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WNBA star Skylar Diggins having an All-Star year on, off the court

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Skylar Diggins, right, smiles at Drake, left, who wears a Notre Dame jersey, at the ESPY Awards at the Nokia Theatre on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, in Los Angeles. Diggins played basketball at Notre Dame. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP) (The Associated Press)

Skylar Diggins and Drake, left, stand on stage at the ESPY Awards at the Nokia Theatre on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP) (The Associated Press)

Skylar Diggins has had a busy week.

On Wednesday, the Tulsa Shock guard scored 19 points in Minnesota against the Lynx before flying three hours to Los Angeles for a skit with Drake at the ESPYs. She returned to Tulsa for Thursday afternoon's game against San Antonio and had 19 points in a victory just before flying to the All-Star game in Phoenix, where she will start Saturday.

Though Diggins is well known off the court — she has nearly a half million Twitter followers, posed for this year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, appeared in Vogue and has the league's No. 2 selling jersey — she is just as committed and successful on it. After a disappointing rookie year in 2013, she has emerged as the WNBA's second-leading scorer.