The legend of Basketball Cheryl Miller has said that Caitlin Clark is “despised” by some “dumb” in the WNBA community due to its race.
Clark, who won the rookie award last year last year, has been accused of benefiting from his “white privilege” when he shot at national fame, won several high -profile support agreements and, ultimately, helped the WNBA audience to shoot.
In particular, the co -owner of Washington Mystics Sheila Johnson attributed Clark's career For her athlete athlete of the year of Time Winning Time, while former WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes, a frequent Clark criticism, also questioned why she had won the award.
Clark himself told him TIME that the WNBA was' built on black players, but Miller still believes that Indiana has been unfairly attacked due to her race
'I'm going to be honest, because you have to say it. I can relate to that young woman and felt for her ', Miller, who is black, began All smoke.
'I know what it is to be hated. I know what it is to be a black woman and hated for my color. I can't imagine this young woman, I don't want to use 'hate' but despised … '
Caitlin Clark won the rookie award of the WNBA year for Indiana Fever last year
Miller is seen encouraging his Alma Mater USC during a game against UCLA on March 1
Miller said Clark, who was “arrogant for a good reason,” had brought some of the criticism of herself, but nevertheless criticized the “narrative” that had formed against her.
'But to see the dynamics and the media, they had their narrative. And I was happy and proud to see that the narrative was not the truth.
Miller, 1984 gold medalist and three times player of the year for USC, also described Clark's current and previous critics players as 'Dummies'.
'Are you being publicized? Yes. But she was in the backyard. He was putting at the same time, sometimes perhaps more than you were, 'he said about his teammates. “I can't blame her for what they gave her.”
Regarding the current harvest of league players, Miller added: 'They pay you now. Everyone now has the opportunity to lift the chair and have a seat.
'I am glad that these young women who are at the upper level of the players, I hope and pray to have a solid base, and that they know, boys, who they are. Because you know how vicious it is out there.
Speaking to CNN last year, Johnson suggested that the entire league should have been recognized for the time, instead of Clark alone.
Clark was awarded the Athlete Athlete Award of Time magazine, which some did not agree with
'It is only the structure of the way the media play the race. I feel really bad because I have seen so many color players that are equally talented and never obtained the recognition they should have, and I think it is time for that to happen, “he said.
'You read Time magazine, where Caitlin Clark was appointed athlete of the year, why couldn't they have put all the WNBA on that cover and said:' The WNBA is the League of the Year ', due to all the talent we have?
'When you keep pointing to a player, create resentments and now you are starting to listen to racism stories inside the WNBA, and I don't want to hear that. We have to operate and strengthen ourselves as a league and respect all who are playing and respect their talents.
The writer and commentator Jamele Hill also told the Times that “we would all be very naive if we did not say the race and their sexuality played a role in their popularity.”
Clark was appointed All-Star in his first season and ended the year with 19.2 points and 8.4 assists per game, breaking the record record of a league season.