The Verizon WNBA All-Star 2018 teams are set after team captains Elena Delle Donne and Candace Parker made their selections on Thursday among the remaining 20 All-Stars as voted in by fans, coaches, players and media.

Here are 10 takeaways from how the draft played out and the teams that will meet in Minnesota next Saturday, July 28 for the 15th WNBA All-Star Game, which tips off at 3:30 ET on ABC.

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1. Captains Selected Their Teammates

We got a sneak peak at one of the selections a day early as Elena Delle Donne revealed during a media conference call on Wednesday that her first pick would be Mystics teammate Kristi Toliver. One of the intriguing aspects of the new All-Star format is that it can shake things up where current teammates can become opponents for the day. But Delle Donne was having none of that as she locked up Toliver with an early pick. Candace Parker followed suit by selecting both Chelsea Gray and Nneka Ogwumike, so all three L.A. Sparks will be a part of Team Parker next Saturday.

In an interesting move, Toliver ended up being the only Eastern Conference player that Delle Donne selected for her team. The other four Eastern Conference players in the pool — Tina Charles, Angel McCoughtry, Chiney Ogwumike and Allie Quigley –are all part of Team Parker.

2. Most Teammates Stay Together

Not only did the captains pick their own teammates, they kept nearly all of the players together from teams that had multiple All-Stars. There were only two exceptions and both involved teams that had three All-Stars — the Seattle Storm and Minnesota Lynx. While Team Delle Donne selected Breanna Stewart and Sue Bird, Storm guard Jewell Loyd will suit up for Team Parker. In similar fashion, Delle Donne selected both Sylvia Fowles and Seimone Augustus from the Lynx, while Parker selected …

3. Maya Moore Teams With Sparks

There is no stronger rivalry in the WNBA than the one between the L.A. Sparks and Minnesota Lynx. The two teams have met in back-to-back WNBA Finals with each team taking home one title after an epic five-game series. Entering this season, the teams had split their past 16 matchups (including 10 Finals games) and were separated by just three total points (LAS 1,221, MIN 1,218). After their first three matchups of this season, that slim margin somehow become even smaller as the teams are now separated by a single point (LAS 1,447, MIN 1,446) over their past 19 games.

Sure, Candace Parker could have gone into the draft hell-bent on not having any Lynx on her team. But if you want to win and draft the best team, then you draft Maya Moore. She has won each of the past two All-Star MVPs (2015, 2017). In fact, Moore and Parker (2013) are the only two active players in the WNBA to have won All-Star MVP and now they are on the same squad. But just for a day. Then they can go back to being rivals, with their fourth and final regular season meeting set for Aug. 2 in Los Angeles.

4. Ogwumike Sisters Team Up

When the All-Stars were first announced on Tuesday, we wondered if we would get an Ogwumike sisters reunion and thanks to Candace Parker that has come to fruition. This is the second time that both Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike have been selected as All-Stars in the same season. It first happened in 2014, Chiney’s rookie season in Connecticut, when the All-Star format was East vs. West so they had to face on another. Since then, injuries prevented Chiney from playing in both the 2015 (knee) and 2017 (Achilles) seasons, and there was no All-Star Game in 2016 due to the Olympics. Now that Chiney is healthy and back in All-Star form, she gets to team up with older sister Nneka for the first time since their days as college teammates at Stanford thanks to the new All-Star format.

5. Taurasi and Bird Team Up Again

Can I interest you in having a team with the WNBA’s all-time leading scorer and all-time leader in assists? Well, that is what Elena Delle Donne has after drafting Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird to her squad in the All-Star Draft. Unlike the Ogwumike sisters, who played in opposing conferences, we’re used to seeing Diana and Sue team up in the All-Star Game as they have been mainstays in the Western Conference since they entered the league. Bird just set a WNBA record with her 11th All-Star selection and Taurasi isn’t far behind as she sits in third place with nine selections. But the on-court chemistry between Diana and Sue dates back to the early 2000s during their time as teammates at the University of Connecticut, where they won the 2002 NCAA title together. They have also teamed up in each of the past four Olympics Games, bring home gold every time, and may do it again in 2020.

