A rift within the friendship between a pair of girls’s basketball legends could also be past restore in mild of feedback made by each Nancy Lieberman and Sheryl Swoopes over the previous 24 hours.
Differing opinions in regards to the impression present star Caitlin Clark is having on the sport has pushed a wedge between the Corridor of Famers, with Lieberman saying the 2 not have a relationship anymore.
“My life goes to be good with or with out Sheryl Swoopes,” Lieberman mentioned Monday in an look on ESPN character Stephen A. Smith’s podcast.
Later that night, Swoopes fired again on social media saying, “my life is nice with out you too (and him).”
The disagreement, Lieberman instructed Smith, goes again to feedback Swoopes made in February on former NBA star Gilbert Arenas’ podcast during which she downplayed Clark breaking the NCAA profession scoring file.
Swoopes incorrectly said that Clark had benefited from an additional 12 months of eligibility as a result of COVID pandemic when she handed Kelsey Plum because the all-time ladies’s Division I factors chief. Lieberman mentioned she referred to as Swoopes as a buddy to let her know in regards to the error.
“Nicely, she obtained upset with me on the cellphone,” Lieberman instructed Smith. “And I used to be like ‘Sheryl, I am not doing something to harm you. I am simply sharing.’ And so our relationship just about isn’t occurring at this level.”
Lieberman additionally referred to as out Swoopes for not even mentioning Clark on a latest episode of her personal podcast regardless of praising a number of different members of the Indiana Fever for the staff’s scorching streak because the Olympic break.
Nevertheless, Swoopes countered the impression she has something in opposition to Clark, even going as far as to publish screenshots of an obvious textual content change between the 2 from February on her X account Monday afternoon.
Within the change, Swoopes admits she “made a mistake on what this 12 months is for you. Covid 12 months has me all confused…Lol! I additionally don’t have anything however respect for you and your sport.”
Clark responded by saying she had “no exhausting emotions” towards Swoopes and including, “I admire what you could have achieved for ladies’s bball and for uplifting women like me …”