The BIG3 Basketball League offered Caitlin Clark $5 million to play next season once her time at Iowa is over, but it appears not everyone was impressed.
Kenyon Martin, a former NBA star who played in the BIG3, said Wednesday that he didn’t think Clark couldn’t even score if he was on the court.
“This is a step down the prison ball. Can you imagine her getting stuck with Reggie Evans?” the New Jersey Nets great said on Gilbert Arenas’ podcast. “Well, I kind of chuckle at that, but if she could get in and he could get her out, then this was real.
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Trilogy’s Kenyon Martin reacts during a game against Power on August 6, 2017 at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. (Michael Reeves/Getty Images)
“Can you imagine her being matched up and Reggie guarding her? One, this is 3-on-3, so she can’t hide anywhere. Reggie Evans. Please protect me from that mother—um.”
Martín and Arenas agreed: “No, she won’t score.”
“She’s not going to score a single point…3-on-3, she can’t hide anywhere,” Martin said.
TMZ Sports first reported that Clark has yet to comment on the offer.
Ice Cube later confirmed the deal, although he claimed it was intended to be private.
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Caitlin speaks during a press conference after the Hawkeyes defeated the Hawkeyes Crusaders in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament on March 23, 2024 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Clerk. (Rebecca Gratz/NCAA Photo via Getty Images)
“The offer was meant to be kept private while Caitlin Clarke played in the Championship. But there’s no denying it’s already out there. The BIG3 have made a historic offer for Caitlin Clarke,” the legend said. said the hip-hop artist and business mogul.
“Why wouldn’t we? Caitlin is from a generation of athletes who can have tremendous success in the BIG3. We named Nancy Lieberman the first female coach of our men’s professional team and she won the championship in her first year.” The skeptics laughed when she won the ship, and she won the championship in her first year.”Lisa Leslie won it all in her second year. Our offer will allow Caitlin Clark to make history and break even more barriers for female athletes. ”
Ice Cube went on to say that U.S. women’s basketball players don’t need to go overseas to make money playing the sport they love.
Trilogy’s Kenyon Martin watches a matchup against the Killer 3 in Week 9 of the BIG3 3-on-3 Basketball League at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on August 17, 2018. (Ron Jenkins/BIG3/Getty Images)
“American female athletes should not be forced to spend their offseasons playing in horrible, seedy foreign countries just to make ends meet,” he added. “And at a time when American professional sports leagues are being overrun by authoritarian, anti-women regimes like Qatar, they should have at least one professional option in America.
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“Our ground-breaking offer for Caitlin Clark shows that BIG3 is providing athletes with new options.”
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