Caitlin Clark will face rival Angel Reese in 2025 season opener
The early Clark-Reese matchup shows the league will make a greater effort to showcase that rivalry next season.
The early Clark-Reese matchup shows the league will make a greater effort to showcase that rivalry next season.
While the NBA is still debating who its next LeBron James is to lead the sport, the answer for basketball as a whole may be Caitlin Clark.
"SHE'S the reason WNBA popularity exploded last season. She doesn't need 3-on-3."
There had been talk of Clark filling a wild-card slot, but that now looks set not to happen.
Surely this time the NBA will find a solution that sticks.
"Caitlin came and just took it to another level. She broke through, I think, with her logo 3s … we finally had the antidote to dunking."
"During the Summer when the Indiana Fever played here with Caitlin Clark, the building was packed every game."
"I think a lot of it has to do with the internet."
Letterman has previously been joined by the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Rachel Maddow on his annual lecture series.
"We've never had the economic disruption that Caitlin has brought to basketball — and we desperately needed it."
With reports that the new 3v3 Unrivaled league would make Caitlin Clark a huge offer, the WNBA star finally addressed the speculation.
"It's what I have always envisioned this league being. And to be able to do it at home is just really special."
White was recently dismissed by the Connecticut Sun after leading the team to back-to-back WNBA Playoff Semifinals and winning the 2023 WNBA Coach of the Year.
Girls aged 2-17 watched this year's playoffs at a 35% higher clip than boys in the same age range.
Unrivaled may offer Clark everything from a salary exceeding $1 million to equity and revenue sharing.
As expected, the deciding Game 5 of the WNBA Finals between the New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx...
Is it crashing when she's an icon?
Friday's last-minute win by the Lynx in Game 4 to force a fifth and final game set a 24-year viewership record.
"This is a defining moment, not just for the WNBA, but for all of us who believe in progress"
"It's a shame when officiating has such a hand in a series like this."
The league cannot stop setting viewership records.