To properly understand what Clark is now going through, it's important to tell a story about Bird, Johnson and the NBA.
Everyone these days has an opinion about Caitlin Clark, especially in the nonstop opinion-fest that's the sports talk world. Is she getting all of this attention—some good and some bad—because she's white? Did she get left off the Olympic team because the WNBA is sticking it to the great white hope of women's basketball?In an age where almost everything in America is racialized, sports is the one place where performance tops all.
Sure, they were great college players, but could Bird and Johnson play with the grown-ups? The NBA is littered with first-round draft picks who never lived up to the hype. Were Bird and Johnson good enough, tough enough and strong enough to compete with men a decade older and wiser? No one knew for sure.The league and the world would soon find out, but not without all kinds of conflict.
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