Caitlin Clark's brother joined the chat.
This comes after Mystics co-owner Sheila Johnson made Friday comments to Time magazine criticizing the decision not to recognize the entire WNBA when naming a Fever rookie the Player of the Year. Colin・Clark said this to X again. Share this Front Office Sports post highlighting Indiana's attendance record when it visited Washington during the season.
In the September post, Front Office Sports wrote: “A record 20,711 fans attended the Fever Mystics tonight, the largest crowd in WNBA history.”
A standout at Iowa State, Clark's popularity at the collegiate level carried over into the pros, drawing a new audience to the sport.
WNBA The regular season had the highest viewership The star-studded rookie class, headlined by Angel Reese, Cameron Brink, and Clark, contributed to the record-breaking event, with the highest attendance in 22 years.
“We were able to attract a lot of people who had never even watched women's sports, let alone women's basketball, and turn them into fans,” Clark told Time magazine. Her Athlete of the Year cover story.
Days after this publication paid tribute to Mr. Clark; Johnson told CNN. And he wondered why Time magazine couldn't put the entire WNBA on that cover.
“When you keep highlighting one player, there are some hard feelings,” the Mystics co-owner said.
Johnson, who also co-owns the NBA's Washington Wizards and the NHL's Washington Capitals, has since expanded his acquisitions to other talented stars in the league.
“It took the WNBA about 28 years to get to where it is now, but something clicked for the WNBA this year, and it’s because of the players that came in in the draft. It wasn’t Caitlin Clark; [Angel] lease. We have a lot of unrecognized talent and I don't think we can pin it down to just one player. ” she said.
Reese, whose on-court rivalry with Clark dates back to their college days at LSU and Iowa, respectively, was selected seventh overall by the Chicago Sky in this year's draft.
In addition to being a WNBA All-Star last season, she and Clark were also named to this year's All-Rookie team.
Reese's Sky teammate Camila Cardoso was also named to the 2024 All-Rookie team, as were the Sparks' Rikea Jackson and the Liberty's Leonie Fibich.
