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Why WNBA All-Star teams are called Spoon and Coop originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here .
Many WNBA fans will be excited Saturday night to tune into the 2026 All-Star Game.
They'll quickly notice that the game matches up Team Spoon and Team Coop.
That raises an obvious question: Team who?
Here's what you need to know.
Why are they Team Spoon and Team Coop? The teams are named after their legendary coaches.
Teresa Weatherspoon and Cynthia Cooper-Dyke are leading the two rosters for this game.
In the past, the WNBA has had teams named after the top vote-getters -- for example, last season, it was Team (A'ja) Wilson against Team (Caitlin) Clark.
Now, they've gone with a bit of a legend captain/coach system to put together the rosters and name the teams.
It's a more common in both the NBA and WNBA as they mix up the…
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