Pelicans' Dejounte Murray weighs in on whether Caitlin Clark dominated in WNBA rookie season

NBA All-star Dejounte Murray seems to person entered the fray. 

The New Orleans Pelicans defender commented nether an Instagram station that highlighted immoderate of the WNBA records Caitlin Clark acceptable during her archetypal play successful the league. "She's not DOMINATING," Murray wrote on with respective laughing emojis.

Murray's remark comes conscionable days aft four-time WNBA champion Sheryl Swoopes suggested that portion rookie Clark's stat enactment was "good," she would not spot the rookie's show this play successful the "dominating" category.

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Dejounte Murray #5 of the Atlanta Hawks warms up earlier the crippled against the Chicago Bulls astatine United Center connected April 4, 2023, successful Chicago, Illinois. (Quinn Harris/Getty Images)

Clark finished the regular play averaging 19.2 points, 8.4 assists, and 5.7 rebounds per game. Her assists mean was the highest successful the league successful 2024. Connecticut Sun Alyssa Thomas averaged 7.9 assists per game, which was the 2nd champion successful the WNBA this season.

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"Those are hellhole of a numbers," Swoopes said earlier this week during an quality connected the "Gil's Arena" podcast. "But to me, that’s not dominating." A fewer months ago, Swoopes was criticized for suggesting that Clark had acceptable the all-time NCAA scoring grounds due to the fact that she had had the payment of playing 5 seasons astatine the assemblage hoops level.

Clark competed astatine Iowa for a full of 4 seasons. Swoopes aboriginal acknowledged that she made an error, and besides stated that she straight apologized to the Indiana Fever rookie.

Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark (22) signs mini basketballs for fans pursuing a WNBA hoops crippled against the Dallas Wings successful Indianapolis, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

In February, erstwhile Swoopes was erstwhile again a impermanent connected erstwhile NBA subordinate Gilbert Arenas' podcast, she predicted that Clark would not instantly acquisition the aforesaid level of occurrence astatine the pro level that she did successful the collegiate ranks.

"Will Caitlin Clark beryllium a bully pro? Absolutely. Will Caitlin Clark travel into the WNBA and bash what she's doing close now, immediately? Absolutely not. Not gonna happen."

Texas Tech alumna Sheryl Swoopes attends the Alumni Weekend astatine the Texas Tech crippled against Baylor, Saturday, January 28, 2023, astatine United Supermarkets Arena. (IMAGN)

Swoopes revisited those remarks and clarified her connection during her latest quality connected the podcast.

"I cognize radical are like, ‘Oh, my God, you said she wouldn’t beryllium good,’ but I didn’t accidental she wouldn’t beryllium good," Swoopes said. "What I said was I didn’t deliberation Caitlin oregon Angel [Reese] would travel into the league and predominate immediately, which I don’t deliberation either of them did."

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Swoopes is simply a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer, a six-time WNBA All-Star, and a three-time league MVP. 

Clark and the Fever precocious clinched a playoff berth. Game 1 of Indiana's archetypal circular bid against the Sun begins connected September 22.

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