NBPA VP Grant Williams Drops Blunt Take On Caitlin Clark Olympic Snub

Charlotte Hornets forward Grant Williams, who is also the First Vice President of the National Basketball Players Association, delivered some brutally honest comments about Caitlin Clark's Olympic snub.

Ever since the Team USA women's roster for the Olympics was announced, fans have been complaining about why Clark wasn't on the squad. Not only is she one of the best playmakers in the WNBA—averaging a league-leading 8.2 assists per game—but she also attracts a lot of attention.

Clark's presence could have certainly helped Team USA and women's basketball in a lot of ways, particularly by getting more media coverage, during the 2024 Olympics.

Williams, however, argued that had Clark been part of Team USA, she wouldn't have played a big role on the court. In fact, the NBA veteran said that the Indiana Fever star would have been like Tyrese Haliburton, who's not getting a lot of playing time with the men's team in the Olympics.

Haliburton is averaging just 2.7 points and less than one assist per game for Team USA in the Olympics. The Indiana Pacers guard has played sparingly, appearing in just three games so far while not exceeding 10 minutes per contest.

"If we were picking for interest then yes CC would be on the team but have some respect for the greatness of DT," Williams said when a commenter argued that Diana Taurasi just made the team because of politics and Clark should have been selected.

"You could argue that CC is 2 spots away from being picked. Also what’d be the point of having her on team w/o her playing on court. She’d be Haliburton on this roster."

For what it's worth, Grant Williams made these comments after he observed that there isn't a lot of media coverage for the women's game in the Olympics compared to the men's competition.

Williams said that it's a marketing problem, highlighting that even with the arenas pretty much sold out, there were only "3-4 media outlets" pushing the women's game forward. In contrast, there were "60-80+" media outlets covering the men's game.

That said, it's definitely noteworthy that he's not that bothered by Clark's absence from the Olympic team. Considering that the Fever All-Star has such a massive reach, there would have been more interest in Team USA with her on the team—even if she doesn't play a lot.

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