Caitlin Clark’s exclusion from the U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team was the biggest talking point of the team’s roster announcement in early June.
Less than two months later, Dawn Staley said Clark’s recent form might have commanded a place on the team.
“Caitlin is just a rookie in the WNBA and wasn’t playing bad, but wasn’t playing like she’s playing now,” Staley, a member of the selection committee that constructed the Team USA roster, told NBC on Sunday.
“If we had to do it all over again, with the way she’s playing, she would be in really high consideration of making the team because she’s playing head and shoulders above a lot of people. She’s shooting the ball extremely well. She’s an elite passer. She’s just got a great basketball IQ. And she’s a little more seasoned in the pro game than she was two months ago.”
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In 13 games since the roster announcement on June 11, Clark has averaged 17.9 points, 10.4 assists and 6.7 rebounds per game on 43.4 percent shooting for the Indiana Fever. Before the announcement, she was averaging 16.3 points, 6.0 assists and 4.9 rebounds per game on 37 percent shooting in 13 games.
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