{"id":715690,"date":"2026-06-05T01:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T01:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/715690\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T01:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T01:15:08","slug":"nba-champion-makes-shocking-caitlin-clark-claim-and-asks-this-team-to-trade-for-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/715690\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA champion makes shocking Caitlin Clark claim — and asks this team to trade for her"},"content":{"rendered":"

NBA champion makes shocking Caitlin Clark claim — and asks this team to trade for her<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A former NBA champion has made the stunning claim on Thursday that the Indiana Fever<\/a> want to trade Caitlin Clark.<\/p>\n

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Mychal Thompson — the father of four-time NBA champion Klay Thompson — claimed Thursday on X that a “reliable source” told him that the Fever “don’t want Caitlin no more.”<\/p>\n

Thompson, who won two NBA titles himself and now serves as the color commentator on radio broadcasts of Los Angeles Lakers games, said in his X post that the Los Angeles Sparks<\/a> should “go get” Clark “now,” even though the Sparks have their own All-Star floor general in Kelsey Plum.<\/p>\n

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The timing and the mooted destination are both curious, to say the least.<\/p>\n

Clark and Fever head coach Stephanie White engaged in a verbal confrontation during the Fever’s loss to the Portland Fire on Saturday. Though both Clark<\/a> and White<\/a> have attempted to cool the war of words, the argument has continued to be a source of debate in the media and of viral discussion online.<\/p>\n

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The Fever drafted Clark first overall in 2024, and she is the team’s most popular player; it’s even been plausibly argued that Clark is the most popular player in the entire WNBA.<\/p>\n

Indiana would be loath to trade her as she barrels toward a third consecutive All-Star appearance and her first season averaging better than 20 points per game.<\/p>\n

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