Sue Hen, a 20-year WNBA star, stated that the alleged hate towards Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark is simply trash speak that’s misinterpreted.
Clark takes the ground in the present day on the WNBA All-Star sport that pits the league stars in opposition to Workforce USA, the ladies’s basketball group for the upcoming Paris Olympics.
“I feel the vast majority of WNBA gamers with their play, with their speak, it was simply competitors, not hate for an individual,” Hen stated.
“Caitlin will go down as, no matter you need to name it, the one who made the change, this pivotal particular person,” added Hen, who retired in 2022. She was talking throughout an look on the Good Recreation with Sarah Spain podcast. “She is going to, one hundred pc. However in different leagues … it was by no means like when LeBron (James) got here, ‘Oh, Michael Jordan didn’t matter.’ And for some purpose that occurred, and it precipitated this complete factor.
“When the fact was, no participant felt that manner towards Caitlin, all people was very welcoming and alluring, they usually mistook aggressive speak for hate, with hating on any person.”
Hen’s view runs counter to others professionals who’ve claimed Clark is being focused, amongst them LeBron James and Charles Barkley.
