Caitlin Clark performs coy when requested about WNBA 3-point contest

Caitlin Clark is protecting everybody on their toes.

The lately named All-Star was coy whereas talking with reporters Friday concerning her intentions for the 3-point contest on the 2024 WNBA All-Star Recreation.

“Stays to be seen, we’ll see,” Clark mentioned when requested if she would take into account taking part within the competitors. “I haven’t determined. … Can’t offer you guys each reply right this moment.”

Caitlin Clark on turning into an All-Star, if she’s been an All-Star earlier than (COVID took away her hs senior yr highschool all-star recreation), and if she’ll do the 3-point contest:

“Stays to be seen… I can’t let you know guys all the pieces,” she says, smirking. pic.twitter.com/85hCivunla

— Chloe Peterson (@chloepeterson67) July 5, 2024

Clark, who was identified for her spectacular 37.8 3-point proportion at Iowa final season, was introduced as a WNBA All-Star on Tuesday night time, simply three months after becoming a member of the Indiana Fever because the No. 1 general draft choose.

She at present holds a 33.7 conversion price from past the arc for the Fever.

The All-Star choices have been introduced on ESPN simply earlier than Clark helped to attract the largest WNBA regular-season crowd in 25 years in the course of the Fever’s recreation towards the Aces.

There have been 20,366 individuals in attendance for Indiana’s 88-69 loss to the two-time defending champion Aces in Las Vegas on Tuesday night time.

Regardless of the group, Clark scored simply 13 factors on 4-for-12 from the sphere whereas hitting simply 1-of-7 3-pointers, including 11 assists and 6 rebounds.

The rookie All-Star is joined on the Workforce WNBA roster by Fever teammates Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell, one thing she sees as an accomplishment for the franchise.

“It’s tremendous cool,” Clark mentioned. “I believe additionally to be there with [Mitchell] and [Boston] it’s clearly actually onerous for a franchise to get three of their very own gamers to be there collectively. It’s not something you are taking without any consideration.”

She can even be teaming up with rival — and Sky rookie — Angel Reese.

“I do know persons are going to be actually enthusiastic about it, however I hope it doesn’t take away from everyone else,” Clark mentioned of her and Reese’s All-Star nods. “This can be a large accomplishment for everyone on Workforce USA and everyone on Workforce WNBA. All of them deserve the identical reward.

“I don’t need it to remove from any of that and simply be the focus of All-Star weekend as a result of that’s not honest to them.”