Caitlin Clark Spurned by Team USA in Dumb Move

Team USA omitted former Iowa and current WNBA star Caitlin Clark from its Olympic basketball roster for this summer's Olympics in Paris. Publicly, Clark says she was not surprised by the move and that she will be rooting for the women to win Gold. Privately she said the Olympic committee woke a giant. The decision will motivate her. If Friday night's 30 point performance with a WNBA rookie record 7 three pointers made is any indication, Clark is about to go scorched earth on the WNBA. One other note from that game against the Mystics. The Fever and the Mystics combined for two wins this season. In fact the Mystics were 0-10. And 20,000 people showed up to watch. By comparison, 19,000 people showed up for Game 1 of the NBA Finals in Boston. Caitlin Clark is producing great numbers on a bad Fever team. Imagine what she might do playing with the best in the world. So why was she left off the team? Pettiness. Jealousy. Stupidity. Those are just some of the reasons. Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever signs autographs after the game against the Washington Mystics at Capital One Arena on June 07, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images) CAITLIN CLARK SPURNED; MJ AND ISIAH THOMAS DREAM TEAM The old guard of the WNBA doesn't want to share the limelight with the rookie. It reminds me of when Michael Jordan did not want Isiah Thomas in the 1992 Dream Team. The difference here is that the NBA would thrive with or without Thomas on that Dream Team. And fans would still root for the other superstars. That might not be the case in this situation this summer and beyond. The jealous old guard of the WNBA fails to realize a popular Caitlin Clark is a rising tide that lifts all boats. More fans, more ratings, more merch, more money. More everything! But they are too dumb and egotistical to realize this. For more on this story, tune in to Craig Shemon and Company on ESPN Southwest Florida each weekday from 2-6.