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Japan basketball fan taunts Team USA with Caitlin Clark sign
By Christian Arnold,
2 hours ago
One Japanese women’s basketball fan tried to troll the US women’s national team over the decision to leave Caitlin Clark off the roster for this year’s Olympics in Paris.
The spectator, who was wearing a half-Nets, half-Lakers jersey, was spotted holding up a sign that mocked the American squad’s decision to not have Clark wear the red, white and blue.
“You need Caitlin Clark to beat us,” read the sign.
The video posted to X by NBC Sports’ Kerith Burke also appeared to show several Team USA stars noticing the sign as they were warming up ahead of the group stage opener against Japan on Monday.
Stars A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart combined for 46 points for the US Women, with the Liberty star putting up 22 points and pulling down eight boards.
The decision to leave Clark off the Olympic roster has been a point of contention among basketball fans and had been used as evidence in the argument that there had been some sort of axe to grind against the rookie sensation.
“As a committee member, you’re charged with putting together the best team,” Staley said. “The best players, the best talent. Caitlin is just a rookie in the WNBA. [She] wasn’t playing bad, but wasn’t playing like she’s playing now.
“If we had to do it all over again, the way that she’s playing, she would be in really high consideration of making the team because she is playing head and shoulders above a lot of people.”
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