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By Noah Camras
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Ice Cube, the famous rapper, songwriter, actor, and producer who's also the co-founder of the Big3 basketball league, has officially revealed the details of the league's massive offer to try to sign Caitlin Clark.
Clark, who was drafted No. 1 overall by the Indiana Fever and is in the midst of her rookie season in the WNBA, was offered a multi-year contract to join the Big3, but turned it down.
How much was she offered? Ice Cube revealed the details on The Dan Patrick Show on Thursday.
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"It was two years, $5 million a year," Ice Cube said. "And plus, we were going to do cool stuff with merch and there was even talk about a percentage in team ownership. We believe her coming into the Big3 would be such a big deal that all boats would rise and the league would benefit from the attention."
Ice Cube also said it would have been a good opportunity to see how she stacked up with different competition.
Unfortunately, Clark turned them down, and is focusing on her career in the WNBA.
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Next month, though, the WNBA will be going on a break when a handful of players head to Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Clark was famously not selected to the team, and will have a couple weeks where she would seemingly be free. Would Ice Cube consider trying to strike a deal with her to join the Big 3?
"Nah," he said. "We know how to take no for an answer."
Clearly, Clark wasn't interested in the offer, which would have paid her nearly 30 times as much as her rookie contract in the WNBA. However, she did sign a massive eight-year, $28 million deal with Nike, and has plenty of other sponsorship deals as one of the most famous female athletes in sports.
Clark has appeared in 13 games this season, averaging 16.3 points, 6.0 assists, and 4.9 rebounds per game on 37.3 percent shooting from the field, 33 percent shooting from deep, and 89.7 percent from the free-throw line. She's been the source of hard fouls and tons of off-the-court drama in her first month of action, but she seems to be handling it all like a professional.
Clark finished her collegiate career as one of the greatest college athletes of all-time. She is the NCAA Division I's all-time leading scorer with 3,951 points and was a two-time National Player of the Year. Now, she's hoping to replicate that success at the professional level.
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