{"id":148594,"date":"2025-09-11T09:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T09:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/148594\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T09:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T09:19:15","slug":"wnba-fans-spot-caitlin-clarks-disrespectful-gesture-towards-head-coach-who-ended-her-olympics-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/148594\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA fans spot Caitlin Clark’s ‘disrespectful’ gesture towards head coach who ended her Olympics dream"},"content":{"rendered":"

WNBA fans noticed Caitlin Clark has continued her feud with a head coach who denied her an opportunity to play in last year’s Olympics.<\/p>\n

The injured Indiana Fever<\/a> superstar turned heads during a game against the Minnesota Lynx<\/a> on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

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Caitlin Clark and her Indiana Fever teammates celebrate a made basket in the team’s Tuesday night win over the Minnesota LynxCredit: Getty\"Screenshot\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Fans noticed Clark’s timeout gesture on live television early in the gameCredit: ESPN<\/p>\n

Fans spotted Clark<\/a>‘s gesture toward Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve in a contest.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old will not return to the season after injuring her groin in July.<\/p>\n

But Clark still caught the attention of fans on the court.<\/p>\n

The two-time All-Star watched the game from the sidelines as her Fever were up 10-0 to start.<\/p>\n

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After Indiana’s Odyssey Sims made a mid-range shot, Reeve and the Lynx called a timeout.<\/p>\n

But Clark seemed to know Reeve would stop play, as after Sims’ shot, she jumped from the bench and mockingly called a timeout for the opposing squad.<\/p>\n

ESPN’s cameras captured Clark’s gesture as fans made sure to bring up the relationship between the star guard and Reeve.<\/p>\n

Clark was snubbed by the Lynx coach for a spot on the US Women’s 12-player basketball<\/a> team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n

She was the WNBA<\/a>‘s No. 1 overall pick at the time.<\/p>\n

“Clark clowning Cheryl Reeve,” one wrote.<\/p>\n

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“Caitlin trolling Cheryl Reeve is always my favorite,” a second said.<\/p>\n

“That’s what happens when you pass somebody up for the Olympics that should have definitely been there. Can’t stand that coach,” another commented.<\/p>\n

“Clark is hilarious for that,” a fourth added.<\/p>\n

The Fever went on to win 83-72.<\/p>\n

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Clark’s gesture mocked Cheryl Reeve and the Minnesota Lynx after the Fever went on a 10-0 run to start the game<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Clark shocked fans as the captain traded Reeve in a first-ever trade in the All-Star draft<\/a> on live television. <\/p>\n

“To be completely honest, I love my team. I don’t have any intention of trading any of them,” Clark said on ESPN.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know if this is in the rules – and I don’t really care – but we’ve already discussed that we’re going to trade coaches.<\/p>\n

“Phee [Napheese] is going to take her coach [Cheryl Reeve].<\/p>\n

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After the Fever made a shot to make it a 10-0 lead, Clark jumped from the bench and mockingly called a timeout for Reeve and the LynxCredit: ESPN<\/p>\n

“Sandy Brondello, let’s get it!<\/p>\n

Indiana will likely enter the WNBA<\/a> playoffs as the No. 7 seed.<\/p>\n

But they’ll be without Clark and other injured stars Sophie Cunningham, Aari McDonald, Sydney Colson, and Chloe Bibby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WNBA fans noticed Caitlin Clark has continued her feud with a head coach who denied her an opportunity…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[1760,2839,24841,99,434],"class_list":["post-148594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-caitlin-clark","tag-indiana-fever","tag-section-sportbasketball","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}