Sports activities influencer Rachel DeMita mentioned she thinks Caitlin Clark being left off of the U.S. Olympic ladies’s nationwide basketball crew roster was a mistake.
Clark wasn’t one of the 12 players picked to symbolize the crimson, white and blue as they prepare to move to Paris subsequent month to compete for an additional gold medal on the worldwide stage.
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Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever warms up earlier than the sport in opposition to the Washington Mystics at Capital One Area on June 7, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (G Fiume/Getty Pictures)
However as a result of Clark’s reputation has skyrocketed since she stepped onto the ground for the Indiana Fever, DeMita informed Fox Information Digital in a current interview that she believes Crew USA missed out on a boon from a advertising and marketing standpoint and a possibility to focus on the highest ladies of the WNBA.
“I personally suppose it’s, yeah. I feel in the event you consider it from a advertising and marketing standpoint, firstly, she’s field workplace. The numbers don’t lie. There isn’t any different participant within the WNBA who’s demanding the opposite groups they play in opposition to to maneuver arenas to verify they’ll maintain as many followers as they want for these video games,” she mentioned. “That’s the one participant who’s doing that.”
“Lots of people are saying she shouldn’t be top-of-the-line 12 gamers within the league proper now. Perhaps she is, possibly she isn’t, however I might assure that you just put her on that courtroom and there’s not going to be a drop-off in her sport,” DeMita mentioned. “She’s going to carry her personal on the courtroom. And I feel she will be able to try this in opposition to any of the opposite groups.”
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Rachel DeMita (Lintao Zhang/Getty Pictures)
“I feel from a advertising and marketing perspective, from a fan’s perspective, I don’t suppose it was sensible. However once more, the best way she dealt with it when she was questioned, she mentioned, ‘Hey, this simply lit a fireplace in me.’ She was disillusioned, that’s what she wished.”
DeMita, who just lately joined the BIG3 basketball league as a courtside commentator, mentioned the American ladies will nonetheless probably deliver dwelling the gold however her level nonetheless stood.
“I don’t suppose it was the most effective choice,” she mentioned. “However once more, I imply, the women which are on that crew are incredible. They’ll deliver dwelling the gold. However I feel having Caitlin on that crew would have introduced a lot visibility to the celebs on which are on that crew, the celebs who additionally should be within the media extra and deserve their flowers and deserve their reward. So, I feel leaving her off was, truthfully, it didn’t simply harm her, it harm the remainder of the ladies as properly.”
The media highlight has gotten even hotter underneath Clark. She was a speaking level once more this month when Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter gave her a tough foul.
DeMita praised Clark for a way she’s handleD the stress with “poise and style.”
Caitlin Clark (G Fiume/Getty Pictures)
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Going into Monday evening’s sport in opposition to the Connecticut Solar, Clark was averaging 16.8 factors, 6.3 assists and 5.3 rebounds per sport. She’s was additionally capturing 32.7% from 3-point vary.
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