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May 28, 2026; San Francisco, California, USA; Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) waits for play to resume against the Golden State Valkyries in the third quarter at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: David Gonzales-Imagn Images
Anything and everything involving Indiana Fever point guard Caitlin Clark this season has become a hot-button issue. Fans and media members have debated her emotional outbursts on the bench and with referees, the way she is defended and officiated, and her impact on the floor.
Most recently, the discourse has revolved around whether Clark, who finished 1st amongst guards in All-Star voting by active players, deserved a higher finish. Eyebrows were raised on Wednesday when David Dennis Jr. said that there was no “compelling argument” for Clark as one of the four best guards in the WNBA.
“I don’t think that you can make a compelling argument that Caitlin Clark is a top 4 guard in the WNBA. Like, nobody can at this point,” he said.
“That is why she was 11th. She got the 11th most votes for being in the top 4. So there’s really no controversy about that, because especially when you add in the fact that she is one of the most popular players in the WNBA, she’s going to make the All-Star team. That is not the argument here.”
Fans were incensed over Dennis’s take, and it’s now clear that they weren’t the only ones who thought it was ludicrous. On Thursday, former WNBA star and current NFL reporter Stacey Dales appeared on First Take to sing Clark’s praises.
“I will just say this. We have to be very careful about how we look at player voting when it comes to the All-Star vote, right? They comprise 25% of the vote, the media 25%, the fans 50%,” Dales said of the voting process.
“Now, of a pool of 180 roster players, you’ve got 85 of them voting. So it’s a small sample size. So you have players, for instance, guys that are voting for, hey, my teammate, my buddy; I can vote for my entire roster, the team I play on. But I do think you certainly have a pool of players who take this thing seriously. And while some may not take it seriously, it is a small sample size.”
Dales went on to make it clear that she feels there is no world in which Clark is the 11th best guard in the league.
“You see 11th with Caitlin Clark, and it is insulting. It is preposterous to consider she would be even deemed worthy of or unworthy of being in a conversation of the 11th best guard in the WNBA. And frankly, to further the discourse, to consider the fact that some believe that she’s not even worthy of being in the top 4 or being a starter amongst these all-star players is, to me, foolishness, because you have to look at the basketball, you have to break down the tape.”
Even if fans don’t want to watch the tape, Clark is in the top five for both points and assists per game. There’s no reason to try to argue that she hasn’t been one of the best players in the league since her rookie season, and that’s just the reality, regardless of how anyone feels about it.
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