Caitlin Clark was not chosen as one of many first 12 gamers to make the U.S. Olympic ladies’s nationwide basketball crew, however there nonetheless seems to be an opportunity she might be representing the Stars and Stripes in Paris.
The Athletic’s Shams Charania mentioned Monday on FanDuel TV’s “Run It Back” that the Indiana Fever rookie is on prime of the alternates record in case one of many 12 gamers will get injured.
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Caitlin Clark, of the Indiana Fever, celebrates throughout the sport towards the Mystics at Capital One Arena on June 7, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)
“I’m instructed Caitlin Clark and Brionna Jones are atop the alternates record for Team USA if there’s wanted to be a substitute,” Charania mentioned.
Jones is a two-time All-Star who has spent her complete eight-year profession with the Connecticut Sun. She is averaging 13.3 factors and 4.7 rebounds per sport for the Sun 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 school basketball. She was unable to attend the nationwide coaching camp in Cleveland after she was invited as a result of Iowa was within the Final Four.
Alyssa Thomas, #25, and Brionna Jones, #42 of the Connecticut Sun, throughout the Commissioner’s Cup sport towards the Atlanta Dream on June 2, 2024, at Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. (Adam Hagy/NBAE by way of Getty Images)
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Over the final two years, Clark has drawn tens of millions of recent followers to the sport. The Iowa-South Carolina nationwide championship was the most-watched ladies’s school basketball sport. Her video games with the Fever are among the many prime in WNBA scores this season, to not point out the fan help she has acquired 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 Gray, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young. Alyssa Thomas, Sabrina Ionescu and Kahleah Copper shall be first-time Olympians.
Clark took the excessive highway when requested about being left off of the roster.
“I’m excited for the ladies who’re on the crew. I do know it’s essentially the most aggressive crew on the planet and I do know it might’ve gone both approach – me being on the crew, me not being on the crew,” she mentioned, by way of 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 observe them.
Caitlin Clark, of the Indiana Fever, poses for a portrait at Gainbridge Fieldhouse throughout her introductory press convention on April 17, 2024, in Indianapolis. (Matt Kryger/NBAE by way of Getty Images)
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“No disappointment. I feel it simply provides you one thing to work for. That’s a dream. Hopefully, sooner or later I might be there. I feel it’s just a bit extra motivation. You keep in mind that. And hopefully in 4 years, when 4 years comes again round, I might be there.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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