{"id":3533,"date":"2024-08-09T21:36:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T21:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3533"},"modified":"2024-08-09T21:36:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T21:36:39","slug":"stephen-a-just-exposed-team-usa-for-snubbing-caitlin-clark-in-the-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3533","title":{"rendered":"Stephen A just exposed Team USA for Snubbing Caitlin Clark in the Olympics!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Stephen A just exposed Team USA for Snubbing Caitlin Clark in the Olympics!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stephen A just exposed Team USA for Snubbing Caitlin Clark in the Olympics!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mvr-czZY-QY\" width=\"725\" height=\"408\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Stephen A just exposed Team USA for Snubbing Caitlin Clark in the Olympics!<\/p>\n<p>Stephen A. Smith revealed an embarrassing fact about Team USA, which could have been avoided by not excluding Caitlin Clark. Since the roster announcement, there has been uproar over the omission of Caitlin, a game changer on and off the court. Caitlin\u2019s impact on TV ratings was recognized by The Wall Street Journal, and her selection as the No. 1 overall pick set WNBA Draft TV rating records. Despite her record-breaking performance and endorsements, Team USA\u2019s decision was based on experience and standard procedure, which backfired with the team\u2019s Olympic losses. Caitlin\u2019s absence deprived the team of her skills, popularity, and marketing value, a mistake the committee won\u2019t repeat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3166493188367342\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_6_host\"><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p><strong>Stephen A. Smith blasts Caitlin Clark Team USA snub<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Caitlin Clark\u2019s exclusion from the Team USA roster for the 2024 Paris Olympics sparked an all-out rant from Stephen A. Smith.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3534\" src=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/30-3-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/30-3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/30-3-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/30-3-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/30-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Caitlin Clark\u00a0is the talk of the town in the WNBA; everything she does, says, or is merely involved in sets the entire sports world ablaze. Thus, when reports came out that\u00a0Clark won\u2019t be making\u00a0the\u00a0Team USA\u00a0roster for the 2024 Paris Olympics, many came out in defense of the\u00a0<a class=\"google-anno\" href=\"https:\/\/celebritieshollywoods.com\/sonds\/stephen-a-just-exposed-team-usa-for-snubbing-caitlin-clark-in-the-olympics\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEjamxleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHQVcAW9i32SohcVP-Cg48MjW_BZwEmrXxkDsLns9pbB4aT1bOJwzdyK8vA_aem_XlykgppTTy6fsperhT3kvA#\">\u00a0<span class=\"google-anno-t\">Indiana Fever<\/span><\/a>\u00a0guard, saying that she very much deserved a ticket to France in July.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3166493188367342\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_7_host\"><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>After all, some fans thought, what better way for the WNBA to help in continuing to grow the sport by giving the 22-year old guard some exposure on the grandest international stage? Even\u00a0Stephen A. Smith\u00a0was flummoxed by the exclusion of Clark, who, despite not having an ironclad argument to make the roster over those who did in a\u00a0<a class=\"google-anno\" href=\"https:\/\/celebritieshollywoods.com\/sonds\/stephen-a-just-exposed-team-usa-for-snubbing-caitlin-clark-in-the-olympics\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEjamxleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHQVcAW9i32SohcVP-Cg48MjW_BZwEmrXxkDsLns9pbB4aT1bOJwzdyK8vA_aem_XlykgppTTy6fsperhT3kvA#\">\u00a0<span class=\"google-anno-t\">basketball<\/span><\/a>\u00a0sense,\u00a0deserved a spot\u00a0all the same because of how she draws viewers to the sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe WNBA [needs the added attention]. You got a max salary of $250,000. [The attendance numbers] certainly wasn\u2019t where you wanted it to be. Just the other day, you got a team in the Indiana\u00a0<a class=\"google-anno\" href=\"https:\/\/celebritieshollywoods.com\/sonds\/stephen-a-just-exposed-team-usa-for-snubbing-caitlin-clark-in-the-olympics\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEjamxleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHQVcAW9i32SohcVP-Cg48MjW_BZwEmrXxkDsLns9pbB4aT1bOJwzdyK8vA_aem_XlykgppTTy6fsperhT3kvA#\">\u00a0<span class=\"google-anno-t\">Fever<\/span><\/a>, with their struggling selves \u2014 no other team was worse other than the winless Washington Mystics \u2014 and they went from 4,000 in attendance to 17,000!