Caitlin Clark Receives ‘Better Than Stephen Curry’ From Ecstatic High School Ballers

Caitlin Clark fans lined up to get their basketballs and memorabilia signed at her latest basketball court opening in Des Moines.

Caitlin Clark Receives ‘Better Than Stephen Curry’ From Ecstatic High School Ballers

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There is no doubt that there is a huge Caitlin Clark wave taking over the nation and the world today. The profile of women’s basketball – in college, WNBA and in overseas leagues – has risen a lot since her 2023 NCAA tournament run. The Iowa sensation brought nearly 10 million eyes to the NCAA Final in 2023 by her sheer star power. Even though Angel Reese got a lot of mileage from that game, Clark is in a league of her own.

There is a reason for that. This is the first time that men are interested in watching women’s basketball because of how her quick reads and long range shooting are based on true skill and practice, instead of exploiting her physical advantages – which is how many contemporary and yesteryear WNBA stars made their careers. She looks and plays at a different pace and resolution from every woman player today.

In particular, Caitlin Clark is a joy to watch in transition as she sets her teammates up. She’s also a dab hand at setting them up in the halfcourt with her superior player manipulation and pass timing, angles and her reading of her own gravity. She has galvanized the Indiana Fever franchise and led them to the WNBA playoffs in 2024 as a rookie after eight seasons of not making the postseason before her advent.

Caitlin Clark has conclusively proven that she is the major draw in the WNBA, both with her playing style and with her burgeoning fan base. Her cultural impact is such that even young black boys, who usually look up to NBA players, are in awe of her skills and her personality. At a recent court opening for her foundation in Des Moines, she signed basketballs and wowed a group of young boys, who were ecstatic to meet her.

The boys were effusive in praising her, calling her better than the behemoths of the contemporary NBA game, Stephen Curry and LeBron James. They deemed her the GOAT and tipped her to become a Hall of Famer. A kid even joking mentioned not wanting to wash his hand having shook Caitlin Clark with it.

Caitlin Clark has engineered a refreshing change in how people view women’s basketball

The monetary impact of Caitlin Clark has been dissected, over and over, by several analysts and onlookers over the past two years and change. But perhaps the bigger change, and one likely to have a deeper impact, is how there is a change in the tone of many casual basketball fans when they discuss women’s basketball.

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Before the advent of Caitlin Clark, many male circles would consider it uncool to discuss women’s basketball in the pros and praise women in the WNBA. However, with how Clark has changed the way the game is being played in the WNBA with more pace and spacing, many men have stopped making those snide remarks and have instead become appreciative of the way she conducts her team’s offense.

This is the shot in the arm that the WNBA needed. Men, young and old, recognizing a current superstar, also spur the young girls contemplating basketball as a serious career towards this path. It gives them more verve and motivation to pursue the sport and become better at it with a female role model who is more skilled than a lot of men.

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