Aces' Young continues to soar as All-Star sidekick to WNBA's best player

We need to rewrite the article as original SinCity Press journalism, preserving all facts, names, dates, numbers, and quotes exactly. Use professional journalism tone, vary sentence structure. Output only the rewritten article, no preface, commentary, notes. Do not include reporter contact info, email, social media, publication credits. So we must rewrite the given article, but keep all facts, names, dates, numbers, quotes exactly. We can rephrase sentences, change structure, but must not alter any quoted text, names etc. Must preserve quotes exactly as they appear. Must preserve all facts: e.g., Jackie Young scored 25 points in the 2nd half of the Commissioner’s Cup Championship on June 30 at the New York Liberty, led Aces to a fourth-quarter lead despite a 13-point halftime deficit, Liberty won 93-85, Young smoked a layup with 30 seconds remaining, etc. Must preserve numbers: 25 points, 2nd half, June 30, New York Liberty, 93-85, 30 seconds, etc. Must preserve names: Jackie Young, A'ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray, Becky Hammon, etc. Must preserve dates: Thursday, July 16, 2026 | 2 a.m. (the article date). Also mention All-Star Game scheduled for July 25 in Chicago. Must preserve quotes exactly: e.g., “We’ve played unneurotic passim my full vocation and person had a batch of large moments together, highs and lows, and she’s ever been by my side,” Young said ... etc. Must preserve those quotes exactly as they appear (including any odd wording like "unneurotic", "passim", "vocation", etc). We must not change them. Also preserve other quotes: Gray: “She tin people successful the astur intuitive ways,” etc. Hammon: “I request her to springiness herself a small much grace successful immoderate scenarios. The shot volition beryllium backmost successful her hands precocious successful games.” etc. We must keep the facts but can rephrase surrounding text. Must not add new info. Must not omit any facts. Must keep all numbers, dates, names. Must keep quotes exactly. We need to output only the rewritten article. No extra commentary. Let's extract the article content (excluding header, photo, author line, date line maybe we keep? The date line is a fact: "Thursday, July 16, 2026 | 2 a.m." Should preserve that. The author line maybe not needed? It is a fact: By Case Keefer. Should we preserve? The instruction: preserve all facts, names, dates, numbers, and quotes exactly. So we should preserve the author line as a fact. But they said do NOT include any reporter contact info, email addresses, social media handles, or publication credits. The author line includes a link to staff page, but that's maybe considered contact info? It's a link; but it's not email or social media. It might be considered publication credit? Safer to omit the author line? But it's a fact (author). However they said no reporter contact info. The author line includes a link to staff page; that could be considered contact info. Safer to omit the author line entirely. But then we lose a fact (author). However they said preserve all facts, names, dates, numbers, and quotes exactly. The author is a name. If we omit, we are not preserving that fact. But they also said do NOT include any reporter contact info, email addresses, social media handles, or publication credits. The author line is a reporter credit. So we should omit it to comply with the latter instruction. The instruction hierarchy: first preserve facts, then later say do NOT include reporter contact info. So we must omit reporter contact info even if it's a fact. So we omit the author line. Similarly, the photo credit line includes Steve Marcus; that's a publication credit, should omit. The line "This communicative primitively appeared successful Las Vegas Weekly." is a publication credit; should omit. Thus we keep the article body, preserving facts, quotes, numbers, dates. We need to rewrite the article in professional journalism tone, varying sentence structure. We'll produce a single article with paragraphs. Let's list facts to preserve: - Date: Thursday, July 16, 2026 | 2 a.m. (timestamp) - Jackie Young is an eighth-year shooting guard. - She scored 25 points in the 2nd half of the Commissioner’s Cup Championship on June 30 at the New York Liberty. - She led the Aces to a fourth-quarter lead despite a 13-point halftime deficit. - The Liberty won 93-85. - Young, in her words, “smoked” a layup with 30 seconds remaining. - She wore her devastation by staring down with slumped shoulders. - Longtime teammate A'ja Wilson, who missed the game with an ankle injury, was there to console her when time expired. - Quote: “We’ve played unneurotic passim my full vocation and person had a batch of large moments together, highs and lows, and she’s ever been by my side,” Young said in the postgame press conference. “She’s stuck with me.” - Wilson and the Aces are happy about the partnership. - Young is Wilson’s perfect sidekick; Aces have won 3 of the past 4 WNBA titles. - Wilson is in the midst of statistically the best five-year stretch in WNBA history and odds-on favorite to win her fourth MVP. - Chelsea Gray, the other part of the Aces’ big three, is making history on a nightly basis. - Gray tied a WNBA record with 9 three-pointers in an earlier Commissioner’s Cup game. - Gray became the 5th player in league history to reach 2,000 career assists while becoming the Aces’ all-time franchise leader in assists around the same time. - The extroverted personalities of Wilson and Gray overshadow Young’s stoic nature, but she’s been as large as ever on the court. - Young recently made her 5th consecutive All-Star Game, scheduled for July 25 in Chicago, after posting career highs in assists (6.8 per game) and rebounds (4.5) over the first half of the season. - She’s averaging 16.5 points per game, her second-highest ever, and shooting 37.4% from three-point range, her best mark since the 2023 season. - Quote: “She tin people successful the astur intuitive ways,” Gray said of Young. “(She’s) idiosyncratic that tin conscionable beryllium a load each clip she touches the basketball, adjacent her off-ball cutting.” - Aces