Goodbye to the East vs. the West. The WNBA All-Star Game will now be a captain's choice contest. Similar to the NBA earlier this year, the WNBA has changed its All-Star format for the upcoming game July 28 at Minneapolis' Target Center (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC).

The WNBA All-Star vote is among players, coaches, media and fans, with 22 players picked without regard to conference affiliation. The top two vote-getters will be deemed captains, and then each will select who is on her team from the rest of the pool.

It's possible, then, that the two captains could be from the same conference ... or maybe even from the same WNBA team. Other than in the makeup of the schedule, though, conference affiliation is essentially a moot point anyway now in the WNBA, considering the playoffs take the top eight teams and seed them by record, regardless of conference.

Same now goes for the All-Star voting, as voters no longer are required to select the same number of players from each conference. Fans will be able to vote for their top 10 players, regardless of position, and that makes up 40 percent of the final ballot. Fans can vote up to once a day from June 19 to July 12, on the WNBA's web site, mobile app and Twitter.

Players, coaches, and media will vote for 22 players, with the requirement that there are nine guards and 13 front-court players. The players (20 percent) and coaches (20 percent) cannot vote for members of their own team. The media accounts for the final 20 percent of the total vote.

The All-Star coaches will be those with the top two records this season after the games of July 13; the one with the best mark will coach the team led by the top vote-getter. All of which could be interesting, because it could mean coaches going against players from their own WNBA team.

The All-Star rosters will be revealed July 19 during the Wings-Mystics game on ESPN2, which begins at 8 p.m. ET. On July 27, the All-Star captains and coaches will choose the game's starters, who will be revealed that night during ESPN2's 7 p.m. ET telecast of the All-Star Welcome Reception.