The Manager of Bayer Leverkusen Offers His Despite their years of intense conflict, Caitlin Clark finds it hard to comprehend why others think she and WNBA player Angel Reese are at odds.
Prior to becoming fellow 2024 WNBA draft picks and playing for the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky, respectively, Reese and Clark were rivals at several levels of basketball, beginning at the collegiate levels at Iowa and LSU.
Two of the four most-watched women’s basketball games in history feature both of them, demonstrating how their struggles have been fundamental to the sport’s growth in popularity. Clark was seen on the court by all four.
Regarding the arguments with Reese, Clark told TIME, “I don’t get that at all.” “By no means are we best friends,”
When the clock almost reached zeroes, meaning an LSU national victory, Reese pointed at her ring finger in front of Clark at the end of last year’s NCAA title game, seemingly starting their animosity.
Clark remarked, “I didn’t think it was taunting.” I wasn’t particularly bothered by it. It’s like, “Why don’t you discuss their victory? or our amazing run, which no one would have predicted we would ever undertake?” People were solely interested in this mostly made-up and created dispute, and that has remained the case ever since.
In their six meetings in WNBA and NCAA Tournament games, Reese and Clark share an even 3-3 record.
At the WNBA All-Star Game, the two played together for a single night and assisted the league’s all-star squad in defeating Team USA, the eventual Olympic gold medalists.
Being two of the WNBA’s top talents, their rivalry—or lack thereof—will be discussed for years to come.
Clark will not compete in the forthcoming Unrivaled basketball league, and the Sky and Fever will play five games in the WNBA next season.
Reese will be in action for the upstart 3-on-3 women’s league alongside many of the sport’s best players.