The legend of the WNBA, Lisa Leslie, went to beat for the star of Indiana Fever Caitlin Clark in the middle of the speech on the number of national television matches that the team received this season.
The fever will have 41 television games at the national level – a result linked to the emergence of Clark during his recruit 2024 season when some teams had to move to larger arenas to meet the demand to see the sniper.
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The Indiana Caitlin Clark fever guard against the sun during the WNBA qualifiers in Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, September 22, 2024. (Images of Mark Smith-Imagn)
Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier said earlier that he was “crazy” that fever had more national television time than reigning champion New York Liberty. Leslie said she didn’t seem to know what the problem was.
“It’s all about money, marketing, and we cannot deny what Caitlin Clark did for the female game,” Leslie in USA Today told a story published Thursday. “Why would we feel a kind in a way she has more television games? … I don’t know what is the problem because Caitlin gets a lot of love. She deserves it and she helped change this game.”
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Lisa Leslie spoke of the impact of Caitlin Clark. (Getty Images)
The Los Angeles Sparks Great said that she was “grateful” for Clark and how she had an impact on the game and implored the rest of the Zoomer League and see how the “big image” will have an impact on everyone.
“I think we must understand that when a player eats, we all eat and we all get more opportunities. This opens up to all the others,” she added. “I love that she is not the player who does all her subject. She gave love and tribute to the players who preceded her. She shares wealth with her teammates, and she does not have to do it.”
Whether positive or negative, Clark has been the focal point of the WNBA since she entered the League and this will continue as long as she is on the ground.
The Indiana Fever head coach Christie Sides chats with Caitlin Clark during the Sky Game on June 23, 2024, in Wintrust Arena in Chicago. (Melissa Tamez / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Clark made a fever the most watched team of the WNBA by a landslide in his recruit year, because the 14 games of the most watched WNBA of the season all included the fever.