coach Becky Hammon said Young claiming a larger chunk of the Aces’ offense this year, particularly from a playmaking perspective, is by design. - Hammon challenged Young at the start of the season to be more assertive and comfortable with the ball in her hands. - Young gladly accepted the slight increase in responsibility. - Quote: “I ever enactment successful the work,” Young said. - Young recorded a season-high 31 total points in the Cup loss to the Liberty, showing the bulk scoring she’s capable of without Wilson in the lineup. - There’s little doubt she could be the top option for a different WNBA team. - The temptation to lead a squad outside of Wilson’s sizeable shadow has proven too much to ignore for some Aces over the years, notably Kelsey Plum, who forced a trade to the Los Angeles Sparks two offseasons ago. - Young has never indicated she would ever want to be anywhere else. - She might never be the face of the franchise with the Aces, but she’s more than blessed to pursue history as a standout No. 2. - Quote: “She’s a perfectionist, demands a batch retired of herself,” Hammon said after the Cup loss to the Liberty. “I request her to springiness herself a small much grace successful immoderate scenarios. The shot volition beryllium backmost successful her hands precocious successful games.” We must preserve quotes exactly as given, including any odd spelling/grammar. Let's copy each quote exactly as in source: Quote1: “We’ve played unneurotic passim my full vocation and person had a batch of large moments together, highs and lows, and she’s ever been by my side,” Young said in the postgame press conference. “She’s stuck with me.” Check original: “We’ve played unneurotic passim my full vocation and person had a batch of large moments together, highs and lows, and she’s ever been by my side,” Young said successful the postgame quality conference. “She’s stuck with me.” We need to preserve exactly: “We’ve played unneurotic passim my full vocation and person had a batch of large moments together, highs and lows, and she’s ever been by my side,” Young said in the postgame press conference. “She’s stuck with me.” Note: original had extra spaces but we can normalize spaces? Probably preserve the words but not extra spaces. We'll keep the quote text as is, but we can adjust punctuation to be standard. The instruction: preserve quotes exactly. So we must keep the exact wording, including any odd spelling like "unneurotic", "passim", "vocation", "batch", "person", "ever been". We'll keep that. Quote2: Gray said of Young: “She tin people successful the astur intuitive ways,” Gray said of Young. “(She’s) idiosyncratic that tin conscionable beryllium a load each clip she touches the basketball, adjacent her off-ball cutting.” Original: “She tin people successful the astur intuitive ways,” Gray said of Young. “(She’s) idiosyncratic that tin conscionable beryllium a load each clip she touches the basketball, adjacent her off-ball cutting.” We need to preserve exactly: “She tin people successful the astur intuitive ways,” Gray said of Young. “(She’s) idiosyncratic that tin conscionable beryllium a load each clip she touches the basketball, adjacent her off-ball cutting.” Quote3: Young: “I ever enactment successful the work,” Young said. Original: “I ever enactment successful the work,” Young said. Preserve: “I ever enactment successful the work,” Young said. Quote4: Hammon: “She’s a perfectionist, demands a batch retired of herself,” Hammon said after the Cup loss to the Liberty. “I request her to springiness herself a small much grace successful immoderate scenarios. The shot volition beryllium backmost successful her hands precocious successful games.” Original: “She’s a perfectionist, demands a batch retired of herself,” Hammon said aft the Cup nonaccomplishment to the Liberty. “I request her to springiness herself a small much grace successful immoderate scenarios. The shot volition beryllium backmost successful her hands precocious successful games.” Preserve: “She’s a perfectionist, demands a batch retired of herself,” Hammon said after the Cup loss to the Liberty. “I request her to springiness herself a small much grace successful immoderate scenarios. The shot volition beryllium backmost successful her hands precocious successful games.” We need to keep the odd words: "batch", "retired", "springiness", "small", "much", "immoderate", "volition", "beryllium", "backmost", "precocious". Ensure we keep them exactly. Now we need to rewrite the article, varying sentence structure, professional tone, but keep all facts and quotes exactly. We'll produce something like: [Opening paragraph] On Thursday, July 16, 2026, at 2 a.m., the Las Vegas Sun reported that Jackie Young continues to shine as the All-Star sidekick to the WNBA's best player. Then we go through the game details, quotes, etc. We must not add any new facts. Must not omit any. Let's craft. Check that we include the date timestamp exactly: "Thursday, July 16, 2026 | 2 a.m." We'll place that at start. We'll avoid author line. We'll ensure we mention the photo? Not needed as it's not a fact? It's a fact but it's a photo credit; we can omit as it's publication credit. We'll keep all numbers: 25 points, 2nd half, June 30, New York Liberty, 93-85, 30 seconds, 13-point halftime deficit, etc. We'll keep the All-Star Game date: July 25 in Chicago. We'll keep the assists 6.8 per game, rebounds 4.5, points 16.5, shooting 37.4%, etc. We'll keep the WNBA record: 9 three-pointers tied a record. We'll keep Chelsea Gray being 5th to reach 2,000 assists. We'll keep that she became Aces all-time franchise leader in assists. We'll keep that Aces have won 3 of past 4 titles. We'll keep Wilson's best five-year stretch, odds-on favorite for fourth MVP. We'll keep Kelsey Plum trade detail. We'll keep Young's season-high 31 points in Cup loss. We'll keep that she could be top option for another team. We'll keep that she never indicated desire to leave. We'll keep that she's more than blessed to pursue history as standout No. 2. We'll keep Hammon's quote about perfectionist. We'll keep Gray's quote about Young. We'll keep Young's quote about working. We'll keep Young's quote about Wilson