While Dallas Wings forward Satou Sabally talked about her career and other WNBA things with nine-time NBA All-Star Paul George on Monday’s episode of “Podcast P,” the topic of discussion eventually shifted to the most talked about one in sports today: the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft, Caitlin Clark. The two-time All-Star gave her perspective on the narrative surrounding Clark.
“When I’m watching ESPN and the only highlight you can see is how hard (Caitlin Clark) gets screened, I think it takes away from the actual point of basketball,” Sabally said.
“I think that’s a problem about our narrative right now that we’re not using the wave of women’s basketball and women’s empowerment that Caitlin brings and really, really amplify it in an open eye to support all the women but to kinda keep that lens still small on the things that matter, but it’s not the only thing.
“If the public eye would have been on (Breanna Stewart) winning four championships (at UConn). No shade, but (Caitlin Clark) didn’t win (an NCAA title).”
Breanna Stewart never got the same coverage that Clark, who set the all-time college basketball scoring record and took Iowa to two NCAA title games, did. Stewart was a three-time National Player of the Year, while Clark was a two-time National Player of the Year. Both were three-time, first-team All-Americans.
