Caitlin Clark , the reigning WNBA Rookie of the Year, commented that her opponents were "sick" over the Indiana Fever's Commissioner's Cup victory, an apparent jab at players who are jealous of their success.
The Indiana Fever won the WNBA Commissioner's Cup, an in-season tournament, defeating the Minnesota Lynx 74-59, despite Clark being sidelined by a groin injury.
Clark, who did not play at all in the final due to her injury, made the remarks during a locker room celebration captured on teammate Aaliyah Boston's Instagram Live.
"Guys, I just know everybody in the league is sick," Clark is heard saying to her teammates off-camera.
Boston laughed then concurred, replying, "They're p***ed."
Yeah, if you thought some of the players in the WNBA already targeting Caitlin Clark on a nightly basis were jealous of her success before, winning the in-season tournament is going to make them even madder.
Will there be more flagrant fouls on her? Will Sophie Cunningham have to step in and lay out Clark's detractors again?
Either way, it's good to see the Fever playing with a chip on their shoulder. While this is just an in-season tournament, you can bet some teams in the league have now been put on notice.
Indiana knows other teams are jealous of their success now. And they just used it to fuel them to a dominant win over the Lynx, even with their best player on the bench with an injury.
A team that was last season's Western Conference regular season champs, and took the WNBA champion New York Liberty to the brink during the Finals.
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During the Fever celebration, Clark also made some eyebrow-raising comments critical of the league's pay for the tournament they had just won.
"You get more (money) for this than you do if you're the (WNBA Finals) champion. It makes no sense. Someone tell Cathy to help us out," Clark said, referencing WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert.
Fox News reports that the average winning bonus for the league champions equates to approximately $20,000 per person, while the in-season tournament winners receive roughly $30,000 each.
Will Indiana ride this wave to a surge in the standings and a potential push in the playoffs? If they keep the 'us against the world' attitude going, other players in the league are going to be even more "sick."
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