How are you aware when it’s the fitting time to move?
What’s the very best recommendation that’s been given to you throughout a recreation?
What do you hope your legacy or stamp on the sport can be?
How do you go about not permitting frustration to have an effect on your relationships along with your new teammates?
These had been among the many six questions requested by reporters to Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark on Thursday throughout what seems to be the primary 3½ minutes of a information convention following her staff’s 89-77 loss to Seattle.
Nobody appeared to note teammate Aliyah Boston sitting to Clark’s proper with a microphone in entrance of her as effectively.
As query No. 7 started with the phrases, “Caitlin, you—,” Clark lower off the reporter and gestured towards Boston.
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”Ask Aliyah a query,” Clark mentioned.
Boston remained expressionless. “No, I’m good,” she mentioned.
A number of reporters appeared to talk directly, and Boston once more indicated they need to proceed as they had been. However Clark waved her arm and once more gestured towards Boston.
“Ask Aliyah a query,” she mentioned once more, now trying down on the desk.
The reporters obliged, with what seems to be the ultimate three questions of the session addressed to Boston. She did not seem to carry a grudge over seemingly being ignored earlier and gave considerate solutions.
Clark completed with 15 factors, seven assists and 6 rebounds. Boston had 11 factors and 14 rebounds. The Fever are 7-12 with two straight losses following a four-game successful streak.
A lot has been made this season concerning the quantity of consideration given to Clark, NCAA basketball’s all-time main scorer, in comparison with the opposite gamers within the WNBA. Some, similar to Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese, have gone out of their approach to level out that the league’s present surge in reputation should not be credited to just one individual.
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Maybe Clark was making an attempt to repay Boston for having her again throughout a June 19 information convention after the Fever’s 88-81 win over the Washington Mystics. As Clark spoke about an errant move she had meant to throw to Boston, the reigning WNBA rookie of the yr stopped her.
“It’s OK. Don’t fear,” Boston instructed Clark earlier than addressing the reporters. “I imply, since you have a look at Caitlin and also you have a look at the best way she passes the ball and so generally issues are gonna occur that manner and that’s OK ‘trigger we’re not going to let her grasp her head. We’re not going to hold our head off of any missed passes.
“As a result of we’re nonetheless persevering with to gel collectively, and we all know that she’s an amazing passer, so if she thinks she will be able to get that ball there, she’s gonna throw it. And if I miss it, then we’re good. We’re all proper. Don’t fear.”
“Thanks, AB,” Clark responded as each girls laughed.
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