Social media posts from Minnesota Lynx coach and normal supervisor Cheryl Reeve singling out Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark have come below the highlight just lately within the wake of Clark being left off the roster for the 2024 U.S. Olympic ladies’s basketball crew.
However in response to one report, USA Basketball is declining to deal with the matter.
Head Coach Cheryl Reeve of the Girls’s USAB crew seems to be on throughout the Girls’s USAB Follow on February 2, 2024, at Barclays Heart in Brooklyn, New York. (Jennifer Pottheiser/NBAE through Getty Photos)
Reeve, who was named earlier this yr as the top coach for the ladies’s nationwide crew for the Summer time Video games in Paris, has confronted scrutiny after a number of of her posts mentioning Clark resurfaced within the wake of USA Basketball’s determination to not choose Clark for the 12-person roster.
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On Might 3, Reeve responded to a put up on X from the WNBA teasing the Fever’s preseason recreation in opposition to the Dallas Wings. The put up from the league included the picture of a number of gamers – Clark was considered one of them.
“ALSO in motion tonight – @minnesotalynx vs @chicagosky 7pm CST,” Reeve wrote in response. “Although followers will not be capable to watch, #Lynx followers can go to the Lynx app to comply with alongside through play by play. Or in case you are in market, come to the sport … as we begin the season off proper.”
Reeve’s put up additionally included two hashtags, “#12teams” and “#theWismorethanoneplayer,” seemingly referencing the rising curiosity in Clark earlier than her skilled debut.
Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, walks down the court docket throughout the recreation in opposition to the Washington Mystics at Capital One Enviornment on June 7, 2024, in Washington, DC. (G Fiume/Getty Photos)
In response to questions as to why the Lynx recreation was not being televised, one consumer on social media wrote, “As a result of they solely care about Caitlin.” Reeve responded to that put up saying “That half.”
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However the timing of these posts, because it pertains to the choice course of for the ladies’s nationwide crew, has raised issues.
USA At this time’s Christine Brennan reported Thursday that after a number of requests for remark, a USA Basketball spokesperson relayed the message that “Cheryl advised me that she wouldn’t be commenting.”
The spokesperson went on to say that Reeve “doesn’t have an official function in selecting the 12” members of the roster, however that she is concerned within the choice course of.
“The roster is chosen by the committee as per the choice procedures,” the spokesperson advised USA At this time. “The coach is accountable for outlining on-court rules and magnificence of play, which may be thought-about by the committee. Moreover, the coach is accountable for instruction at USA Basketball camps, exhibitions and competitions.”
Head coach Cheryl Reeve of the Minnesota Lynx reacts throughout the first half of the WNBA recreation in opposition to the Phoenix Mercury at Footprint Heart on June 7, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona. The Mercury defeated the Lynx 81-80. (Christian Petersen/Getty Photos)
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USA Basketball didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark. USA At this time reported that the nationwide sports activities governing physique wouldn’t touch upon the appropriateness of Reeve’s posts on Clark.
USA Basketball choice committee chair Jen Rizzotti advised the Related Press this week that Clark being omitted from the crew was largely because of her lack of expertise.
“It might be irresponsible for us to speak about her in a means apart from how she would affect the play of the crew,” Rizzotti mentioned. “As a result of it wasn’t the purview of our committee to determine how many individuals would watch or how many individuals would root for the U.S. It was our purview to create the perfect crew we might for Cheryl.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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