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USA Basketball caused quite the stir when it didn't select Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark for its Olympic roster this past week, and head coach Christie Sides had her own take on the decision Sunday.
"A little disappointed, of course. She's my player," she told reporters. "That's the hardest team in the world to make. That is a tough team. She's young, she's doing to have so many opportunities in the future.
Sides added that Clark was using the situation as motivation.
"We talked actually on the bus.