Caitlin Clark mania continues to grow amongst basketball fans, but other WNBA players remain unimpressed.
Clark received a record 1,293,536 fan votes for this yr’s All-Star game in Indianapolis, but she ranked just ninth amongst guards within the player vote.
The media vote ranked Clark third, and the combined total earned the Fever star the second-best weighted rating amongst guards, tied with the Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu and just behind the Wings’ Paige Bueckers.
Clark shall be one in all two captains for the All-Star game, together with Lynx forward Napheesa Collier, for the reason that pair placed first and second within the fan vote.
Within the player vote, Clark was not even the highest-ranked player on her team – Kelsey Mitchell placed three spots higher at No. 6.
Clark has seen a slight dip in her stats from last season, averaging 18.2 points, 8.9 assists and 5.0 rebounds per game on 29.5 percent efficiency from beyond the arc.
In 40 games last yr, she put up 19.2 points, 8.4 assists and 5.7 rebounds, while shooting 34.4 percent from downtown.
Perhaps more importantly, though, Clark has struggled to remain on the ground this season, playing in only nine of Indiana’s 16 games.
The previous Iowa standout missed five games in May and June with a left quad strain, and he or she has missed the Fever’s last two games with a left groin injury.
She is questionable for Tuesday’s Commissioner’s Cup Final against the Lynx.
While Clark doesn’t have enough games played to qualify, she would rank eleventh within the WNBA in scoring and second in assists.
Even while missing time, the 23-year-old has shown flashes of her dominance this season, including a 32-point, eight-rebound, nine-assist effort in her return from injury against the Liberty on June 14 and a 20-point triple-double against the Sky on opening night.
Caitlin Clark mania continues to grow amongst basketball fans, but other WNBA players remain unimpressed.
Clark received a record 1,293,536 fan votes for this yr’s All-Star game in Indianapolis, but she ranked just ninth amongst guards within the player vote.
The media vote ranked Clark third, and the combined total earned the Fever star the second-best weighted rating amongst guards, tied with the Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu and just behind the Wings’ Paige Bueckers.
Clark shall be one in all two captains for the All-Star game, together with Lynx forward Napheesa Collier, for the reason that pair placed first and second within the fan vote.
Within the player vote, Clark was not even the highest-ranked player on her team – Kelsey Mitchell placed three spots higher at No. 6.
Clark has seen a slight dip in her stats from last season, averaging 18.2 points, 8.9 assists and 5.0 rebounds per game on 29.5 percent efficiency from beyond the arc.
In 40 games last yr, she put up 19.2 points, 8.4 assists and 5.7 rebounds, while shooting 34.4 percent from downtown.
Perhaps more importantly, though, Clark has struggled to remain on the ground this season, playing in only nine of Indiana’s 16 games.
The previous Iowa standout missed five games in May and June with a left quad strain, and he or she has missed the Fever’s last two games with a left groin injury.
She is questionable for Tuesday’s Commissioner’s Cup Final against the Lynx.
While Clark doesn’t have enough games played to qualify, she would rank eleventh within the WNBA in scoring and second in assists.
Even while missing time, the 23-year-old has shown flashes of her dominance this season, including a 32-point, eight-rebound, nine-assist effort in her return from injury against the Liberty on June 14 and a 20-point triple-double against the Sky on opening night.
