2024-09-04 02:05:03
Caitlin Clark has generated plenty of conversations this year. Still, one that is grabbing plenty of people’s attention is what WNBA great Sheryl Swoopes has said about the Indiana Fever star.
Swoopes has spoken about Clark on several occasions, even being deemed a Caitlin Clark hater by some fans. Nancy Lieberman, a former professional basketball player who coached in the WNBA and NBA, was on the “Stephen A. Smith Show” to discuss Swoopes and Clark.
Here’s what you need to know:
Who is Sheryl Swoopes?
Sheryl Swoopes is a four-time WNBA Champion and three-time MVP, who played for the Houston Comets, Seattle Storm and Tulsa Shock. The 2016 Naismith Hall of Fame inductee was also a six-time WNBA All-Star and three-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year. She averaged 15.0 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.2 assists over 12 seasons.
Swoopes has also worked for ESPN, SEC Network and the Longhorn Network as a color analyst and play-by-play announcer.
Swoopes previously made negative comments about Caitlin Clark on a podcast with Gilbert Arenas prior to the WNBA season. Here’s a look at the comments that Swoopes ended up apologizing for due to some inaccuracies:
- “Caitlin Clark right now probably takes about 40 shots a game (and) when she comes to the league, regardless of what team she goes to that has vets on that team, she probably ain’t gonna get 40 shots a game.”
- “Kelsey Plum set that record in four years. Well, Caitlin should’ve broke that record in four years. But because there’s a COVID year, and then there’s another year, and — you know what I mean? She’s already had an extra year to break that record. So, is it truly a broken record? I don’t know. I don’t think so. But yeah, that’ll go in the record books … and I don’t think it should.”
The inaccuracies? Clark was shooting nowhere near 40 shots per game (she averaged 20.1 attempts a game for her Iowa career), and she only played college basketball for four years. The same number as Plum.
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