New Delhi, July 3 -- When the WNBA published its All-Star voting breakdown Thursday, Caitlin Clark's name appeared in the starting lineup and her ranking among players came in at eleven.

Clark, Aliyah Boston, and Kelsey Mitchell. No other franchise in this year's All-Star starting field places more than one player. Fans ranked Clark second among guards. Media voters placed her third. The professionals who guard her every night, the ones who know the specific angles she attacks off ball screens and the distances from which she prefers to operate, ranked her eleventh in backcourt voting. The starting slot came from a composite that weighted fan enthusiasm heavily alongside professional assessment. The gap between those two readings tells a...