Breaking:See how they now address Caitlin Clark
It was an incredible and incredibly ballsy shot — a dramatic 40-footer from the logo — that cemented Iowa star Caitlin Clark’s place in history two weeks ago.
Sealed with a swish, the sharpshooter, often compared to Steph Curry, broke the all-time women’s scoring record formerly held by Kelsey Plum. And she is now on the precipice of setting the all-time scoring record, for both men and women, held by the late Pistol Pete Maravich.
Pretty great huh?
Broadcaster Jay Williams didn’t think so. He said Clark wasn’t “great” yet because she hadn’t won a championship.
Then he doubled down, moving the goalposts to the “g” word’s superlative
We were talking about greatest. I hear people talking about GOATs, right? For me, I’m kinda like, ‘OK, you wanna be a GOAT.’ Fine. There’s levels of greatness. You gotta win championships to be GOATs,” Williams said.
Great? Sorry, Mr. Williams. Clark is just too busy being transcendent.
The fact that the 22-year-old is even fodder for these arguments proves that she’s already climbed higher than Williams’s arbitrary perch, ring or no ring.
Never have I seen a female player cross over into petty mainstream debates that have been, until now, reserved exclusively for dude ballers.
But show me a bigger name right now in college hoops — male or female. You can blame the one-and-done for the dilution of must-watch talent on the men’s side, but you cannot deny Clark’s singular powe
Or that her wizardry is transforming the women’s game in a multitude of ways.
Her squad is packing arenas — most recently, selling out the women’s Big Ten tournament for the first time in history. She’s breaking records on and off the court and notching NIL deals with companies that normally sign top male athletes