The planned U.S. women’s basketballroster for this summer’s Olympics was leaked Saturday morning, and theimmediate headline is that Caitlin Clark apparently isn’t going to makeit.
By Jonathan Tannenwald, The Philadelphia InquirerIndiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark drives to the basket against Seattle Storm forward Nneka Ogwumike during the first half of a WNBA basketball game Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Indianapolis.
The game drew a crowd of 20,333, the largest WNBA crowd in 17 years and the league’s seventh-largest all time, after the Mystics moved it to D.C.’s downtown NBA arena from their usual 4,200-seat home across town. That was the latest testament to Clark’s popularity. It’s hard to imagine the U.S. women’s soccer team thinking that way, for example, even in the period between the 1999 and 2011 World Cups when it wasn’t as popular as it has been since.
She was traded to Phoenix this year and has thrived there, averaging 23.5 points and 4.6 rebounds. On Friday, Copper poured in 34 points, including 10 points in the last 1 minute, 10 seconds, to lead the Mercury to an 81-80 comeback win over the Minnesota Lynx — including the game-winning three-pointer with 0.2 seconds left.Reeve doesn’t pick the roster alone.
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