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 crucial 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 unfavorable consideration from Clark’s followers.
Sarcastically, she selected to clear the air on a podcast with Clark’s rookie rival, Angel Reese.
“So if 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, after 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 number of the stuff persons are making an attempt 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] must be bored with it as effectively. 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 carried out is on the podcast again in February, that I apologized for. Nevertheless it’s like, ‘Nope. You hate her.’
In the direction of the tip of the episode, Swoopes did go on to talk positively about Clark.
“I’m going to offer Caitlin Clark her flowers,” Swoopes stated. “Sure, I stated that… I’m going to offer Caitlin her flowers as a result of I feel what she has carried out 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 individuals simply need to watch the sport, they usually need to speak about it.”
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