Nicely, it looks like Caitlin Clark is buying and selling in her basketball footwear for a microphone.
The WNBA’s starlet is attempting one thing new this offseason and can be a part of NBC Sports activities as a particular contributor on their NBA broadcasts. It will likely be the primary time the Indiana Fever star and No. 1 choose within the 2024 WNBA draft will check out broadcasting in any common capability. NBC is debuting “Basketball Night time in America,” and Clark will be a part of them for a Feb. 1 sport between the LA Lakers and New York Knicks.
Nonetheless, none of that occurs until a contract could be agreed upon.
Not like lots of her friends, Clark additionally isn’t enjoying in an offseason league proper now. Unequalled is properly into its second season down in Miami, Athletes Limitless is launching quickly in Nashville, and plenty of different gamers are in the course of seasons in Europe, China, and Australia. Clark was rumored to have been supplied a spot at Unequalled, however didn’t take them up on the provide.
She’s not the primary WNBA participant to decide on the trail of broadcasting as an offseason job. WNBA gamers like Candace Parker, Kia Nurse, and Clark’s personal teammate Sophie Cunningham have opted to go the broadcasting route whereas the WNBA isn’t in season. It’s going to positively be attention-grabbing to see how Clark adapts to speaking about basketball on digicam versus simply letting her on-court sport shine by way of. Apart from press conferences over her profession and some podcast appearances with the Kelce brothers, Clark hasn’t executed many public talking appearances.
Many individuals are most likely questioning how she’s going to do on the printed, as generally athletes wrestle with the transition. It’s positively a special method of talking in regards to the sport than she’s used to, and generally, athletes (particularly ones which might be nonetheless enjoying) are too imprecise and complimentary on broadcasts, afraid to step on any friends’ toes. WNBA participant turned NBA analysts like Parker show there’s a risk that it goes the opposite method, and that Clark as a substitute gives detailed breakdowns of the sport that add to the printed. It’s exhausting to inform which method Caitlin will lean — we all know she loves the sport greater than something, so possibly that can make it in order that she will be able to present some nice tidbits and insights throughout her hits.
And whereas Clark received’t be becoming a member of each NBC broadcast, with the one dates introduced thus far being Feb. 1 and Mar. 29 for her to hitch the present, this might result in extra appearances. Whereas Clark certainly isn’t leaving basketball anytime quickly, solely heading into her third WNBA season in 2026, possibly it is a dip into what she could wish to pursue after the whole lot is claimed and executed?
NBC positively scored one of many largest names in basketball to hitch their new present. Now, will she be some of the attention-grabbing? Solely time will inform on that entrance.
