The legend of the WNBA, Sheryl Swoopes, was labeled as a huge hateful of Caitlin Clark because of his previous comments on the star of Indiana Fever. Recently, however, she had a rather unexpected taking on the 23 -year -old playmaker.
Swoopes has received a lot of backlash in the past for apparently minimized Clark’s impact on fever and WNBA. In August 2024, She caught the flak After refusing to give Clark a credit for the rise of Indiana.
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The quadruple WNBA champion was also criticized after Defend the former heaven of the sky of Chicago Diamond Deshields For his cheap shot on Clark for a match.
Interesting fact, in a recent interview with ESPN Posted on TiktokSwoopes shared rare praise for Clark.
In addition to emphasizing how the addition of Dewanna Bonner, Natasha Howard and several others, as well as the continuous improvement of Aliyah Boston and the return of Kelsey Mitchell, raised the fever to the suitors in the potential championship, Swoopes also took note of the intersection of Clark.
“Can we talk about Kelsey Mitchell, who is just a bucket on foot? How much Caitlin became stronger during the offseason, you know she was in the gymnasium to work on her game,” said Swoopes. “This team of Indiana fever, they assembled the parts in this offseason, and I am delighted to see what they are going to do.”
For what it is worth, several fans could not help notify the change in the position of Sheryl Swoopes on Caitlin Clark, taking the comments of the Espnw post in Chime.
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“Wow, she didn’t say anything negative on CC. It’s dope,” wrote a commentator. Another said, “Oh how she changes her air now ..”
A surprised fan added: “Wow gave Catlin Clark a little credit …. WOW.”
“Did Swoops go – she said something nice about CC instead of denigrating with a lie,” added a follower.
A number of commentators have also expressed their conviction that Swoopes was forced to say something good about Clark. In any case, however, the WNBA icon has certainly made a good point on fever.
The Indiana Caitlin Clark (22 -year -old) fever guard reacts to a game during the second half of the match against the Phoenix Mercury.Mark J & Period; Rebilas-Imagn images
Indiana has improved this offseason considerably, and if their core of Clark, Boston and Mitchell further increases their game with the new team members, they will be difficult to beat.
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