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Caitlin Clark is taking things one day at a time.
The Fever All-Star played coy about whether she will join the Unrivaled League this WNBA offseason but didn’t rule out that it’s a possibility.
“We’ll see,” Clark told ESPN during new Fever coach Stephanie White’s introductory press conference on Monday. “I don’t know. Just taking it as it goes, and see if I want to play eventually.”
Prior to that, Clark was noncommittal about the new 3-on-3 league founded by the Liberty’s Breanna Stewart and the Lynx’s Napheesa Collier.
It came amid buzz that Unrivaled — based in Miami for eight weeks from January to March — hit Clark with a “[Lionel] Messi-like offer” to join the league, according to Front Office Sport.
That offer reportedly is for more than $1 million plus revenue-sharing opportunities.
Each player in Unrivaled’s inaugural season will get equity in the league.
Clark’s response Monday was her most candid when asked publicly if she plans to join Unrivaled.
“We’re always going to have a roster spot for Caitlin Clark,” Unrivaled President Alex Bazzell told Sportico in October after the FOS report came out. “We’re not applying a full-court press the way people think. We are letting her decompress from basketball. … She knows that we have a spot for her when she’s ready.”
In August, Clark said she was focused on the Fever as the league was about to resume play after the All-Star break and the Paris Olympics.
Unrivaled appeared to put on the full-court press to lure Clark — the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year —when it was announced that her good friends had joined the league.
Aces guard Kate Martin, who played with Clark in college at Iowa, filled the 28th roster spot last month, followed by Fever guard Lexie Hull in the 29th spot.
Fever center Aliyah Boston was later revealed as the league’s 30th signing.
Afterward, Collier announced that the league was expanding from 30 roster spots to 36, because “we outperformed our financial projections.”
During a recent appearance on Paul George’s podcast, Collier said Unrivaled would offer Clark a fair compensation.
“I can’t give numbers obviously, but I mean I can tell you it’s substantially more than what she’s making in the WNBA,” Collier said. “I do think she needs to be paid fairly and we would be offering her a fair compensation for what she’s doing. That’s all I can tell you.”
Clark, the Fever’s No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft, made $76,535 during her rookie season.
The Iowa product — and the NCAA’s Division I all-time leading scorer for men and women — signed a four-year, $338,056 deal after she was drafted.
Clark could earn up to $97,582 in salary in the final year of her deal.
Her WNBA salary doesn’t include endorsement deals with Nike, Wilson, State Farm and more.
Unrivaled announced a multi-year media rights deal with TNT on Oct. 16. Games will also be available on Max and truTV.
The league was created so that players could make money while playing year-round in the U.S. instead of going overseas during the WNBA offseason.
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