In a stunning development, Bay Area stars Steph Curry and Sabrina Ionescu won’t be bringing their NBA-WNBA shootout event back for this year’s All-Star weekend in San Francisco, according to multiple reports on Thursday morning. The Athletic was first to report about the likely cancellation, which the NBA confirmed publicly shortly after its report.
“We weren’t able to land on a plan we thought would raise the bar off of last year’s special moment,” NBA spokesperson Mike Bass said in a statement given to multiple outlets. “We all agreed not to proceed and will instead keep the focus on All-Star Sunday’s new format.