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The runaway success of college star Caitlin Clark has reignited the "battle of the sexes" in sports. The 22-year-old basketball player plays at Iowa College and the US national team and is expected to be selected first in the WNBA draft this year. She breaks records one after the other, single-handedly caused a huge rise in viewership and is considered a huge star on the court - and off it.
Yesterday the rapper Ice Cube proposed She has 5 million dollars to participate in the successful 3x3 league that he founded about 7 years ago, Big3. He admitted that this is, among other things, a marketing move and noted that he still has not received an answer from Clark. "We made her a historic offer, and why not?" She is the athlete of the generation and she can achieve great success in our league."
The tremendous buzz around Clark received a strong wind from the offer she received - after all, the Big 3 season is short and includes about 8-12 games, and 5 million dollars is a very high amount for such an amount. But Gilbert Arenas and Kenyon Martin, two big NBA stars of their time, really don't share the enthusiasm and they talked about it on Arenas' successful podcast, Gil's Arena.
A star, on and off the field. Clark/GettyImages, Matthew Holst
"3x3 is a game that's one step below prison ball," said Martin disdainfully, "Imagine a player like Reggie Evans guarding her... it's 3x3... she can't hide anywhere. She won't score Not even a point. She will take the ball - and what will she do?"
WNBA player Lexi Brown appeared on the podcast and tried to make counterarguments, but was quickly silenced by Martin Arenas himself. Agent Zero claimed that she had no chance of succeeding because of her dimensions (1.83 meters, about 70 kg) and said: "As soon as she tries to do something - boom! on your little ass."
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"She will take the ball - and what will she do?". Martin/GettyImages, Cassy Athena
The Big3 league is usually played in the summer months and it gathers a lot of quality basketball players, including those with a glorious past in the NBA. Last year for example, the winner of the championship was a team that included players such as Nick Young, Jordan Crawford and Elijah Stewart who today plays for Hapoel Eilat. She won the finals against a team that included former All-Star Joe Johnson as well as the Fargo brothers and Jamario Moon.
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