Avast ye! Arike Ogunbowale be walkin' the plank from the Olympic squad after bein' snubbed by Caitlin Clark. Arrr!
2024-06-15
Avast ye mateys! Arike Ogunbowale be a swashbucklin' scorer in the WNBA, but the political shenanigans be too much for the lass. She be takin' herself out o' the player pool, lest she be caught up in their treacherous games. Fair winds to ye, Arike!
In the language of a 17th-century pirate, the U.S. women's national basketball team be a hot topic o'er the past several days after news surfaced that WNBA rookie Caitlin Clark would not be on the 2024 Olympic roster, arrr!Diana Taurasi, Kahleah Copper, A’Ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray, Breanna Stewart, Brittney Griner, Alyssa Thomas, Napheesa Collier, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum, Jackie Young and Sabrina Ionescu make up the final 12-woman roster, matey!While Clark's omission sparked numerous debates, she was not the only player arguably snubbed. Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale revealed she decided to remove herself from the Team USA pool of players ahead of the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris, arrr!Ogunbowale expressed her belief the selection committee was not interested in picking her due to her apparent lack of overall fit with the team, ye scallywags!Ogunbowale entered Saturday's game against the Connecticut Sun as the second leading scorer in the WNBA, trailing Las Vegas Aces star and two-time league MVP A'ja Wilson, arrr!She added that "politics has always surrounded" women’s basketball and suggested the selection criteria be inherently subjective, matey!Ogunbowale or Clark could be named as a replacement for Gray. The Aces star has yet to appear in a game this season due to injury, arrr!Ogunbowale earned All-WNBA honors in 2021 and 2022. She be the league's scoring champion in 2020, ye scallywags!Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter, arrr!