{"id":4628,"date":"2024-09-27T02:56:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T02:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=4628"},"modified":"2024-09-27T02:56:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T02:56:37","slug":"lebron-james-has-great-deal-of-respect-for-caitlin-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=4628","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James Has \u2018Great Deal Of Respect\u2019 For Caitlin Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s22928.pcdn.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Caitlin-Clark-1.jpg\" alt=\"Caitlin Clark\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark took the WNBA by storm this season after coming in with a ton of hype, similar to LeBron James in the NBA in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Also just like James and just about every other great player, Clark has her fair share of haters and doubters, which\u00a0LeBron called out after a recent stellar performance\u00a0from the 22-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>James has followed Clark\u2019s career since she was starring at Iowa and not only relates to her, but is a fan as well, via\u00a0Brian O\u2019Keefe of Esquire:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI have a great deal of respect for Caitlin Clark, because I know exactly what it means to be drafted, be the face of a franchise, and also get the scrutiny from a lot of people that don\u2019t believe you\u2019re ready for the next jump, don\u2019t believe you\u2019re ready for the big leagues, and just don\u2019t think that you belong. And I remember that when I came into the league at eighteen years old how many people doubted me and hoped and prayed that I\u2019d fail. And so, me watching Caitlin and seeing what she\u2019s doing, I\u2019ve been in support of her since day one, because I remember myself going through that, and she has my support 100 percent. She\u2019s a transcendent player. And obviously we all saw that at Iowa, and I knew that it would translate to the big leagues. And she\u2019s an unbelievable talent. It\u2019s great to watch.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Clark\u2019s passing ability, in particular, seems to remind James of himself:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cYeah, listen, she has the vision, she has the spirit, she\u2019s infectious, people want to play with her. They\u2019re going to be a really good team, and not too long from now.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While Clark and the Fever\u2019s season came to an end with a first-round playoff loss to the Connecticut Sun, it was an incredible rookie season that she and her teammates should be proud of after having one of the top records in the league after the All-Star\/Olympic break.<\/p>\n<p>Clark will only get better from here, and it\u2019s nice that she will be able to go to James and\u00a0so many other basketball greats that support here for advice\u00a0whenever she needs it.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"lebron-james-offers-advice-to-caitlin-clark\">LeBron James offers advice to Caitlin Clark<\/h2>\n<p>In fact, at the start of Caitlin Clark\u2019s rookie season,\u00a0LeBron James gave her some advice\u00a0about adjusting to a new team and league while trying to tune out all of the outside noise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut for her individually, I don\u2019t think she should get involved on nothing that\u2019s being said. Just go have fun, enjoy,\u201d James said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark took the WNBA by storm this season after coming in with a ton of hype, similar to LeBron James in the NBA&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LeBron James Has \u2018Great Deal Of Respect\u2019 For Caitlin Clark - Sport News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=4628\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LeBron James Has \u2018Great Deal Of Respect\u2019 For Caitlin Clark - 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