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Caitlin Clark’s All-Star vote among WNBA players who ranked her ninth best among guards in the league had social media in a madness wondering how it could be.
One of those who expressed their opinion was Michele Tafoya, the ex-NFL reporter who thinks Clark’s comrades are “jealous” on her.
Tafoya appeared on Outkick’s “Don’t @ Me With Dan Dakich”, where she put forward her thoughts on the matter.
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Indiana Fever Guard Caitlin Clark plays against Dallas Wings in Indianapolis, September 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
“I thought we were turning a corner here, Dan,” she told Dakich. “I thought we were seeing her teammates having her back. I thought we might have settled down with this obsession with Caitlin Clark.
“It really feels like a hatred of her, but it’s clearly a jealousy. She has the big state’s farm commercial where everything is better from the logo – great ad, very smart. So America loves her, the fans clearly love her, the media likes her. But the players can’t stand her.”
Clark, a WNBA All-Star game captain along with Minnesota Lynx’s Napheesa Collier, first ended in a fan voting and fourth in media vote among guards.
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But Tafoya, like many others, couldn’t think that Clark was so far down the list. Some believe it could be because she has been fighting in recent matches with her jumpshot, while others talked about playing just nine of the fever’s 16 games so far this season due to injuries.
Tafoya wouldn’t hear that.
“The ninth-best guard in the league? Don’t try to give me the excuses for ‘Well, she has struggled recently,’ or ‘she missed some games of injury.’ Come on, this is insane and I think it is an activist vote from the women in WNBA who simply cannot tolerate her success.
Indiana Fever Guard Caitlin Clark smiles after making a passport that led to a score against Dallas Wings on September 1, 2024 in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Paige Bueckers, Dallas Wings Rookie and first overall elections in this year’s WNBA draft, were ranked as the top guard from three stages of the vote: fans, media and players. She was number two in fan rank, fifth in media and fourth among players.
Atlanta Dreams Allisha Gray, one of Wnba All-Star starters, first ended in media rank and plays rank, while players like Seattle’s Skyllar Diggins, New York Sabrina Ionescu and Natasha Cloud, Washington’s Brittney Sykes and more ended up over Clark with regard to player.
Clark is an average of 18.2 points, 8.9 assists, five rebounds and 1.6 steal over 33.3 minutes per minute. Match this season. Only Phoenix Mercury’s Alyssa Thomas-there could be among the 12 All-Star playing reserves, which will be chosen by the league’s head coach and announced this Sunday-Has several assists per day. Games (9.3) and she has touched the hardwood in 12 competitions this season.
Clark also received 1,293,526 votes from the fans.
While Clark has been integrated into the emergence of WNBA’s popularity since Breaking Rookie and League Records last season with the fever, there have been many disputed moments of game opponents.
Michelle Tafoya gave her piece about Caitlin Clark, who was ranked 9. By her comrades in the All-Star vote among the guards. (IMagn)
This season, a physical quarrel broke out against the Connecticut sun, where Clark was hit in the face and pushed to the ground during a spectacle. Later in the game, Clark’s teammate, Sophie Cunningham, reciprocated against Sun Guard Jacy Sheldon in another scrub that led to draft.
And of course, Clark was the center of the national sports conversation by case against the sun, Chicago Sky and others.
