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Jason Smith: "Caitlin Clark is going to have the impact on the WNBA like Magic Johnson and Larry Bird had on the NBA coming out of the 1979 Final Four. This doesn't mean the WNBA will suddenly have 30 million people watching, but Caitlin Clark is going to get people to the TV. People get to the TV to watch her play in college, now it's going to be easy. WNBA plays in the Summer, there's not a lot of competition. She's going to be unopposed on the calendar. She will have the impact on the WNBA that Magic and Larry had on the NBA. It's going to be a destination. She's going to be a lot more polarizing. There has been no superstar like Caitlin Clark that I've seen in women's college basketball. She's the biggest star in all of college basketball. That's the kind of impact she's going to have when she gets to the WNBA."
Jason Smith and Mike Harmon have major expectations for Caitlin Clark after she broke the all-time college scoring record. Jason breaks down why he believes Clark will have a seismic impact on the WNBA, comparing her arrival to what happened to the NBA when both Magic Johnson and Larry Bird first arrived after their historic college careers.