Despite entering the WNBA as its most hyped young player, the Indiana Fever star has been both amazing and aggravating in the early stages of her professional career
By Nancy Armour | USA TODAY | May 30, 2026
Caitlin Clark’s honeymoon was never going to last. Any athlete this hyped and this adored always gets a comeuppance. It’s happened to LeBron James. It’s happened to Tiger Woods. It’s happened to Peyton Manning.
But Clark’s own actions are accelerating hers. The flopping that even a C-list actor would find cringey. The histrionics over calls and the disrespect toward the refs. The indignation over reasonable questions about the health of a player who missed most of last season with a series of injuries.
It’s made Clark into the WNBA’s own Rorschach test. Either you think she can do no wrong or you think she’s an entitled brat, and the number of people who …READ MORE HERE
