Dwyane Wade Sounds Off On Nonstop Caitlin Clark Narratives
06/29/2024 03:28 PM
Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade isn't surprised at all by how Caitlin Clark is being treated as a rookie in the WNBA.
On a recent episode of his "The Why" podcast, the Hall of Famer talked about how he understands veterans feeling a certain type of way about Clark in her first year. Saying it's not too unlike what he went through coming into the league as a lottery pick.
"This Caitlin Clark conversation with everyone hazin', I'm lookin' at it like, I know what happened my rookie year when I came in. 'You gonna hit that ground. You bout to feel this ground if you think you bout to keep comin' in here.' Like Jamaal Magloire and P.J. Brown tapped me up every time I ran through the paint," Wade recalled.
"People say hazin', but this is all a part of, 'Hey, you gotta show us that you built for this league,'" the 13-time NBA All-Star continued. "This is basketball. You're talking about some of the greatest athletes in women's sports... What do you think they're gonna do? You think they're going to just let someone come in and just 'Go ahead, give us 30!'"
Clark has been roughed up a bit through the first 19 games of her career but for the most part she's handled the physicality pretty well.
The Fever have been able to stack some wins after a rough 1-8 start. Now they're just 1.5 games out of third place in the Eastern Conference standings.
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