Since she was selected No. 1 overall in the 2024 WNBA Draft, the Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark was labeled a superstar before even stepping on the professional court. And while the Fever have gotten off to a slow start – they are 2-9 after getting blown out by the New York Liberty on Sunday night – Clark's star status continues to shine in Indiana.
Clark's acclimation to the WNBA has been the subject of many sports talk shows, but ESPN's 'The Pat McAfee Show' took it to a different level on Monday morning. The former NFL kicker and his crew created an entire slideshow about what they think of critics of Clark who say she's only a superstar because she is a White female in the league. 'I would like the media people that continue to say, ‘This rookie class, this rookie class, this rookie class.
Is it because she stayed in Iowa and put an entire state on her back? Took a program from nothing to a multiple-year success story? Is it because she would go on to break the entire points record in the history of the NCAA? Not just the women’s record by Kelsey Plum – shout out – but also ‘Pistol’ Pete Maravich’s. The dude’s records as well.