Kelsey Plum says Caitlin Clark All-Star group feedback have been a joke

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Las Vegas Aces star Kelsey Plum addressed controversial comments she made about Caitlin Clark's All-Star group final month, insisting she had been making a "joke."

After the WNBA All-Star recreation, the place many gamers wore t-shirts that learn, "Pay us what you owe us" in reference to the gamers' union's CBA negotiations with the league, Plum informed reporters that gamers from Clark's All-Star group had not been at a gathering to debate the shirts.

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Kelsey Plum, #10 of the Las Vegas Aces, dribbles the ball through the recreation towards the Dallas Wings on September 29, 2023, on the Faculty Park Middle in Arlington, Texas. (Cooper Neill/NBAE through Getty Photos)

"However the T-shirt, simply, united entrance, was decided this morning, that we had a gathering for. And, you recognize, to not tattletale, however zero members of Workforce Clark have been very current for that," Plum mentioned.

The feedback ignited harsh backlash towards Plum, as many followers identified that Clark herself had been carrying the t-shirt through the recreation.

Now, Plum is insisting that her remark was not critical, and referencing that many gamers have been "hung over," the morning of the obvious assembly.

"I made a foul joke. I made a very dangerous joke, powerful one," Plum mentioned throughout an episode of WNBA legend Sue Bird's podcast "Chicken's Eye View."

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Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, wears a shirt saying, "Pay us what you owe us" previous to the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star Recreation at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on July 19, 2025, in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Steph Chambers/Getty Photos)

Plum additionally mentioned that she "ought to have identified it was a way-more-serious second."

"I ought to have like hindsight 2020 due to the shirts, due to the followers, like I ought to have identified it was a way-more-serious second than a typical All-Star recreation," Plum mentioned.

"As a result of I went into that press convention very like, happy-go-lucky, we received. After which had an incredible weekend, like my household's right here, it was simply a good time. And so the questions got here in, and it was like CBA this, this, this, this, and I truthfully… was like, ‘Hey like group Clark, like they did not make it to the assembly both… Making an attempt to make the room lighter."

The protest was the discuss of the weekend as gamers criticized WNBA officers amid the negotiations.

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WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert speaks throughout a information convention earlier than the WNBA All-Star basketball recreation, Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Indianapolis. (AP Picture/Michael Conroy)

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert informed reporters she believed a deal will get carried out earlier than the present CBA expires after this season.

"I am nonetheless actually optimistic that we’ll get one thing carried out that might be transformational," she mentioned. "And that, subsequent 12 months at All-Star, we’ll be speaking about how nice every little thing is. Clearly there’s quite a lot of exhausting work to be carried out on either side to get there."

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Jackson Thompson is a sports activities author for Fox Information Digital. He beforehand labored for ESPN and Enterprise Insider. Jackson has coated the Tremendous Bowl and NBA Finals, and has interviewed iconic figures Usain Bolt, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Roger Clemens.