USA Basketball faces criticism for leaving Caitlin Clark off training camp graphic

Team USA women’s hoops revealed the roster for its grooming campy connected Monday, which volition instrumentality spot connected Dec. 12-14 successful Durham, North Carolina.

The roster included Lauren Betts, Aliyah Boston, Cameron Brink, Paige Bueckers, Veronica Burton, Sonia Citron, Caitlin Clark, Kahleah Copper, Chelsea Gray, Brittney Griner, Dearica Hamby, Kiki Iriafen, Rickea Jackson, Brionna Jones, Kelsey Plum, Angel Reese, JuJu Watkins and Jackie Young.

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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark (22) reacts during the 4th fourth against the Golden State Valkyries astatine Chase Center connected June 19, 2025. (Darren Yamashita/Imagn Images)

The graphic that came on with the announcement featured Copper, Plum and Young. Those 3 players were connected the U.S. squad erstwhile they won golden astatine the Paris Olympics.

Women’s hoops fans were speedy to question wherefore Clark was near disconnected the graphic for promotional worldly fixed that she’s among the astir fashionable players successful women’s basketball.

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Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark reacts to fans earlier the WNBA All-Star hoops game, Saturday, July 19, 2025, successful Indianapolis.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, file)

Columnist Christine Brennan, who wrote a publication astir Clark, was among those to question USA Basketball’s decision.

Clark didn’t play for the U.S. squad during the Olympics, which was besides a root of consternation among fans. She has a golden medal playing for the U.S. successful inferior competitions earlier she turned pro and was drafted by the Indiana Fever.

She besides missed a ton of clip successful her 2nd WNBA play owed to injuries.

USA women’s nationalist squad manager Sue Bird is acceptable to measure players earlier making the last roster determination for the 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup, which volition instrumentality spot adjacent September.

Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark (22) during the 2nd fractional of a WNBA hoops crippled against the Las Vegas Aces astatine T-Mobile Arena connected July 22, 2025. (Lucas Peltier/Imagn Images)

Gray, Griner and Hamby were besides connected the U.S. Olympic squad past year. Jones has FIBA World Cup experience, portion Boston represented the red, achromatic and bluish successful erstwhile inferior and elder events.

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Betts, Brink, Bueckers, Burton, Citron, Iriafen, Jackson, Reese and Watkins volition beryllium making their elder campy debuts.

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