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Yahoo
08-04-2025
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Diana Taurasi admits she took an L on Caitlin Clark prediction: ‘Reality is coming to me now'
Diana Taurasi admits she took an L on Caitlin Clark prediction: 'Reality is coming to me now' Caitlin Clark Diana Taurasi Diana Taurasi is eating her words. After telling the world that 'reality is coming' for Caitlin Clark when she was entering the WNBA after her legendary collegiate career at Iowa, the now-retired Taurasi is walking back those comments. Advertisement 'Thank you, unfortunately, reality is coming to me now,' Taurasi said in response to Clark congratulating her on retirement on the 'Bird & Taurasi Show' broadcast during Sunday's NCAA national championship game. Caitlin Clark proved a lot of people wrong in her first WNBA season — and Taurasi was one of them. Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi were joined by Caitlin Clark in their National Championship edition of the Bird & Taurasi Show. The Bird & Taurasi Show 'Reality is coming [for Clark]. There's levels to this thing,' Taurasi said a year ago, before Clark had stepped foot on a WNBA court. 'You look superhuman playing against 18-year-olds, but you're going to [be playing against] some grown women that have been playing professional basketball for a long time.' Advertisement Of course, Clark wound up experiencing some growing pains, but she was mostly the same superstar she was in college. She averaged 19.2 points, 8.4 assists, 5.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game in her rookie season en route to dragging the Fever to the playoffs after being the league's worst team a year prior. Clark won Rookie of the Year, made the All-WNBA First Team and the All-Star team, and finished fourth in MVP voting. Taurasi is widely considered the WNBA's greatest of all time. The 11-time All-Star played 20 seasons, winning three WNBA championships and an MVP award. Caitlin Clark and Diana Taurasi talk during a matchup this past season. NBAE via Getty Images With everything the world has seen of Clark, she looks to be on her way to that same 'GOAT' conversation. Advertisement So, Taurasi's comments last year seemed a bit salty that another player may be transcending the ranks to meet her at the top. But with her comfortability in joking about the situation a year later, and Clark seeming to brush it all off, Taurasi appears to have made right of what was once a major controversy.
Fox News
07-04-2025
- Entertainment
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WNBA legend Diana Taurasi eats words about Caitlin Clark: 'Reality is coming to me now'
After Caitlin Clark's record-breaking rookie campaign in the WNBA, one basketball legend is owning up to her thoughts that things would have been tough for the Iowa product. Diana Taurasi, who recently announced her retirement from the WNBA after 20 illustrious seasons, was on her "Bird & Taurasi Show" with fellow WNBA star Sue Bird where she owned up to saying "reality is coming" when referring to Clark entering the league. With Clark on alongside them, Taurasi flipped the script. "Thank you, unfortunately, reality is coming to me now," Taurasi said after Clark congratulated her on retirement. It was around a year ago when Taurasi said those infamous words, basically saying that Clark will have to get used to a lot of great basketball players now after her record-breaking career with the Hawkeyes. "You look superhuman playing against 18-year-olds, but you're going to [be playing against] some grown women that have been playing professional basketball for a long time," Taurasi said on ESPN at the time. Clark wasn't a superstar immediately, but once she got used to WNBA game speed and built some chemistry with her Indiana Fever teammates, she thrived. Clark averaged 19.2 points, 8.4 assists, 5.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game on her way to winning the KIA Rookie of the Year Award. She also finished All-WNBA First Team, as her 337 assists were the most in a single WNBA season. But Taurasi's career is what Clark is chasing now, as she is considered to be the best WNBA player of all time by many. Taurasi made 11 All-Star teams during her career, while winning three league titles with the Phoenix Mercury. Clark certainly had a hot start to her own career, but she's looking to make some championship runs in the future, and the Fever have bolstered their roster in hopes to do so. The Fever begin their 2025 WNBA season on May 17 against Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
