As soon as once more, Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark is within the eye of the storm.
Her newest incident involving Phoenix Mercury ahead Alyssa Thomas has been polarizing, with some pondering the WNBA should not have assessed Thomas with a flagrant 2 foul.
Thomas put her fist on Clark’s throat, and the league retroactively upgraded the decision upon additional evaluate, resulting in a one-game suspension for the Mercury star.
In accordance with former Indiana Fever guard Sydney Colson, that punishment was harsh.
Sydney Colson disagrees with Alyssa Thomas’ suspension
“Do I feel it was a Flagrant 2? In no way,” Colson said on WNBA Countdown (h/t ESPNW). “However I additionally grew up in an period the place it’s very bodily and this was the least of what I might think about a Flagrant 2.”
Whereas the sport was extra bodily, arguing a foul after a participant put her fist on one other participant’s throat is perhaps a bit an excessive amount of.
Colson was Clark’s backup with the Fever final season, becoming a member of the group after three years and successful two rings with the Las Vegas Aces.
She stepped up when Clark was out with accidents, however averaged simply 2.4 factors and a couple of.0 assists per sport in 30 video games earlier than struggling a season-ending ACL damage. She’s now serving as an analyst whereas she hopes to return to the court docket in some unspecified time in the future.
As for Clark, she’s turn out to be a broadly polarizing determine in sports activities, with some even urging her to leave the WNBA.
