Stephen A Smith JUST OBLITIRATED Team USA For Caitlin Clark & Angel Reese SNUB From OLYMPICS

Team USA has just experienced its lowest attendance ever for an Olympic game. You might be puzzled, especially with stars like A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart on the court. The key reason? A significant player is missing from the lineup: Caitlin Clark. Let’s explore how her absence is affecting the Olympics and why it’s keeping fans away.

Stephen A. Smith has been effusive in his praise of Dawn Staley and Caitlin Clark. You can say what you want about the First Take host—and Monica McNutt sure has—but he’s given his voice to women’s basketball this past year. Whether it’s given it any credence, though, is up for debate.

Smith has been pretty steadfast in his belief that Clark should’ve been at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He slammed Team USA for ignoring marketing in what he lamented as a “dumb” snub.

But while the discourse had been put to bed for the time being, it came back up like the Undertaker after Mike Tirico asked Staley, who is a member of the USWNT selection committee, about Clark. Staley said, “If we had to do it all over again, the way that she’s playing, she would be in really high consideration of making the team because she is playing head and shoulders above a lot of people.”