On Sunday night, Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark had one of her most impressive performances of the season, scoring 37 points and dishing out 10 assists to help lead her team to a 113-90 victory over the Dallas Wings. However, one longtime WNBA announcer was not impressed by what she saw from the point guard.
Former Phoenix Mercury announcer Cindy Brunson, who still covers Pac-12 football and men’s basketball as a sideline reporter and women’s basketball as a play-by-play announcer, felt that Clark was “stat padding” in an already decided game, and wasn’t shy about making it known how she felt.
“Miss me with that stat padding 37 points, on the floor up 20 w/ a minute. The 32 points in just 26 minutes was WAY more impressive from the [star] on the playoff team from the Lone Star State,” Brunson wrote in a post on Threads.
Following Brunson’s post, Outkick writer Bobby Burack called out Brunson for what he deemed to be “nonsensical” coverage of Clark. It didn’t take long for her to respond.
“Bobby! Thanks for posting this story. The death threats I’ve received as a result of your click bait have been such a treat,” She commented on Burack’s story. “The miss me comment regarding the 37 points, was about the goal to get to 30-10 – hence anything after 30 was not really important to me in this instance. CC was on the floor in a 20 point blowout until 1:36 to go 4Q when she recorded her 10th dime for her 30-10.
Here’s my response to @burackbobby_ You can choose to believe his rhetoric or trust in my love of the @WNBA and women’s basketball that I’ve built an entire career on. Am I perfect, nope but I do my best & this is thanks I get from someone who NEVER cared abt the W till 2026. pic.twitter.com/3QJND4ePxb
— Cindy Brunson (@CindyBrunsonAZ) August 28, 2026
“She then subbed out at 1:06 to go. And you know good for her. I’d chase the assists lead and add to a category she singularly dominates if I were her too. 30-10 is a very cool stat which leads to the second erroneous part of your little hit piece. When I compared Caitlin Clark’s mastery of 30-10’s to AT’s triple-double domination, and cited a small sample size, I was merely referring to the number of games played between the 2 players. Alyssa Thomas has maintained her triple-double dominance for YEARS and CC has only been playing for 2.5 hence the smaller sample size.”
She continued, “Bobby you know me and how much I love every player in the WNBA and in Women’s college basketball too. If I don’t go out of my way to praise Caitlin Clark it’s because I dont have to. She gets TONS of coverage so I like to highlight other players that fans might be curious about and give them shine too. If it’s problematic that I congratulate Angel on breaking a record that was set when she was just a year old, then what are we doing?!? You want Clark praise?!?
“She set a rookie assist record that will never be broken. NEVER. CC demolished the old mark by 113 dimes! I believe in #Clarkonomics as my friend Debbie Antonelli coined and I love that Clarks rising tide is literally lifting all boats. This league cannot sustain on the success of a single player, that’s simply a terrible business model. I want ALL the players to succeed! At the very least, give me a head’s up before you drop your next hit piece as a professional courtesy. Thanks for your consideration. Best, Cindy Brunson.”
It’s clear that Brunson’s heart is in the right place, but in the future she may want to celebrate other players and Caitlin Clark as well, just to avoid any perception that she’s biased against one of the league’s bright young talents.
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