LeBron James will be guarding Kaitlyn Clark.
The Lakers superstar and future Hall of Famer said while watching the South Carolina-Iowa national championship game, which featured Clark, after Clark became the subject of criticism leading up to the final game of the season. X” and cheered on the Hawkeyes star.
“If you’re not into Caitlin Clark’s game, you’re just a flat out hater!!!!!” James wrote in a post about X. please. “
Clark and Iowa then lost to South Carolina 87-75, giving South Carolina its third national championship since 2017.
But James’ post, with the Lakers playing against the Timberwolves on Sunday, followed comments from soon-to-be WNBA teammates Diana Taurasi and Brianna Stewart, among others.
Taurasi, a WNBA legend and 10-time All-Star who will be entering his 20th season in 2024, said he thinks Clark is her. it will be difficult Her early WNBA days (scheduled to begin after the April 15 draft) will likely see her selected No. 1 overall after the Indiana Fever.
“Reality is coming. There are levels to this,” Taurasi said on SportsCenter when asked about Clark and South Carolina center Camila Cardoso entering the draft.
Both are expected to be top picks.
“And that’s what life is. We’ve all been through it,” Taurasi continued. “You look superhuman playing against 18-year-olds, but it’s going to come.” [play] There are also adult women who have been playing professional basketball for many years. That’s not to say it won’t work. Because if she’s good at what she’s doing, she’ll get even better. But there will come a transition period, in which she will have to give herself some grace as a newcomer. ”
Stewart also said Clark needed a college title to be considered the greatest player of all time.
“Yeah, she needs (a championship), I think so too,” Stewart said during an appearance on SiriusXM College Sports Radio. “I mean, if you look back 10 years ago, you’ll look at all the records she broke and the scores and things like that, but as we all know, when you play college basketball, your goal is to win a national championship. It’s necessary because it’s about winning.”
Furthermore, Hall of Famer Lynette Woodard also claimed that Clark did not actually break her own scoring record.
“I’m a hidden figure, but not anymore,” Woodard said. “My records have been hidden from everyone for 43 years. I don’t think so…I’m going to go ahead and get the elephant out of the room. You can’t replicate what you haven’t replicated, so I I don’t think that record has ever been broken. So unless you bring in men’s basketball and two-point shooting.”
Clark led the Hawkeyes with 30 points against South Carolina on Sunday, making 10 of 28 shots and five 3-pointers.
