Former SportsCenter anchor Linda Cohn called out the “stupidity” of the All-Star voting returns from WNBA players after Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark was 11th in the balloting.<\/p>\n
Clark is an All-Star for the third time after her weighted score was third<\/a> among guards. However, there was a large disparity between were her peers voted her and where fans (second) and the media (third) placed her.<\/p>\n “Her numbers and all the other votes got her in as a starter despite that stupidity by many WNBA players who had a vote,” Cohn said. “Unbelievable. Use your brains. \u2026 Why do WNBA players continue to bite the hand that feeds them?”<\/p>\n Clark is averaging 21.4 points and 8.2 assists this season, and her 34.4 percent clip from beyond the arc matches her record-setting rookie campaign.<\/p>\n She wasn’t the only guard who wound up much lower in the player vote than the other two categories.<\/p>\n Los Angeles Sparks star Kelsey Plum was 12th despite putting up career highs in points (23.9) and assists (6.4) so far. Azzi Fudd, the No. 1 overall pick was fourth in the fan vote and 28th on the player side. The Las Vegas Aces’ Jackie Young, an All-Star in each of the last four seasons, only got up to 14th.<\/p>\n Rather than an anti-Clark “agenda,” the results of the All-Star voting could’ve come down to game theory more than anything else.<\/p>\n Players around the league will have been very confident that Clark would get the votes from fans and the media to send her into the All-Star Game. Therefore, some may have seen this as an opportunity to elevate a different star who needed the help.<\/p>\n