the lineup is set for the July 25 game.
