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Laney will play in her initial job WNBA All-Star Game on July 14 in Las VegasNEW YORK-- JUNE 30, 2021-- Betnijah Laney has been selected to play in the ATT 2021 WNBA All-Star Game, to be held July 14 at Michelob Ultra Field at Mandalay Bay Resort and Online Casino in Las WNBA's Most Enhanced Player in 2020, now in her very first season with the Liberty, has made her very first All-Star option. After publishing career-highs of 17.2 ppg and 4.0 apg last season with Atlanta, Laney has actually raised her result in 2021 to 19.7 ppg and 5.3 apg. She is shooting a career-high 50% from the field and 31.7% from three-point range."We couldn't be much more thrilled to listen to that Betnijah has been chosen to join her initial WNBA All-Star group, " stated Liberty Head Train Walt Hopkins. "In just a few brief months in New York-- by method of her vigorous work values, generous management, and indomitable will to enhance and to do whatever the team requires in order to win-- B has actually currently made an enduring mark on our company. You would certainly be tough pressed to discover a player more deserving of this honor, and we're certain that this is only the initial of several such accomplishments to find."The 6-0 guard/forward will make her very first WNBA All-Star look this year coming to be the 15th New York Liberty All-Star, together with Kym Hampton, Rebecca Lobo Jonquel Jones Jersey, Teresa Weatherspoon, Vickie Johnson, Sue Wicks, Tari Phillips, Becky Hammon, Ann Wauters, Shameka Christon, Cappie Pondexter, Significance Carson, Tina Charles, Sugar Rodgers, and Kia -Star choices this season were carried out with a combination of voting by followers, present WNBA gamers and a nationwide panel of sportswriters and broadcasters, with the organizations instructors choosing a 12-player group from among the top 36 vote-getters. The 17th WNBA All-Star Game will be transmitted obey ESPN at 7 p.m. ET on July 14.