Valkyries star Thornton (knee) done for season

Golden State Valkyries guardant Kayla Thornton volition miss the remainder of the WNBA play aft undergoing genu surgery, the squad announced Friday.

Thornton injured her close genu successful signifier earlier successful the week -- the archetypal week coming retired of the All-Star break, wherever Thornton made her archetypal All-Star appearance.

The country was considered successful, the Valkyries said.

Before the surgery, Thornton was successful the midst of a vocation season, starring the squad successful points (14.0), rebounds (7.0) and steals (1.3) per game.

Thornton was a reserve successful this year's All-Star Game connected Team Clark and finished with 15 points successful 20 minutes.

Losing Thornton is simply a monolithic stroke to the enlargement franchise, arsenic she's emerged arsenic the starring dependable successful the Valkyries locker room, arsenic good arsenic their go-to subordinate connected the court. She was selected by Golden State successful the enlargement draught successful December aft winning a rubric with the New York Liberty successful 2024.