Caitlin Clark has been lighting up the WNBA with her quality of play. While the Indiana Fever star is still near the bottom of the WNBA standings, the Iowa alumna has been a bright spot in the roster since she was drafted.
While not every game has been peachy, she’s continuously provided moments of basketball brilliance that brought plenty of attention to the women’s game. To say that Clark is at the center of a storm that brings women’s basketball to the forefront is an understatement.
Since Clark’s the darling of the WNBA right now, it makes sense that almost everyone is asked about her whenever the league is brought up. Her name even reached Bronny James when asked about which player he would choose between her and two other outstanding female cagers.
Bronny James had to cut Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark in hypothetical WNBA debate
As preparation for the 2024 NBA Draft, some of the most attention-grabbing prospects were asked a myriad of questions related to the game they played their entire lives.
Bronny was asked to start, bench, or cut three players: Caitlin Clark, Sue Bird, and A’ja Wilson. Understandably, he had to cut Clark.
The Spun’s Kameron Duncan provided a feasible explanation behind Bronny’s logic:
It’s a fairly reasonable decision, as Bird is one of the greatest point guards in women’s basketball history. Wilson is arguably the WNBA’s best player today, and it would be hard to find anyone who would willingly leave her off their team.
That leaves Clark – a rookie – as the last player standing and the one that James needed to cut in his hypothetical scenario.
To be fair, it’s a loaded question meant to stir up drama. There’s no sane basketball mind who would choose Clark over two established stars in the WNBA.
However, it’s not insane to think that Clark would be eventually put in the same breath as the other two. She’s already impressing for the Indiana Fever in her rookie season, averaging 16.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 6.6 assists a game.
If Caitlin Clark begins to dominate opponents the same way she did in college and win a couple of WNBA championships in the process, there’s no reason why she won’t become the person who starts in this three-person debate in the future.
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