Caitlin Clark plays coy about Unrivaled possibility as $1 million rumor leaks

Caitlin Clark is taking things one day at a time.The Fever All-Star played coy about whether she will join the Unrivaled League this WNBA offseason but didn’t rule out that it’s a possibility.“We’ll see,” Clark told ESPN during new Fever coach Stephanie White’s introductory press conference on Monday.

“I don’t know.Just taking it as it goes, and see if I want to play eventually.” Prior to that, Clark was noncommittal about the new 3-on-3 league founded by the Liberty’s Breanna Stewart and the Lynx’s Napheesa Collier.

It came amid buzz that Unrivaled — based in Miami for eight weeks from January to March — hit Clark with a “[Lionel] Messi-like offer” to join the league, according to Front Office Sport.That offer reportedly is for more than $1 million plus revenue-sharing opportunities.Each player in Unrivaled’s inaugural season will get equity in the league.

Clark’s response Monday was her most candid when asked publicly if she plans to join Unrivaled.“We’re always going to have a roster spot for Caitlin Clark,” Unrivaled President Alex Bazzell told Sportico in October after the FOS report came out. “We’re not applying a full-court press the way people think.

We are letting her decompress from basketball.… She knows that we have a spot for her when she’s ready.”In August, Clark said she was focused on the Fever as the league was about to resume play after the All-Star break and the Paris Olympics.Unrivaled appeared to put on the full-court press to lure Clark — the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year —when it was announced that her good friends had joined the league.

Aces guard Kate Martin, who played with Clark in college at Iowa, filled the 28th roster spot last month, followed by Fever guard Lexie Hull in the 29th spot.Fever center Aliyah Boston was later revealed as the league’s 30th signing.Afterward, Collier announced that the league was expanding from 30 roster spots to 36, because “we outperformed ...