Caitlin Clark has become one of the most polarizing figures in all sports during the last year.
His popularity reached a peak almost two years ago when she and Angel Reese did it in the National Championship, and then became a family name.
Clark established numerous records in his last year, including becoming the top scorer of all the NCAA, and made him become the general selection number 1.
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The Indiana fever guard, Caitlin Clark, plays against the wings of Dallas in Indianapolis, on September 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, Archive)
But then the cultural wars that were found in the middle of, with many, including the WNBA MVP A’JA Wilson, saying that his race played a role in his popularity.
Clark was a victim of some hard faults and garbage talks during his rookie season, but he did not seem to chase her, since he established many records in the first year.
Clark returned to Iowa on Sunday to see his number 22 go to the beams, and asked about the criticisms he recently received.
“I think it’s just life. Everyone goes through some of the things I have passed, many people spend much worse. I just try to remember myself every day how grateful I am about being in the position of I am, I want treat everyone in the same way as I would be treated.
Caitlin Clark, of the Iowa Hawkeyes, celebrates after attracting a foul in the game against the mountaineers of West Virginia during the Women’s Basketball Championship of Division 1 of the NCAA in the Carver-Hawkeye Arena on March 25, 2024, in The city of Iowa. (Matthew Holst/Getty Images)
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“But also, I said this before, I feel that one of my greatest skills is that I really don’t care. As, no. I don’t care. I believe in myself, I’m sure myself, I’m sure my teammates, I try to instill that in them, I am sure of the coaching staff of any team in which I was, if that was [at Iowa]either in fever now. You simply trust those people. No one gets into your costumes … Everyone thinks that they know everything and have an answer, but that is not reality. That goes for all professional sports, that also for all of you and people in life. “
As Clark’s rookie season advanced, there were accusations of racism of Faver and Iowa Fan, a claim made By the aforementioned Reese.
But Clark’s appearances in the Games brought a historical audience both to university levels and professionals. The last three games of his university career were the most seen female university basketball games in history. She also had several of her regular seasonal games More spectators than WNBA playoff gamesAnd his WNBA confrontations with Reese were some of the most seen WNBA games in history.
Indiana’s fever guard, Caitlin Clark, works at the basket against the guard of the Dallas Wings, Sevgi Uzun, on September 1, 2024 in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutiérrez)
The WNBA teams even had to move to larger sands simply due to the demand for tickets that Drew Drew; Fever Sold 90 times more tickets This last year that in 2023.
Clark was named the Rookie of the year for his historical campaign during which he established the record of most assists in a season in the history of the League. He brought the fever to an appearance in the playoffs after a slow start, and quickly became a double double machine. He even established a single game record with 19 assists. He also became the first rookie to register a triple double, registering two of them.
He received the most votes for the stars game and was only the fifth rookie in the history of the League to make the first All-Wnba team.
