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Caitlin Clark knows expectations are high for her much-anticipated WNBA debut later this year, and she welcomes the pressure. In an interview that aired on TODAY April 15, the Iowa Hawkeyes star sat down with NBC correspondent Stephanie Gosk to reflect on the upcoming WNBA draft, which kicks off 7:30 p.m. ET in New York on April 15, and how she feels about the spotlight being on her. Clark said that feeling of pressure is familiar.
'Like, get a basketball scholarship, play in the WNBA — this is always something I wanted to do.' She pointed out that women's basketball has always been 'really good,' citing the 'amazing players' who came before her. But the opportunities provided by playing on national television, social media and the ability to be compensated for name, image and likeness, or NIL, have pushed the sport forward, she added.
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