{"id":137646,"date":"2025-06-30T22:27:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T22:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/137646\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T22:27:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T22:27:13","slug":"caitlin-clark-shows-her-stardom-with-big-news-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/137646\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark Shows Her Stardom With Big News on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caitlin Clark Shows Her Stardom With Big News on Monday<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There seems to be no end to the Caitlin Clark craze in the WNBA and across the sports world. The former Iowa star, who led the Hawkeyes to back-to-back NCAA Tournament title games, continues to make headlines in her second professional season.<\/p>\n

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After being selected first overall in the 2024 WNBA draft, Clark played 40 games last season and quickly became a nightly sensation. She earned the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year award thanks to her electric play, and impact on and off the court.<\/p>\n

Now in Year Two, Clark hasn\u2019t slowed down, even after missing seven games due to injury. She was recently named one of two captains for the upcoming WNBA All-Star Game, a sign of her continued influence in the league.<\/p>\n

The latest buzz? Shoes.<\/p>\n

“Caitlin Clark’s new Kobe Player Edition shoe sold out in less than a minute,\u201d as posted by Clark Report on X.<\/p>\n

Fans flooded online retailers trying to snag a pair, but most came up empty. The shoes\u2019 rapid sellout shows just how powerful Clark\u2019s brand has become in such a short time.<\/p>\n

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Nike described<\/a> the shoe to Forbes as follows:<\/p>\n

“The Nike Kobe 5 \u2018Protro PE\u2019 isn\u2019t a signature player sneaker as many had hoped, but rather a Player Edition (PE) colorway. It comes dressed in the Indiana Fever\u2019s team colors: dark navy, crimson orange, and an electric university gold outlining the Swoosh.”<\/p>\n

\"Indiana<\/p>\n

Indiana Caitlin Clark\u2019s new signature model shoe sells out in record time.Lucas Peltier-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s not yet her own signature model, Clark\u2019s influence puts her on track to join other WNBA stars like A\u2019ja Wilson and Sabrina Ionescu, who have received signature shoes. According\u00a0to\u00a0Men’s<\/a>\u00a0Journal<\/a>, Clark has worn different Kobe models since her Iowa days, and this new edition pairs perfectly with the Fever\u2019s uniforms. The design features dark blue to match the team\u2019s road jerseys, with red and yellow details inspired by the Fever logo.<\/p>\n

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Clark and the Fever will take the court again Tuesday night in the Commissioner\u2019s Cup championship game against the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx won the event last year but fell short in the finals against the New York Liberty.<\/p>\n

With her on-court excellence and off-court appeal, Clark continues to prove she\u2019s more than just a basketball star; she\u2019s a cultural force.<\/p>\n

Related: Ranking the 25 Best WNBA Players of All Time<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Caitlin Clark Gets One Word From Sophie Cunningham After Fever News<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 30, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark Shows Her Stardom With Big News on Monday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. There seems to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[3802,7,455,21306,217,459,10983,231,772,1544,3801,6209,458],"class_list":{"0":"post-137646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-aja-wilson","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-caitlin-clark","11":"tag-clark-report","12":"tag-college-basketball","13":"tag-indiana-fever","14":"tag-minnesota-lynx","15":"tag-ncaa","16":"tag-ncaa-basketball","17":"tag-ncaab","18":"tag-new-york-liberty","19":"tag-sabrina-ionescu","20":"tag-wnba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114774674552311276","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}