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Nike Honors All-Stars Sabrina Ionescu, Natasha Cloud With Sick NYC Midtown Billboards

Ok, these are sweet.

Brigid Kennedy

Ionescu won the three-point challenge during All-Star Friday, while Cloud won the skills challenge.
Ionescu won the three-point challenge during All-Star Friday, while Cloud won the skills challenge. / Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images
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The New York Liberty dominated Friday night's portion of the WNBA's All-Star Weekend, when guard Sabrina Ionescu reclaimed her title as the three-point champion and guard Natasha Cloud was crowned victor of the skills challenge.

As a result, Nike was quick to honor both of its athletes with some awesome billboards in Midtown Manhattan, right above the 34th Street subway stop.

Cloud's billboard, a photo of her holding her skills challenge trophy, is aptly captioned "Cloud 9," while Ionescu's, a photo of her shooting, says, "If you have nothing to prove, prove it." (While confusingly worded, that could be alluding to the fact that Ionescu returned to the three-point contest after winning in 2023 then losing to Steph Curry at NBA All-Star Weekend in 2024.)

Take a look at those below:

Certainly a warm welcome home for these All-Star athletes.

After a fun (some would say too fun) weekend in Indianapolis, the Liberty will get back into action when they host the Fever at 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

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BRIGID KENNEDY

Brigid Kennedy is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in November 2024, she covered political news, sporting news and culture at TheWeek.com before moving to Livingetc, an interior design magazine. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, dual majoring in television, radio and film (from the Newhouse School of Public Communications) and marketing managment (from the Whitman School of Management). Offline, she enjoys going to the movies, reading and watching the Steelers.

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