Despite being picked first overall, Caitlin Clark has revealed why she was ‘really upset’ during this year’s WNBA Draft.
Clark wasn’t up for grabs for long during April’s draft, with the Indiana Fever quickly announcing their selection.
After being selected, Clark saw little of the draft and was unable to spend time with friends, family or boyfriend Connor McCaffrey for hours.
“I was so upset because after I got drafted, I went straight off drugs and didn’t get to see any of the draft,” Clark said on a podcast with former Iowa teammates Kate Martin, Gabbie Marshall and Jada Gyamfi.
‘I had my phone, I couldn’t really get on with it. It upset me so much. And then I didn’t even see Kate get called up. … It really upset me.”
Caitlin Clark revealed she was “very upset” at the WNBA Draft due to her hectic schedule
Clark has been at the forefront of women’s basketball’s rising popularity for more than a year
“I didn’t even take pictures with you, my family, like Connor, like no one.”
Clark said she has “no memory whatsoever” of the weekend she was drafted because she slept “two hours” a day.
As part of Clark’s draft night chaos, there were several rounds of media interviews and appearances after he was the No. 1 pick.
Clark has been at the forefront of the rising popularity of women’s basketball, with the WNBA Draft being a prime example of the growth, thanks to the interest in Clark and the league.
The draft also came at the end of a marathon weekend for Clark, where she flew from Los Angeles to New York City on Saturday morning before appearing on “Saturday Night Live.”
The day before Clark was drafted, she had the outfit she wore to the event in Brooklyn tried on.
It’s safe to say that the busy schedule of being one of the biggest stars in women’s basketball is taking its toll.