Caitlin Clark is not having the same success in her WNBA career with the Indiana Fever thus far as she had over the past few women’s college basketball seasons with Iowa. While Clark is averaging a solid 17 points per game, her overall peformance over her first four professional contests has been mixed. However, Clark and the rest of the league’s hotly anticipated crop of rookies are still bringing unprecedented viewership and popularity to the WNBA.
That has also come with some criticism, with some in and around the league voicing resentment or wanting to diminish the fact that Clark is driving this popularity instead of stars like two-time defending MVP A’ja Wilson. But LeBron James, who knows a thing or two about being the face of a basketball league, took aim at Clark’s critics during the most recent episode of his podcast, “Mind The Game,” with J.J. Redick.
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