Caitlin Clark’s impact on the WNBA has undoubtedly been positive for the growth of the league in terms of its popularity and reach in the sports landscape. But for as great as Clark’s impact has been in that element,

An ESPN personality raised a few eyebrows with one of her comments about Caitlin Clark at the ESPYs Wednesday. Clark, who is in the middle of her second season with the Indiana Fever, won the WNBA Player of the Year award at the ESPYs, another accomplishment commemorating her stellar rookie campaign.

The ESPYs named Caitlin Clark the WNBA Player of the Year on Wednesday inside the packed Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Since Caitlin Clark showed up in the WNBA a year ago, several narratives came with her. As Clark brought an influx of interest and attention, many people who hadn’t previously paid much attention to the league suddenly positioned themselves as experts.

Throughout the first half of the season heading into Tuesday night's game against the Connecticut Sun, Clark had played in 12 games. She has averaged 16.7 points, nine assists, 4.8 rebounds, and 1.7 steals per game, while shooting 37.4 percent from the floor and 28.9 percent from the three-point line.

Fever coach Stephanie White expressed no reason to press the panic button for Clark, who averages 16.7 points per game and has not scored more than 14 points in the three games since her injury return.

Dan Beyer & Aaron Torres are in for Doug Gottlieb today and they are still waiting for the hype around Caitlin Clark to settle so we can actually talk about her performance on the court without being influenced by the circus surrounding her.

Caitlin Clark left Tuesday night's win over the Connecticut Sun in the final minute with an injury that looked like a similar one she suffered last month against the Seattle Storm. Earlier in the game she had a heated moment with one of the refs and it appeared as if she told him she was going to call the league about his actions.

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark will not play in Thursday night's game against the Los Angeles Sparks because of a groin injury.