6. Mini College Reunions, But No All-UConn Squad

It is a tradition at every WNBA All-Star Game for all of the players representing UConn to get together and pose for a photo. Last season, there were seven players in that picture! Five of those players are back in the All-Star Game this year – Sue Bird, Tina Charles, Maya Moore, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi – but they have been split nearly evenly among the two teams. Bird, Taurasi and Stewart are part of Team Delle Donne, while Moore and Charles are with Team Parker. This year’s group of All-Stars includes three players from Notre Dame, but only two will be able to team up with Skylar Diggins-Smith and Jewell Loyd on Team Parker, while Kayla McBride is part of Team Delle Donne. Only the Ogwumike sisters (Stanford) and Lynx teammates Seimone Augustus and Sylvia Fowles (LSU) have a complete college reunion at All-Star.

7. Dream Teammates

One of the best aspects of any All-Star Game is seeing teammates and matchups that you otherwise would not see. We’ve touched on a few of those already with Maya Moore playing with a trio of Sparks, the Ogwumike sisters teaming up and former college teammates reuniting. But there are others that require some attention.

How about Sylvia Fowles and Brittney Griner teaming up for the first time? These two have gone back and forth for the title of best center in the game for the past few seasons (a conversation Liz Cambage is ready to join, by the way) and are now on the same squad together. Both were selected as All-Stars for the West last year but Griner was unable to play due to injury. Fowles would go on to win MVP last season, but would have faced some strong competition from Griner had she not missed that time midway through the year.

What about Chelsea Gray and Jewell Loyd in the same backcourt? We may need to restock the ankle braces in the Team Delle Donne locker room because these two young guards arguably have the best handles in the league right now and have been known to put some players on the floor with a crossover.

How about having to face the duo of Delle Donne and Breanna Stewart attacking from the wings? Having to deal with one of them is a problem that gives teams nightmares, just imagine having to deal with two of them. Oh, and you can add A’ja Wilson to make this a trio of terror.

8. Parker Has Edge In MVPs and No. 1 Picks

When analyzing the rosters, we see that Team Parker has the edge in MVP awards with four players holding a total of five MVP trophies, compared to three players each with one MVP for Team Delle Donne. Parker (2008, 2013) is joined by Tina Charles (2012), Moore (2014), Nneka Ogwumike (2016), while Delle Donne (2015) has Taurasi (2009) and Fowles (2017) alongside her.

There are 13 former No. 1 overall draft picks among the 22 All-Stars and Team Parker has a slight edge with seven top picks compared to six for Team Delle Donne. Parker’s squad has the No. 1 pick in every draft from 2008 to 2015 with the exception of 2013 (Griner). Meanwhile, Delle Donne has the earliest top pick (Bird in 2002) and most recent top pick (Wilson in 2018) on her team.

9. Delle Donne Has Top Scorers

While Team Parker features Liz Cambage, who just dropped 53 points to break the WNBA record for most points in a single game, when it comes to having the top scorers this season, the edge goes to Team Delle Donne. With Breanna Stewart, Brittney Griner and herself, Delle Donne has three of the top four scorers in the WNBA this season (and six of the top eight if we move further down the leaderboard).

However, Team Delle Donne also has the lowest two scorers among this year’s All-Star contingent, as there is a 13.4 points per game difference between the team’s top scorer (Stewart at 22.9 PPG) and lowest scorer (Bird at 9.5 PPG). On the other hand, Team Parker’s top scorer (Cambage at 21.4 PPG) has only a 6.6 point advantage over Chiney Ogwumike and Chelsea Gray (both at 14.8 PPG).

If we sum up the scoring averages of the two teams, they come out surprisingly similar, with Team Parker (190.2) edging out Team Delle Donne (189.8) by just 0.4 points per game.

10. Been There Before

When it comes to All-Star Experience, Team Delle Donne holds a commanding edge with 52 combined appearances compared to just 40 for Team Parker. Of course, most of that advantage is due to the fact that team Delle Donne features the trio of Sue Bird (record 11 selections), Diana Taurasi (9) and Seimone Augustus (8), who combine for 28 of those selections by themselves.

Both teams have a first time All-Star — Jewell Loyd with Team Parker and A’ja Wilson for Team Delle Donne – and four players making their second All-Star team.