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Caitlin Clark Could only be in her second season in the WNBA, but what she has already done for women’s basketball is enough for Cooper Flagg to place her on her Mont Rushmore.
During his introductory press conference after being selected first on the whole Dallas Mavericks On Wednesday evening, the Duke product was asked which players were on its NBA and the WNBA Mount Rushmore.
Dallas Mavericks, first global choice, Cooper Flagg speaks to the media during a press conference at the Dallas Mavericks practice center on June 27, 2025. (Jerome Miron-Imagn images)
Flagg rocked Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant like his best choices in the NBA. For the female game, he named Candace Parker, Brittney Griner and A’ja Wilson.
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For his latest choice in the WNBA, Flagg appointed the Indiana fever Star and qualified his choice, saying he believes she has won this place because of her impact on women’s basketball.
“I could put Caitlin Clark there, just because she changed the game so much and he is heading in the right direction,” he told journalists on Friday. “I love what she could do.”
Clark was the first global choice in 2024 Wgb Draft after an out -of -competition career in Iowa. She had an immediate impact on the pros, helping the fever to make an appearance in the playoffs for the first time since 2016. She was appointed recruit of the year of the WNBA in a season that has experienced viewers and record attendance.
The Indiana Caitlin Clark (22 -year -old) fever goalkeeper famous after a three -point basket against Connecticut Sun in the second half of a WNBA basketball match in Indianapolis on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (APPO / Michael Conroy)
The recruit of wings, Paige Bueckers, says that expectations on Caitlin Clark in the middle of shooting problems are “inhuman”
The talent of the hearing includes fans like flagg.
“Honestly, that means a lot for me, see how far they have arrived, and I will continue to watch,” said Flagg, attending the Dallas wings Match at home against fever Friday evening.
“I’m a big fan, so it’s really cool to be right and to be in this environment and watch an excellent match.”
The Indiana Caitlin Clark (22) fever guard in the second period against the Chicago sky in Gainbridge Fieldhouse on May 17, 2025. (Images of Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn)
Clark was sidelined on Friday’s match, missing his second consecutive match due to an injury to the groin. The fever has always survived the wings in the 94-86 victory, where Paige Bueckers, the first overall choice of the WNBA 2025 draft, lost 27 points.
