Draymond Green's Caitlin Clark Prediction Comes True 1 Year Later
There's no denying that Caitlin Clark has quickly become one of the biggest superstars in the basketball world over the past few years, and that counts for both women's and men's basketball.
Clark has really brought the spotlight onto women in sports. She took home the 2024 Rookie of The Year Award, and now, she's again one of the best and most celebrated players in the WNBA this season.
So, as it turns out, Golden State Warriors star and former Michigan State University Spartan Draymond Green was right about Clark all along. Last year, he famously said that Clark absolutely should have been on the Team USA roster for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
During a chat on his Draymond Green Show on Aug. 9, 2024, from a clip posted on the Volume's X account, Green said, "I think Caitlin Clark should have been on the USA Team. It's great for the brand. We talk brand any other time, let's not act like it doesn't matter now... If you think about what the 1992 Barcelona Dream Team did for the brand of basketball."
He added, "The W are still in those phases of the NBA... The W is there, so it must be about spreading this globally and she's the biggest global star in women's basketball... I think A'ja Wilson is gonna be the GOAT. Just from a pure branding and marketing standpoint, Caitlin's the biggest."
Now, it really seems like everything that Green said in that moment has come to fruition. Clark has a huge brand, and anything that she touches turns to gold. Many believe she's even in the same league as guys like LeBron James and Steph Curry.
"When it comes to popularity and influence, Caitlin Clark is the third biggest basketball superstar in the world," Mark Gunnels of Lakers Nation stated on X. "The only two players you could put over her are LeBron James and Steph Curry."
