"Don’t Know How We Left the Country Without Her": Lisa Leslie Takes Firm Position on Team USA’s Caitlin Clark Decision
Credits: Imagn ©Credits: Imagn Among the many debates surrounding Caitlin Clark over the years, her 2024 Olympics team selection might be the most talked about. The sentiment around it is largely ambiguous, with basketball romantics and analysts split opinions down the middle. But for two-time WNBA Champion Lisa Leslie, there’s never been a doubt, as she reaffirms her stance recently.
Speaking at ESPN’s First Take, Leslie heaped praise on CC, clearly pinpointing that the Fever guard should have been there on that flight to Paris. “If we roll back to the tweets when I said, I don’t know how we left the country without her,” she said . “I felt she is a game-changer.
She’s moved the game and the needling in a way we had not seen in women’s basketball before. I thought she didn’t necessarily earn a spot, but deserved to be there. “You know part of it’s political.
You get to pick whoever you want, and they chose to take Diana Taurasi, who got her 6th gold medal. But I thought Caitlin Clark should have been on that team,” she added further. Before the Olympics, Clark was the only collegiate athlete to be selected for the 14-player training camp roster.
Further, she had an amazing season for Iowa, leading her team to the Championship game. On top of that, Clark also made a blistering start to her Indiana Fever career, recording 10+ points and moving the ball with ease. In fact, before June, when the team was announced, Clark had already done enough to prove her mettle.
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