Even if the rookie for the Indiana Fever is averaging 19.5 points, a league-best 8.4 assists, 5.7 rebounds, and 1.3 steals per game, WNBA great Sheryl Swoopes would not.
Swoopes remarked, “Those are hell of a numbers.” “But that doesn’t seem dominating to me.”
Guard Caitlin Clark, 22, of Iowa, rejoices after a win during Senior Day events.
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Swoopes said her things on the “Gil’s Arena” podcast on Tuesday, the same program where she also said other things that months earlier infuriated Clark’s devoted fan following. Although Clark only participated in four collegiate seasons, Swoopes falsely claimed that she broke the NCAA scoring record due of her five seasons of play. Later, Swoopes acknowledged Afterwards, Swoopes acknowledgedWill Caitlin Clark be a good pro? Swoopes said of the then-Iowa senior during their February podcast interview. Indeed. Will Caitlin Clark instantly enter the WNBA and carry out her current duties? Not at all. Not going to occur.
In the most recent podcast, Swoopes—who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016—revisited those remarks.
“I didn’t say she wouldn’t be good, but I know people are like, ‘Oh, my God, you said she wouldn’t be good,'” Swoopes remarked. “What I said was that neither Caitlin nor Angel [Reese] came into the league and I don’t think either of them did dominate right away.”
LSU’s Angel Reese, left, and LSU’s Cameron Clark, corrected each other.