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Caitlin Clark would possibly solely be in her second season within the WNBA, however what she’s already finished for girls’s basketball is sufficient for Cooper Flagg to position her on his Mount Rushmore.
Throughout his introductory press convention after being chosen first general by the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night time, the Duke product was requested what gamers have been on his NBA and WNBA Mount Rushmore.
Dallas Mavericks first general choose Cooper Flagg speaks to the media throughout a press convention on the Dallas Mavericks Observe Facility on June 27, 2025. (Jerome Miron-Imagn Photos)
Flagg rattled off Larry Hen, Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant as his high picks within the NBA. For the ladies’s recreation, he named Candace Parker, Brittney Griner and A’ja Wilson.
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For his final choose within the WNBA, Flagg named the Indiana Fever star and certified his choose, saying that he believes she’s earned that spot due to her affect on girls’s basketball.
“I would put Caitlin Clark on there, simply because she’s modified the sport a lot and it is on the right track,” he informed reporters Friday. “I simply love what she’s been capable of do.”
Clark was the primary general choose within the 2024 WNBA Draft following a standout profession at Iowa. She had a direct affect within the professionals, serving to the Fever make a playoff look for the primary time since 2016. She was named WNBA Rookie of the Yr in a season that noticed file viewership and attendance.
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) celebrates after a three-point basket in opposition to the Connecticut Solar within the second half of a WNBA basketball recreation in Indianapolis, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Picture/Michael Conroy)
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The viewership increase consists of followers like Flagg.
“Actually, it means loads to me, seeing how far they’ve come, and I’m going to proceed to observe,” Flagg mentioned whereas attending the Dallas Wings dwelling recreation in opposition to the Fever on Friday night time.
“I’m an enormous fan, so it is actually cool to simply be right here and be on this surroundings and get to observe an important recreation.”
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) within the second half in opposition to the Chicago Sky at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Could 17, 2025. (Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Photos)
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Clark was sidelined from Friday’s matchup, lacking her second straight recreation attributable to a groin damage. The Fever nonetheless outlasted the Wings within the 94-86 victory, the place Paige Bueckers, the primary general choose within the 2025 WNBA Draft, dropped 27 factors.
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