Sheryl Swoopes has been labelled a Caitlin Clark hater, however she has tried to clear the air concerning the Indiana rookie.
Swoopes has been pretty essential of Clark since he entered the league and simply final week, made the declare that her Fever teammaes don’t like enjoying there due to the unfavourable consideration from Clark’s followers.
Mockingly, she selected to clear the air on a podcast with Clark’s rookie rival, Angel Reese.
“So while you say Sheryl Swoopes and Caitlin Clark, it’s like ‘Oh my goodness, Sheryl doesn’t like her, so let’s see what that is about,’” Swoopes stated to Reese on her podcast Unapologetically Angel.
“All of that’s silly to me. It’s not true. It’s all silly. Like, once I take a look at the quantity 22s within the league… I used to be 22, A’ja [Wilson] is 22, Caitlin is 22, these are some hell of an excellent quantity 22s. And we’re all part of the Nike household. A variety of the stuff persons are attempting to say is there, it simply doesn’t exist.
“Like, I’m bored with it,” Swoopes continued, earlier than Reese added, “It’s tiring.”
Swoopes continued, “And I can’t solely think about that [Caitlin] needs to be bored with it as properly. There was nothing there.”
The WNBA legend did make one admission concerning the Indiana sensation.
“The one time I made a mistake speaking about Caitlin and what she’s completed is on the podcast again in February, that I apologized for. However it’s like, ‘Nope. You hate her.’
In direction of the top of the episode, Swoopes did go on to talk positively about Clark.
“I’m going to present Caitlin Clark her flowers,” Swoopes stated. “Sure, I stated that… I’m going to present Caitlin her flowers as a result of I feel what she has completed coming into this league completely has introduced extra eyes, whether or not you want them or not. However has introduced extra eyes, extra advertising. Like folks simply need to watch the sport, and so they need to speak about it.”
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