Caitlin Clark responds to critics in front of Iowa Jersey retiring: ‘I really don’t care’
Caitlin Clark It has become one of the most delicious figures in all sports over the past year.
Its popularity reached its peak almost two years ago when and Angel Reese She sent it to the national championship – and then it became the name of the household.
Clark set numerous records in his higher year, including the leading NCAA scorer, and inserted it all in the total number of number 1.
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Indiana Caitlin Clark fever plays against Dallas’s wings in Indianapolis, September 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, file)
But then there was a culture wars that found herself in the middle, with many, including WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson, saying that her race played a role in her popularity.
Clark was the victim of some hard offense and conversation with garbage during her rookie season, but it seemed not a pheasant because she set up a plenty of records in the first year.
Clark returned to Iowa on Sunday to see her the number 22 was entering the rafters, and asked her about the criticism she had recently received.
“I think it’s just a life. Everyone goes through some things I have gone through, a lot of people go a lot worse. I just try to remind myself every day as grateful to being in a position am, I want to behave to all the same way in which I would wanted to be treated. told reporters on Sunday.
Caitlin Clark of Iowa Hawkeyes Slava after a game of Western Virginia has drawn a offense during the NCAA Division 1 Women’s Basketball Championship at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena on March 25, 2024. In the city of Iowa. (Matthew Holst/Getty Images)
“But also, I said that before, I feel like it’s one of my biggest skills that I really don’t care. Like, I don’t care. I don’t care. I believe in myself, I’m convinced of a convinced of myself, I’m convinced of my teammates, I try to instill it in them, I am convinced of the coaching staff of any team I was on, whether it was [at Iowa]Whether it is now on the fever. You simply rely on these people. No one goes into your locker room … Everyone thinks they know everything and have an answer, but it’s just not a reality. This is also true of all professional sports, it goes for all of you and people in life. “
As Clark’s Novak season has progressed, there have been accusations of racism and from fever and from fans of Iowa, the claim has been made From the aforementioned Reese.
But Clark’s performances in the games brought historical viewership to both the college and professional level. The last three matches of her college career have been the most watched basketball games at women’s faculties ever. She also had several of her to get in the regular part of the season more spectators than players of the WNBAAnd her Wnba matches with Reese were some of the most watched WNBA games ever.
Indiane Caitlin Clark fever is working in a cart against Dallas Wings Guard Sevgi Uzun, September 1, 2024 at Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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The WNBA teams even had to move to a larger arena only because of Clark Drew tickets; fever Sold 90 times more tickets Last year than 2023.
Clark was named Rookie year For her historic campaign, during which she has set a record for the highest assistance in one season in the history of the league. She took the fever to the play-off after a slow start and quickly became a double double machine. She even set a record with one game with 19 assists. She also became the first novelty to record a triple-double, registering the two of them.
She received the most votes for the All-Star game and was only a fifth novelty in the League history to make an All-Will first team.
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