Atlanta Hawks’ Trae Younger playfully teased a future All-Star three-point problem in opposition to Iowa standout Caitlin Clark on Thursday.
In an interview with Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks, Younger stated he was all in on a possible long-range taking pictures matchup in opposition to the Hawkeyes senior guard.
“In fact. In fact I might,” Younger stated when requested whether or not he would take part in a Caitlin-Trae three-point contest. “I’ve gotten to speak to her all through her school years. We’re the one two people who ever led school in factors and assists. That’s a loopy stat.”
Trae Younger vs. Caitlin Clark 3-point contest? 👀🍿@TheTraeYoung says he is in.
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— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 7, 2024
Younger threw in a light-hearted joke concerning the future showdown: “I’d need to positively observe much more than I’ve for these earlier three-point competitions.”
The 22-year-old Clark grew to become the main scorer in main school basketball historical past—males’s or ladies’s—on Sunday, passing Pete Maravich’s earlier file of three,667 factors. She is at present averaging 32.3 factors per sport this season.
Younger, who grew to become the primary participant to guide the NCAA in factors and assists per sport in a single season throughout his school hooping days at Oklahoma in 2017–18, additionally is aware of a factor or two about making historical past.
Seeing the 2 superstars face off on the courtroom might function the right second spherical to this 12 months’s landmark All-Star three-point problem between Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry and New York Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu—or, maybe, a partnered him vs. her shootout is within the playing cards.
