KELSEY Plum says feeling “sexy” has improved her basketball career – and it is clear to see why.
The WNBA All-Star’s meteoric rise in the sport has coincided with her embrace of fashion.
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This weekend, Plum will get the chance to further showcase her skills at the 2023 WNBA All Star Game, which is taking place at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas on July 15.
The Las Vegas Aces guard will play for Team Wilson, which is captained by fellow Aces teammate A’ja Wilson, as well as participating in the skills competition on July 14.
The showpiece game comes in the wake of Plum scoring a career-high 40 points on 14-of-18 shooting as the Aces trounced the Minnesota Lynx 113-89 on July 9.
Plum’s 77.8 per cent shooting from the field is the highest field goal percentage in a 40-point game in WNBA history.
Meanwhile, the 28-year-old recently launched a spring/summer collection for lifestyle and apparel brand GSTQ, whom she joined as a fashion ambassador last summer.
“My relationship with basketball and fashion intersect because of a confidence that I have,” Plum told Flaunt.
“I think when you play, especially for me, I like to have a swag about me with my head held high.
“I like bold colors. I like to be a little bit edgy, a little bit sexy.
“I think that’s kinda how I play, a little bit on the edge and always taking risks.
“So they are definitely parallels.”
GSTQ was founded in 2021 by Dany Garcia, the XFL co-founder who is the ex-wife of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.
“I never believed the saying when you look good, you feel good and when you feel good, you play good, but I changed my mind,” Plum added.
“When I walk into the tunnel, I feel sexy and empowered and I take that into the court.
“I feel sexy and fierce in GSTQ. I appreciate the ambition they have.”
Plum is one of the leading women’s basketball players in the United States.
She was the No. 1 WNBA Draft pick in 2017 by San Antonio Stars, who relocated to Las Vegas to become the Aces.
This came just months after becoming the NCAA all-time scoring leader in Division I women’s basketball, while playing for the University of Washington.
Plum won an WNBA title with the Aces last year, when she was also named the MVP of the All-Star Game.
She also earned a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games in the women’s 3×3 tournament.
In March, Plum made headlines when she revealed her dismay at the Las Vegas Raiders trading her husband, Pro Bowl tight end Darren Waller, to the New York Giants.
The trade split up the couple who had both been playing for Las Vegas-based sports teams at the time of their wedding on March 4.
Former NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III tweeted about the trade: “Darren Waller JUST GOT MARRIED to Kelsey Plum of the Las Vegas Aces and Josh McDaniels’ wedding present was to trade him to the New York Giants.
“McDaniels is NOT a romantic.”
This led Plum to write in response: “Prolly cause he wasn’t invited to the wedding lol.”
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