Caitlin Clark may not have been chosen for Team USA for this year’s Olympic Games, but it is pretty clear that U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team head coach Cheryl Reeve has a lot of respect and appreciation for everything she’s done for women’s basketball.
Following a recent game against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever in which Clark scored 10 points in the fourth quarter to lead her team to victory over Reeve’s Minnesota Lynx, Cheryl Reeve did not hold back her praise for the Fever star as she made it abundantly clear that she is grateful for everything Clark has done for the sport.
“I mean, I don’t know that I quite understand the question in that everybody knows that the reason why our teams around the league are having sellouts are because Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever are coming to town,” Reeve said according to Awful Announcing, when asked what the league can do to encourage a strong crowd at WNBA games. “Angel Reese has impacted their attendance at the Chicago games. I suspect on the road as well. So what the league can do is be ready to capitalize on the moments, but it’s much like when we saw Bird and Magic come in the league, right?
“The league has been building for a watershed moment and we’re here. Now, you’ve got to take advantage of it. It’s beyond just kind of saying, OK, well the Indiana Fever and they’re selling out and you’re just sitting back and watching it. How, (what) other ways can you monetize and capitalize on it. That’s obviously a business-layered thing, but that’s how I think you could capitalize.”
Clearly, Reeve understands just how much Clark has meant to the sport.
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