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Caitlin Clark reveals whether or not she's heard from Chennedy Carter since flagrant foul

Wade-Peeryby: Wade Peery06/07/24
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Chennedy Carter’s flagrant foul on Caitlin Carter was one of the most heavily discussed topics in sports for the past few weeks. It drew national headlines, caught the attention of plenty of sports talk radio shows, and dominated the television airwaves. On Friday night, Clark addressed whether or not she’s heard from Chennedy Carter. And quite frankly, she doesn’t sound too worried about it.

Has she heard any sort of an apology? “You know, no. I mean, basketball’s competitive. I get it. Sometimes your emotions get the best of you. Happened to me multiple times throughout the course of my career. People are competitive. It is what it is. She’s had a tremendous season. She’s played great basketball in my eyes. Probably in first place for sixth player of the year. She’s been great off the bench for them. She had, what, 25, in her last game,” Clark explained.

The former Iowa star was quick to point out that she wanted to move on and that there’s no bad blood between her and Carter. It was simply a part of the game. And she’s well aware of that.

“You know, that’s not where my focus is. That’s not what I think about. I think about my team. I think about ways that I can get better. You know, it’s just basketball at the end of the day. There’s no grudges. There’s nothing like that. It’s sports. It’s competitive. It’s not gonna be nice all the time. That’s not what basketball is. And I think people that play it at the highest level understand that,” Clark finished.

Plenty of people across the sports landscape decided to serve up their opinions on the Carter-Clark controversy and former WNBA star/coach Nancy Lieberman didn’t hold anything back when she offered her take.

Nancy Lieberman sounds off on Caitlin Clark-Chennedy Carter

“Well, I mean, if I were Caitlin Clark I would have punched her in the face,” she said on Wednesday morning. “I’m from New York and I would have told her to fu** off. And that would actually cure the problem. Because I’ve known Chennedy since she was in high school here in Dallas. She’s a tough kid. She’s a really good basketball player. She’s gonna come after you because she’s very physical. Which is ok. But damn. Where’s Caitlin Clark’s teammates?

“I’d be pissed as sh** at my teammates if nobody came to my defense. You know, Gretzky had an enforcer. Michael Jordan had Oakley. Honestly, this is bullsh**. This has to be better. Indiana has to be better. Somebody has to come to this kid’s — I don’t want to say rescue — But you guys know this better than anybody, Michelle as well. In 1984 when Michael Jordan came into the league, he changed the economics of the league, financially, with the GLA, with all the TV contracts. He was on TV every game. Arenas were filled. When Tiger Woods was tearing up the PGA when he first started, he changed the PGA world for every golfer financially. And people need to thank Caitlin Clark for being that generational athlete that is making them wealthy.”

Lieberman didn’t stop there. She continued her point on Clark’s financial benefit to the WNBA.

“They will have generational wealth,” she said. “They would not have airplanes, chartered jets without her. They wouldn’t have been on TV. And I know the WNBA has worked hard over the last 27, 28 years. But they weren’t doing this with all the greats. With the Hall of Famers, with Lisa [Leslie] with [Diana] Taurasi, with [Sue] Bird. It was still sporadic with some of the greatest players in the game. But Caitlin [Clark] has caught the interest of the common person. Both women, men, children, and we need to celebrate her not tolerate her. She’s a great kid. She’s like LeBron, she doesn’t wanna you know, mix it up with people. Although she could, but they don’t want to hurt their image.”