Caitlin Clark is not going to be part of the Workforce USA squad that goes for a report eighth straight gold medal on the summer season Olympics in Paris, and basketball followers are puzzled by the transfer!
In response to a number of reviews, 22-year-old Clark, probably the most well-known feminine hooper on this planet, was not named to the 12-player squad … which can symbolize America in France subsequent month.
An official announcement has not but been made, however the crew is made up of a mixture of veterans and first-time Olympians. However, no Clark.
The choice comes amid a wave of controversy surrounding Caitlin’s remedy by different WNBA gamers.
She’s been crushed up on the courtroom — generally exterior the scope of the basketball recreation (see the Chennedy Carter physique verify from final weekend’s Fever-Sky conflict). Supporters have attributed the dangerous remedy to every part from jealousy to racism.
Others have claimed the WNBA is solely a more durable league … and Clark, who continues to be averaging practically 17 factors per recreation (thirteenth within the league), should modify to the bodily play. Principally, nothing to see right here.
It appears the choice to maintain CC off the Olympic crew could have one thing to do together with her recognition, as loopy as that sounds. USA In the present day spoke with two sources who informed the outlet there was concern how Clark’s thousands and thousands of followers would react to what would possible be restricted enjoying time for the primary general choose.
Rant incoming. – leaving Caitlin Clark off the ladies’s Olympic crew is the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard pic.twitter.com/RXg0XwFwtN
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) June 8, 2024
@stoolpresidente
Predictably, a lot of these thousands and thousands of followers are upset over the perceived snub … together with Dave Portnoy, who known as it the “dumbest s***” he is heard for opting to go away arguably the most well-liked participant alive off of the crew.
And, the Barstool founder is not alone … it is left many individuals scratching their heads, together with U.S. soccer legend Alexi Lalas, who additionally could not perceive the choice.
“I don’t know sufficient about USA girls’s Olympic basketball to know if Caitlin Clark’s omission is a snub. I do know that, proper now, she could be the one cause I might remotely care about USA girls’s Olympic basketball,” Lalas wrote on X.
Clark, who scored 30 factors final evening in entrance of a jam-packed crowd that resembled an NBA recreation, has not but commented on the Olympic crew.
As for who did make the squad … A’Ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu, and Brittney Griner are just a few of the celebs named to the 2024 Girls’s Olympic crew.
