Longtime NBA player and current TV analyst Jamal Crawford thinks the treatment Caitlin Clark is getting in the WNBA is not 'personal' but rather a natural proving ground for a potential great.
As the NBA Finals get set to tip off, the majority of focus in the basketball world over the past week has been on the WNBA, particularly the early struggles of star Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark and the perception that she is being unfairly targeted in the professional ranks after a flagrant foul by the Chicago Sky's Chennedy Carter in a game Saturday.
1 overall seed South Carolina, was not just an aesthetic choice. 'I'm coaching kids, and the style they play is more conducive to what I'm trying to teach these young kids going forward,' Crawford said. While many have taken sides and expressed various opinions on Clark's treatment in the WNBA, Crawford believes it is nothing more than the natural process that basketball superstars go through.
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