Rookie sensation Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever recently picked up their third win of the young WNBA season, knocking off the Washington Mystics on the road in front of a WNBA record crowd to improve their record to 3-9. Clark went absolutely ballistic in this game, scoring a professional career high of 30 points on seven made three pointers and helping guide her Fever teammates to a thrilling win in front of the mesmerized fans.
Recently, a stir was generated in the basketball community when it was announced that Clark would not be a member of the Team USA women’s squad set to participate in the Olympics this summer from Paris, France.
Now, Clark herself is weighing in on the debate and, as has often been the case throughout her career thus far, is choosing to take the high road.
“Honestly, no disappointment. I think it just gives you something to work for. That’s a dream. Hopefully one day I can be there. I think it’s just a little more motivation. You remember that,” said Clark, per James Boyd of The Athletic on X, the social media platform formerly referred to as Twitter.
Clark also took the time to send her well wishes to those who will be participating from Paris.
“I’m excited for the girls who are on the team,” said Clark. “I know it’s the most competitive team in the world, and I know it could have gone either way of me being on the team, me not being on the team, so I’m excited for them. I’m going to be rooting them on to win gold. I was a kid that grew up watching the Olympics, so it’ll be fun to watch them.”
Clark also revealed that the Olympics brass showed her the courtesy of calling her beforehand to inform her of their decision prior to leaking it to the media.
“They called me and let me know before everything came out, which was really respectful of them, and I appreciated that, and they did the same for every girl that made the team or every girl that didn’t make the team. There’s a lot of players in the Olympic pool, so it wasn’t like I was the only one they had to call. They had to make quite a few calls.”
Meanwhile, Clark’s coach, Fever coach Christie Sides, painted a slightly different picture, recalling that Clark told her, “hey coach, they woke a monster” when receiving the news, per Chloe Peterson of the Indianapolis Star on X.
A wild season
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Just a few weeks into her career, Caitlin Clark has made the WNBA more popular than it has been in its entire twenty-plus year history, already setting attendance and television records. Clark has even made a few other names, including Angel Reese and Chennedy Carter, recognizable in the national consciousness due to their interactions with her on the court.
While the Fever have struggled to put up wins thus far on the young season, the team does appear to have figured some things out as of late, and Clark’s efficiency numbers are starting to increase as the game at this level begins to slow down for the former college superstar.
The Fever will next take the floor on Monday vs the Connecticut Sun.
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