Sheryl Swoopes has been labelled a Caitlin Clark hater, but she has attempted to clear the air about the Indiana rookie.
Swoopes has been fairly critical of Clark since he entered the league and just last week, made the claim that her Fever teammates don’t like playing there because of the negative attention from Clark’s fans.
Ironically, she chose to clear the air on a podcast with Clark’s rookie rival, Angel Reese.
“So when you say Sheryl Swoopes and Caitlin Clark, it’s like ‘Oh my goodness, Sheryl doesn’t like her, so let’s see what this is about,’” Swoopes said to Reese on her podcast Unapologetically Angel.
“All of that is stupid to me. It’s not true. It’s all stupid. Like, when I look at the number 22s in the league… I was 22, A’ja [Wilson] is 22, Caitlin is 22, those are some hell of a good number 22s. And we’re all a part of the Nike family. A lot of the stuff people are trying to say is there, it just does not exist.
“Like, I’m tired of it,” Swoopes continued, before Reese added, “It’s tiring.”
Swoopes continued, “And I can’t only imagine that [Caitlin] has to be tired of it as well. There was nothing there.
The WNBA legend did make one admission about the Indiana sensation.
“The only time I made a mistake talking about Caitlin and what she’s done is on the podcast back in February, that I apologized for. But it’s like, ‘Nope. You hate her.’
Towards the end of the episode, Swoopes did go on to speak positively about Clark.
“I’m going to give Caitlin Clark her flowers,” Swoopes said. “Yes, I said that… I’m going to give Caitlin her flowers because I think what she has done coming into this league absolutely has brought more eyes, whether you like them or not. But has brought more eyes, more marketing. Like people just want to watch the game, and they want to talk about it.”
