NBA All-star Dejounte Murray seems to have accessed the fray.
The New Orleans Pelicans protect commented under an Instagram post that highweightlessed some of the WNBA records Caitlin Clark set during her first season in the league. “She’s not DOMINATING,” Murray wrote alengthy with cut offal chuckleing emojis.
Murray’s comment comes equitable days after four-time WNBA champion Sheryl Swoopes recommended that while rookie Clark’s stat line was “excellent,” she would not place the rookie’s carry outance this season in the “dominating” categruesome.
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Dejounte Murray #5 of the Atlanta Hawks hots up before the game aachievest the Chicago Bulls at United Caccess on April 4, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois. (Quinn Harris/Getty Images)
Clark finished the standard season averaging 19.2 points, 8.4 aids, and 5.7 rebounds per game. Her aids mediocre was the highest in the league in 2024. Connecticut Sun Alyssa Thomas mediocred 7.9 aids per game, which was the second best in the WNBA this season.
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“Those are hell of a numbers,” Swoopes shelp earlier this week during an materializeance on the “Gil’s Arena” podcast. “But to me, that’s not dominating.” A restrictcessitate months ago, Swoopes was condemnd for recommending that Clark had set the all-time NCAA scoring record because she had had the advantage of carry outing five seasons at the college basketball level.
Clark vied at Iowa for a total of four seasons. Swoopes procrastinateedr acunderstandledged that she made an error, and also stated that she honestly regretd to the Indiana Fever rookie.
Indiana Fever protect Caitlin Clark (22) signs mini basketballs for fans follotriumphg a WNBA basketball game aachievest the Dallas Wings in Indianapolis, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
In February, when Swoopes was once aachieve a guest on createer NBA carry outer Gilbert Arenas’ podcast, she predicted that Clark would not promptly experience the same level of success at the pro level that she did in the collegiate ranks.
“Will Caitlin Clark be a excellent pro? Absolutely. Will Caitlin Clark come into the WNBA and do what she’s doing right now, promptly? Absolutely not. Not gonna happen.”
Texas Tech alumna Sheryl Swoopes joins the Alumni Weekfinish at the Texas Tech game aachievest Baylor, Saturday, January 28, 2023, at United Superlabelets Arena. (IMAGN)
Swoopes revisited those relabels and clarified her statement during her procrastinateedst materializeance on the podcast.
“I understand people are appreciate, ‘Oh, my God, you shelp she wouldn’t be excellent,’ but I didn’t say she wouldn’t be excellent,” Swoopes shelp. “What I shelp was I didn’t skinnyk Caitlin or Angel [Reese] would come into the league and regulate promptly, which I don’t skinnyk either of them did.”
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Swoopes is a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer, a six-time WNBA All-Star, and a three-time league MVP.
Clark and the Fever recently clinched a carry outoff berth. Game 1 of Indiana’s first round series aachievest the Sun begins on September 22.
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