Caitlin Clark was not chosen as one of many first 12 gamers to make the U.S. Olympic girls’s nationwide basketball workforce, however there nonetheless seems to be an opportunity she may very well be representing the Stars and Stripes in Paris.
The Athletic’s Shams Charania mentioned Monday on FanDuel TV’s “Run It Again” that the Indiana Fever rookie is on prime of the alternates listing in case one of many 12 gamers will get injured.
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Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, celebrates throughout the recreation in opposition to the Washington Mystics at Capital One Enviornment on June 7, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Getty Photos)
“I’m advised Caitlin Clark and Brionna Jones are atop the alternates listing for Workforce USA if there may be wanted to be a alternative,” Charania mentioned.
Jones is a two-time All-Star who has spent her total eight-year profession with the Connecticut Solar. She is averaging 13.3 factors and 4.7 rebounds per recreation for the Solar this season.
Clark’s reported snub from the Olympic roster sparked a firestorm over the weekend.
Clark was the No. 1 decide of the WNBA Draft again in April after main Iowa to back-to-back nationwide championship video games and setting the mark for all-time scoring in faculty basketball. She was unable to attend the nationwide coaching camp in Cleveland after she was invited as a result of Iowa was within the Closing 4.
Alyssa Thomas, #25, and Brionna Jones, #42 of the Connecticut Solar, look on throughout the recreation in opposition to the Atlanta Dream throughout the 2024 Commissioner’s Cup recreation on June 2, 2024 at Gateway Middle Enviornment in Faculty Park, Georgia. (Adam Hagy/NBAE through Getty Photos)
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Over the past two years, Clark has drawn thousands and thousands of recent followers to the sport. The Iowa-South Carolina nationwide championship was the most-watched girls’s faculty basketball recreation. Her video games with the Fever are among the many prime in WNBA rankings this season, to not point out the fan help she has obtained at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis and elsewhere.
WNBA veterans Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner are reportedly set to be on the roster together with Breanna Stewart, A’ja Wilson, Napheesa Collier, Jewell Loyd, Chelsea Grey, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Younger. Alyssa Thomas, Sabrina Ionescu and Kahleah Copper will probably be first-time Olympians.
Clark took the excessive street when requested about being left off of the roster.
“I’m excited for the women who’re on the workforce. I do know it’s essentially the most aggressive workforce on this planet and I do know it might’ve gone both means – me being on the workforce, me not being on the workforce,” she mentioned, through The Athletic. “So, I’m excited for them. I’m going to be rooting them on to win gold. I used to be a child that grew up watching the Olympics. So, yeah, it’ll be enjoyable to look at them.
Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, poses for a portrait at Gainbridge Fieldhouse throughout her introductory press convention on April 17, 2024 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Matt Kryger/NBAE through Getty Photos)
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“No disappointment. I believe it simply provides you one thing to work for. That’s a dream. Hopefully, sooner or later I may be there. I believe it’s just a bit extra motivation. You do not forget that. And hopefully in 4 years, when 4 years comes again round, I may be there.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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