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Caitlin Clark’s Team USA snub is only aging worse with 2024 Paris Olympics around the corner

The basketball superstar has been in the spotlight for the last two years and that stage has only gotten bigger as she shoulders a large portion of the WNBA’s rapidly increasing popularity.

At the time of Team USA’s roster announcement, Clark was struggling to find her footing at the next level. As her first WNBA season rolls on, the 2024 No.

1 overall pick has settled in to prove why she was touted as one of the best prospects in league history.

With the 2024 Paris Olympics right around the corner, USA Basketball’s decision to leave Clark off the roster only looks worse in retrospect.

The majority of discourse surrounding Clark’s Team USA snub was focused on two things: TV ratings and her future as a face of USA Basketball.

“The Clark Effect” has played a significant role in the WNBA and women’s basketball’s leap in popularity. Many believed Team USA was missing an opportunity to capitalize on that attention on a global stage as big as the Olympics.

Very little discourse was about the impact that Clark would actually make on the court.

There was no denying her talent but given her early struggles at the pro level, few made the case that she would genuinely influence the United States’ chances at gold.

Now is a good time to remind you that Team USA has won seven consecutive gold medals and nine of 12 gold medals ever awarded for women’s basketball at the Olympics.

That type of dominance would not be impacted by carving out a roster spot for a 22-year-old who will surely one day be the face of the program.

Nonetheless, USA Basketball elected to send a veteran-heavy group to Paris, leaving Clark at home.

Since that decision on June 11, Clark has gotten extremely comfortable at the WNBA level, proving she is one of the best offensive engines in the league already.