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Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell described the intense scrutiny that accompanies playing alongside Caitlin Clark, while her compensation has risen sharply to reflect the league's growing viewership.
Mitchell spoke at a season-ending press conference about receiving negative online messages and the difficulty of being a teammate to the WNBA's biggest star.
She stated that people do not fully understand what the players endure and asked the public for grace.
While some coverage framed her comments as a criticism of the Fever fanbase, Mitchell did not specifically identify fans as the source of the criticism in her remarks.
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