Will Caitlin Clark and Klay Thompson compete in the 3-point contest?

Last year, one of the highlights of NBA All-Star weekend was the three-point contest between Golden State Warriors star point guard Stephen Curry and New York Liberty WNBA All-Star Sabrina Ionescu. Curry ultimately pulled out a narrow win in what was one of the most highly anticipated events of the weekend, and now it looks like the league could double down on the success, this time with some new faces in the mix.

“Curry and Ionescu are in strong talks to return in a variation of the shootout, which could also involve other NBA and WNBA players such as Klay Thompson of the Dallas Mavericks and Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever, sources said ” said NBA insider Shams Charania. from ESPN.

A lot has happened in the nine months since Curry and Ionescu took the floor in Indiana.

As fate would have it, the hometown Indiana Fever would ultimately land the first overall pick in the WNBA Draft, where they selected Clark. Clark not only became the best rookie in league history by a wide margin, but also one of the best players overall, helping the Fever appear in the playoffs.

Meanwhile, Ionescu recently won her first WNBA championship with a Liberty victory over the Minnesota Lynx in Game 5 of that series.

Then of course there’s the added layer of the Stephen Curry-Klay Thompson dynamic, as the two Splash Brothers are no longer teammates after Thompson left the Warriors for the Dallas Mavericks this offseason.

All of these elements could create a bit of a storyline gumbo if this star-studded three-point matchup were to come to fruition.

The All-Star weekend takes place from February 14 to 16 in San Francisco at the Chase Center, where Curry’s Warriors play their home games.

Jackson Stone is a sportswriter for ClutchPoints with expertise in reporting on the NBA, NFL and CAA Football. The Mercer University senior from Atlanta is on track to graduate with a BA in communications, and he has bylines on the FanSided athletics website and USA Today Sports in Georgia.