Despite playing 30 minutes, Steph Curry struggled to score much against the Charlotte Hornets. During the game, Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark took to TikTok to drop a request for the Hornets. One analyst saw this TikTok comment as a subtle but serious plea to WNBA leadership.
Basketball analyst Robin Lundberg spoke about Clark’s comments on the Robin Lundberg show. He claimed that Clark’s comment, while speaking in favor of Stephen Curry, could have expressed his struggles in the WNBA.
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“It was almost like Caitlin Clark was speaking for herself in a sense when she said that about Steph,” Lundberg said, drawing comparisons between the duo. Just as Steph Curry is always under unrelenting pressure from the start, with the opposition resorting to hitting, holding and rubbing with him, Caitlin’s situation is also similar.
Clark had commented on TikTok that people wanted to see his idol score 12 three-pointers in the game and sent a subtle message to the referees to call out fouls in the game.
“We want to see Steph make 12 threes a game, please stop grabbing her,” Caitlin Clark had pleaded under a video of Stephen Curry where he was engaged in a duel with Charlotte Hornets players as they pulled on his shirt and became even more physical. Lundberg thinks this has a direct connection to what Caitlin Clark faces every day on the court, and it may be her way of taking a subtle dig at the WNBA for leaving them out of control.
Caitlin Clark once spoke about the egregious fouls she was subjected to on a daily basis during her early years with the WNBA. A problem that has been pervasive throughout his WNBA career. It’s hard to decipher how she actually feels about it, as she brushes off her concerns by calling the sport “physical.”
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“I think everyone is physical with me. They get away with things that other people probably don’t get away with. It’s hard, but that’s just the fact,” Caitlin Clark said.
People still haven’t forgotten the time Chicago’s Chennedy Carter’s shoulder hit her and knocked her to the ground before an inbounds pass during a Chicago Sky vs. Indiana Fever game. Or maybe when Jacy Sheldon blatantly stared at Caitlin while she was trying to pass, all these incidents continue to happen from time to time with the #1 draft pick. Of course, not without reasons, as Lundberg pointed out.
“When you’re Caitlin Clark and you get the attention that she has, you’re going to get an inordinate amount of defensive attention in a rookie season. She was blitzed more early this year than any team,” Lundberg said, but also added how Caitlin handled the situation athletically: “Caitlin didn’t come out and say what they were doing wasn’t basketball that many times. I think she talked about the game by Chennedy Carter that wasn’t a basketball play But she didn’t really complain publicly, openly, often about the way she caught and held her on the perimeter.
The plea resonates somewhat with the fan base. WNBA fans, just like NBA fans, want to see Stephen Curry and Caitlin Clark shoot hoops, and so preventing them from doing so unfairly is probably a sin at this point. The use of fair means is appreciated, but going beyond that does not help matters, believes Lundberg. Maybe this is how Caitlin finally gets her point across.
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Well, Caitlin Clark’s name is being thrown around everywhere, but this time, it’s for a completely different reason.
Indiana football star names pet after Caitlin Clark
Caitlin Clark has been in the news for many reasons, primarily her excellence on the hardwood, but this time is unlike any other. Apparently Indiana Hoosiers wide receiver Elijah Sarratt named his dog after the Fever star. “CC. They might not like it (but) she’s named Caitlin Clark,” and he accepts that name probably won’t impress some die-hard Indiana fanatics.
The news spread like wildfire and caught the attention of Clark, who reacted to the news by wishing him good luck during his next college football game. “I hope he scores 3 touchdowns Monday night. Big Indiana fan Monday night,” she commented, liking what she saw while commenting on a TikTok post.
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Many might be surprised to see how this bond developed between Caitlin Clark and Indiana. During her college years, they were involved in games that weren’t always friendly, and this comes from Caitlin’s own admissions.
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“I hated playing at Indiana and they hated me,” Clark had said, but now that she has joined Indiana, perhaps those differences have ceased to exist. She’s now one of their biggest cheerleaders, despite coming from the ranks of one of Indiana’s Big Ten rivals.
The Indiana football team is also doing very well as under the leadership of head coach Curt Cignetti advanced in the College Football Playoff en route to an undefeated season and won the program’s first national championship on Monday, January 19 against Miami. So the party is everywhere, and our WNBA star is also a part of it because of her strong connection to Indiana.
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