Indiana Fever rookie sensation Caitlin Clark has entered the WNBA and immediately emerged as one of the top players in the league, and that’s all that longtime NBA broadcaster David Aldridge really cares about.
During a recent interview on OutKick’s “The Ricky Cobb Show,” Aldridge did not hold back his true thoughts on Caitlin Clark as he made it clear that he wants to just watch and appreciate Clark for her basketball ability without any other narratives clouding the conversation.
“[Clark] is such a great player, can we just watch her play and enjoy watching her play without bringing all of the other baggage into it?” Aldridge said. “Do we have to bring all of the other stuff into it? I don’t really care why people love Caitlin Clark or hate Caitlin Clark. I just think she is a great player, just like I think Angel Reese is a great player. Let’s just watch them play basketball.”
Aldridge said that Clark is turning into “the lifeblood” of the WNBA for her ability to draw in casual fans.
“It’s clear that she moves the needle, right?” he said. “People want to watch her, they want to watch her play. She’s a great player. And I think she is certainly a person that gets attention from casual fans; and, again, that’s kind of the lifeblood of a league that’s really surviving and thriving is when people who aren’t really big basketball fans turn it on anyway because they just want to watch her play because they like watching her play.”
“It’s clear that she moves the needle, right?” he said. “People want to watch her, they want to watch her play. She’s a great player. And I think she is certainly a person that gets attention from casual fans; and, again, that’s kind of the lifeblood of a league that’s really surviving and thriving is when people who aren’t really big basketball fans turn it on anyway because they just want to watch her play because they like watching her play.”
Clearly, Clark has indeed moved the needle for the WNBA this season.
[Fox News]