\u201d Smith exclaimed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3166493188367342\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_8_host\"><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-inpage\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis girl is box office! I said a rising tide lifts all boats. What you do [is include Caitlin Clark], especially if you\u2019re Team USA and you\u2019re trying to be globalized and there\u2019s an opportunity to globalize the WNBA brand, so people like Brittney Griner and others don\u2019t have to go to Russia in the offseason to play additional basketball to get extra income. They could stay right here if the sport elevates it popularity and you ladies start to get what you richly deserve!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stephen A. Smith went on to hammer his point home by saying that Team USA, regardless of who they selected to round out the final two spots of their 12-woman roster, would most likely have won gold at the Olympics anyway. After all, they have won seven gold medals for women\u2019s basketball in a row.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-inside\"><ins id=\"982a9496-44348d3c03190fb98e88f635c15a066d-5-9888\" class=\"982a9496\" data-key=\"44348d3c03190fb98e88f635c15a066d\"><ins id=\"982a9496-44348d3c03190fb98e88f635c15a066d-5-9888-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3166493188367342\" data-ad-slot=\"3895394195\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_5_host\"><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/ins><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lightning in a bottle in the form of Caitlin Clark\u2019s popularity doesn\u2019t come around often for the WNBA. In fact, this scale of fame is unprecedented for the league. There may be strong justifications for both the Fever guard\u2019s inclusion and exclusion from the Olympic roster, but it\u2019s hard to argue that Smith does not make sense in this regard. Clark, however, should be a\u00a0shoo-in for 2028\u00a0if she continues on her current trajectory.<\/p>\n<p>Did Team USA not learn from history?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3535\" src=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/030-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/030-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/030-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/030-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/usdailys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/030-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stephen A. Smith also added that there\u2019s a precedent for Team USA to prioritize marketing their brand on a more global scale than to make sure that every roster spot is filled by the most deserving candidate. Smith brought up the 1992 Dream Team\u2019s inclusion of Christian Laettner, who, while being a decorated collegiate player,\u00a0made it over\u00a0the likes of Shaquille O\u2019Neal, Alonzo Mourning, Dominique Wilkins, and Isiah Thomas, among a few other snubs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was white! And he had his own cachet! He brought it to the table. He was a big-time collegiate player who was white and busting people\u2019s you know what!\u201d Smith added. \u201cThey couldn\u2019t miss, and they didn\u2019t need him! You had Jordan, you had Magic, you had everybody and you still picked that dude.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-inside\"><ins id=\"982a9496-b1bb43867e57216c3ac67057c0b2e46e-6-5082\" class=\"982a9496\" data-key=\"b1bb43867e57216c3ac67057c0b2e46e\"><ins id=\"982a9496-b1bb43867e57216c3ac67057c0b2e46e-6-5082-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3166493188367342\" data-ad-slot=\"8979166074\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_3_host\"><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/ins><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Christian Laettner ended up playing in all eight games of the 1992 Dream Team\u2019s unbeaten run in Barcelona. He averaged 7.6 minutes a night on mop-up duties as Team USA steamrolled the opposition, winning by an average margin of 44 points.<\/p>\n<p>Given how dominant the women\u2019s team has been throughout the course of the 21st century, Caitlin Clark could have played a similar role while drawing eyes to the competition. Clark would not be playing ahead of Team USA veteran Diana Taurasi, nor would she get more playing time than Sabrina Ionescu and Kelsey Plum. But the\u00a0<a class=\"google-anno\" href=\"https:\/\/celebritieshollywoods.com\/sonds\/stephen-a-just-exposed-team-usa-for-snubbing-caitlin-clark-in-the-olympics\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEjamxleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHQVcAW9i32SohcVP-Cg48MjW_BZwEmrXxkDsLns9pbB4aT1bOJwzdyK8vA_aem_XlykgppTTy6fsperhT3kvA#\">\u00a0<span class=\"google-anno-t\">Fever<\/span><\/a>\u00a0guard\u2019s minutes in the Olympics would have been must-see television.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen A just exposed Team USA for Snubbing Caitlin Clark in the Olympics! Stephen A just exposed Team USA for Snubbing Caitlin Clark in the Olympics! Stephen A. 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