Team Brazil coach gives high praise to Caitlin Clark: 'You’ve changed the history in basketball'

The Carver-Hawkeye Arena sold-out assemblage got to spot Caitlin Clark successful enactment erstwhile more, but this time, she was wearing an Indiana Fever jersey alternatively of her achromatic and yellowish Iowa threads. 

The Fever’s 2nd WNBA preseason crippled was a peculiar one, arsenic the Brazil National Team traveled to Iowa City to instrumentality connected Indiana successful an accumulation game. 

During the 108-44 rout by the Fever, Team Brazil caput manager Leo Figueiro shared a bully infinitesimal with Clark during the 2nd 4th erstwhile helium went implicit to her successful betwixt whistles. 

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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark, #22, center, takes a photograph with the Brazil National Team aft the crippled astatine Carver-Haweye Arena. (Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images)

Clark was mic’d up for the game, truthful that infinitesimal was shared for the satellite to hear. 

"You’re an astonishing player, congratulations," Figueiro said to Clark, who went up to him to spot however helium was. "You’ve changed the past successful basketball."

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Clark gave a precise nonrecreational answer. 

"I admit it," she said. "Thanks for coming present and playing us."

Clark switched the speech from her to Team Brazil. 

"Most radical you’ve played successful beforehand of?" Clark asked, to which Figueiro responded, "Yeah."

Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark, #22, right, talks to members of the Brazilian National Team aft the Fever defeated Brazil successful a preseason crippled May 4, 2025 astatine Carver-Hawkeye Arena successful Iowa City, Iowa. (IMAGN)

It mightiness person been a blowout, but Team Brazil was not huffy aft the game. One could archer they enjoyed the assemblage and interacting with players, portion showcasing their ain skill. Clark and others took pictures and spoke with the players aft the game. 

After the game, Clark was asked astir the assemblage that poured into the arena to spot her play successful her aged stomping grounds. 

"I surely springiness the fans thing to cheer about. That’s my goal," Clark said, per HawkCentral. "Get them involved. Get them loud. Because, I told my teammates, it’s going to beryllium the loudest arena you’ve ever played in. So, I’ve got to marque a fewer shots and beryllium capable to get them connected their feet."

Clark looked conscionable arsenic she did for the Hawkeyes, pulling up astatine the logo for a heavy three-pointer, which had the assemblage roaring. She finished with 14 points successful conscionable implicit 18 minutes of play, her archetypal of the 2025 season, arsenic she sat retired against the Washington Mystics successful the Fever’s archetypal preseason game.

Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark, #22, smiles with Brazilian National Team caput manager Leonardo Figueroa connected Sunday, May 4, 2025 during a preseason crippled betwixt the Indiana Fever and the Brazil nationalist squad astatine Carver-Hawkeye Arena successful Iowa City. (IMAGN)

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The 2024 Rookie of the Year is acceptable to instrumentality the adjacent measurement successful twelvemonth 2 successful the WNBA, but this matchup against Team Brazil is yet different reminder of however Clark is playing an tremendous relation successful changing the crippled of hoops and women’s sports arsenic a whole. 

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