The dialog concerning Caitlin Clark and whether or not her friends are jealous is ongoing.
Because the NCAA’s all-time main scorer has drawn historic viewership and attendance, the rookie phenom has been the sufferer of some laborious fouls and accidents, together with a ruptured eardrum.
On prime of that, there have been a number of slights, each out loud and on social media, directed in direction of her since her WNBA debut.
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Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever talks to the media throughout an introductory press convention on April 17, 2024, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Ron Hoskins/NBAE by way of Getty Pictures)
These discussions embrace whether or not race performs a task in her recognition, and different gamers celebrating her struggles. (In equity, that comes with these gamers celebrating their very own successes.)
So, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert was requested by “The TODAY Present” whether or not she felt Clark was being focused by different gamers.
She appeared to push again on that declare, saying it solely appears that manner as a result of there’s a “highlight” on Clark.
Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, appears on in the course of the first quarter towards the Seattle Storm at Local weather Pledge Area on June 27, 2024, in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers/Getty Pictures)
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“The followers we’ve had for a very long time know the way we now have the very best, greatest, most bodily, greatest gamers on this planet,” Engelbert stated. “What folks don’t notice [is] in school, there’s over 200 NCAA Division I ladies’s school packages. There’s 12 WNBA groups; so you’re taking the expertise, and it’s centralized with the very best, the most important, most bodily, and, actually, the very best gamers on this planet. So, I feel there’s all the time an adjustment for all rookies. I feel our rookie class this 12 months is doing excellent, together with Caitlin. She was the rookie of the month for Could.”
“There’s a highlight,” she added. No league is ever about one participant. You see gamers, there’s accidents, different issues that occur. We’re advertising and marketing round all of our gamers, however I feel Caitlin’s lifting everyone.”
Clark earned the second-most votes within the first spherical of All-Star Recreation voting, behind solely A’ja Wilson.
Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, poses for a photograph throughout her introductory press convention on April 17, 2024, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Ron Hoskins/NBAE by way of Getty Pictures)
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She is averaging 16.2 factors, 6.6 assists and 5.5 rebounds per recreation, whereas her final two video games towards Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky have been the top-two most-watched WNBA video games in over 20 years.
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