NBA releases Steph Curry-Sabrina Ionescu 3 points showdown

There will be no Stephen Curry against Sabrina Ionescu’s fight back on the all-star weekend.

The NBA announced on Thursday that the 3-point shooting event one of the highlights of the All-Star weekend of last year in Indianapolis, which will bring two of the biggest stars in the NBA and WNBA not part of the line-up in San Francisco.

The conversations took weeks to try to achieve this, and even extended to the all-star week itself. It seemed more than logical that a retirement would occur: the all-star weekend is on Curry’s home floor , and Ionescu, who plays for the WNBA champion New York Liberty, is a born in Bay Area who grew up, watched the curry and the Golden State Warriors.

“We couldn’t end up in a plan that we thought it would increase the bar of the special moment of last year,” said NBA spokesman Mike Bass. “We all agreed not to continue and will instead concentrate on the new format of the All-Star Sunday.”

Curry said he wanted the resolution to take place, and there were discussions that this year had a 2-ear 2 format on which Klay Thompson, Curry’s former Warriors teammate and WNBA Rookie of the Year Caitlin Clark, was involved.

But Clark’s representative said last month that she wanted her first 3-point competition at the WNBA All-Star weekend in Indianapolis and would not take part in a special challenge in the NBA All-Star weekend.

When the 2-on-2 conversations fell apart, the NBA hope to bring a form of Curry vs. Ionescu back-as well as the line-up on Sunday evening between the games of the new All-Star mini tournament and not in the It is part of the All-Star Saturday like a year ago.

“We talked about finding various ways to change this next year,” said Ionescu after the event of last year. “I think he has a partner in mind that will join him. So I am open to every partner who could help me win and take the belt that he has in front and is removed from him.”

Curry defeated Ionescu last season in the first such kind of this kind on the league weekend show case. The competition produced money for their foundations.

The 36-year-old curry is a four-time NBA champion and the league of the league in both 3-point attempts and values ​​and shoots a career by 42.4%. Ionescu, 27, is a 36.4% 3-point shooter in her first five WNBA play times.

The media of the Associated Press and Field Level have contributed to this report.