The United States Women’s Basketball team won gold at the Paris Olympics, but NBA superstar Draymond Green still thinks that Caitlin Clark should have been part of the team.
During a recent episode of his podcast, Draymond Green made it clear that he thinks Caitlin Clark should have made the team due to what she means to the sport of women’s basketball.
“I think Caitlin Clark should have been on the USA team. We talk brand any other time, let’s not act like it don’t matter now. It matters. 100 percent. If you think about what the 1992 Barcelona [Olympic] team – the Dream Team – did for the brand of basketball, the [WNBA] is still in those phases of the NBA … So it must be about spreading this globally, and she’s the biggest global star in women’s basketball,” Green said on The Draymond Green Show.
"I think Caitlin Clark should have been on the USA team… The women's we got [at the Olympics], I think A'ja Wilson is gonna be the GOAT, but just from a pure branding & marketing standpoint, Caitlin's the biggest."
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That doesn’t mean that Green doesn’t think highly of the player who did represent the United States, but he still thinks it was a mistake not to bring Clark and Angel Reese.
“Listen, the women we got over there – I think A’ja Wilson is going to be the GOAT – but from a pure branding and marketing standpoint, Caitlin’s the biggest,” Green said. “For her not to be on the team, Angel Reese not to be on the team – I think for what they’re doing for women’s basketball, that should matter.”
“Angel Reese is leading the league in double-doubles and broke the all-time record. Caitlin Clark is leading the league in assists on a historical pace,” Green continued.
