Tag: Cailtin Clark

Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston had an extremely awkward exchange with reporters after brutal Storm loss

It’s fine. Everything is fine. None of this is awkward at all.

Things got really awkward between Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston and some reporters after the Fever lost to the Seattle Storm on Thursday.

After Indiana finally found its rhythm during a four-game winning streak, the Fever lost back-to-back games. Questionable defense doomed the team against Angel Reese and the Sky. Then, they had no answer for Jewell Loyd, who casually dropped 34 points against them with one eye nearly closed.

Postgame, Caitlin initially fielded a ton of questions from reporters during media availability. But things got intense very fast after Clark asked those in the room to send some questions to Aliyah Boston. In a recently released video, Boston says, “No, no. I’m good,” before Caitlin asks for questions again. (See the 3:38 make of the YouTube video below.)

Another interesting aspect of this is that the awkward exchange is absent from the Fever’s version of the press conference.

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Paolo Banchero had a classy response about Caitlin Clark receiving more ESPN coverage than the Magic

This was such a great reaction from Paolo Banchero about Caitlin Clark.

Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero and Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark had to help rebuild the basketball teams that selected them at No. 1 overall.

Banchero has already won the NBA’s 2023 Rookie of the Year and was named an NBA All-Star in 2024. He also helped lead Orlando back to the postseason in just his second professional season.

Despite the success, however, the foward played exactly zero games on ESPN for the Magic during the regular season. They then had two games broadcast on ESPN during the postseason.

It’s like comparing apples and oranges, but a fan noticed that Clark’s Fever already have five games scheduled on ESPN (with another on ESPN2) during the regular season.

This doesn’t bother Banchero, though. He tweeted that Clark “rightfully” deserved the airtime and that his time was coming eventually.

Clark, of course, has done wonders for ratings when playing on national TV. As such, it wasn’t exactly shocking when the Fever were scheduled for a ton of games on a national broadcast, even beyond ESPN.

Here is more from Meghan L. Hall:

“They released their television broadcast schedule for the upcoming season, which will have several games shown on networks like ESPN, ABC and CBS but will also spotlight the Indiana Fever with 36 nationally televised games. That’s more than the defending champion Las Vegas Aces (35 games) and the runner-up New York Liberty (31 games). That’s also a 35 percent increase from the 2023 season when the Fever had 22 games on national television.”

Clark is on national TV a lot but if the Magic keep winning, Banchero will have that opportunity soon as well.

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