US women's basketball team are brutally trolled by Caitlin Clark fan at their first Olympics game

The US women's hoops squad was brutally trolled by a Caitlin Clark instrumentality earlier their Olympics opener successful Paris.

WNBA sensation Clark was controversially near disconnected nan star-studded American roster that is presently successful Paris competing for gold.

Clark has taken nan WNBA by large wind since being drafted by nan Indiana Fever. Her beingness has led to an detonation of liking successful nan convention and galore thought she should person gone to nan Olympics.

However, nan action committee decided to place Clark successful favour of much knowledgeable players who person proven they cognize really to triumph connected nan large stage.

Despite that, 1 Clark instrumentality took his opportunity to troll nan Americans arsenic they warmed up to play against Japan connected Monday.

The fan, wearing a Nets and Lakers jersey, held up a motion that read: 'You request Caitlin Clark to hit us.'

The motion was spotted by A'Ja Wilson, Brittney Griner and different American players arsenic they practiced their shooting. 

The fan's motion was, unluckily for Japan, inaccurate arsenic nan Americans began their pursuit of different golden badge pinch a comfortable 102-76 win.

It comes a time aft erstwhile Team USA women's hoops coach Dawn Staley said that Clark's shape successful caller months whitethorn person granted her a roster spot if nan determination was made later.

Clark was 12 games into her profession erstwhile nan database for Team USA dropped - leaving nan Iowa prima to watch nan Olympics from home.

But erstwhile asked by NBC's Mike Tirico astir Clark, Staley believes that if nan determination for nan roster was made person to nan day of nan Olympics, that nan Fever prima mightiness person been included.

'As a committee member, you're charged pinch putting together [the] champion squad of players, nan champion talent,' Staley said.

'Caitlin is conscionable a rookie successful nan WNBA. [She] wasn't playing bad, but wasn't playing for illustration she's playing now.

'If we had to do it each complete again, nan measurement that she's playing, she would beryllium successful really precocious information of making nan team, because she is playing caput and shoulders supra a batch of people, shooting nan shot highly well. 

'I mean, she is an elite passer. She's conscionable sewage a awesome hoops IQ, and she's a small much seasoned successful nan pro crippled successful a mates of months... than she was 2 months ago.'