{"id":519483,"date":"2026-01-16T03:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T03:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/519483\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T03:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T03:59:09","slug":"caitlin-clark-shows-support-for-lebron-james-strong-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/519483\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark shows support for LeBron James\u2019 strong statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fans swiftly showed support for <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/los-angeles-lakers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> star <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/players\/b1a9094f\/lebron-james\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LeBron James<\/a> after he posted about his legacy on Instagram on Wednesday. Other athletes also agreed with James, including <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/wnba\/indiana-fever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indiana Fever<\/a> star <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/tag\/caitlin-clark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caitlin Clark<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/los-angeles-lakers\/lakers-news-lebron-james-drops-love-hate-message\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James posted a series of pictures<\/a> from their win over the Atlanta Hawks, wherein he finished with a near triple-double of 31 points, nine rebounds, and 10 assists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter if you LOVE or HATE me, you will REMEMBER me \ud83d\udc51,\u201d wrote James.<\/p>\n<p>Clark shared James&#8217; post on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KateluvsCC22\/status\/2011886173934010608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her Instagram Story<\/a>. She did not include any text or caption. But as they say, actions speak louder than words.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Caitlin Clark posted this LeBron post on her IG story \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XS0HpmaqBs\">pic.twitter.com\/XS0HpmaqBs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kate22 (@KateluvsCC22) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KateluvsCC22\/status\/2011886173934010608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Lakers forward and the Fever guard have openly expressed their admiration for each other. The 41-year-old James has voiced encouragement on social media, including <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/wnba\/indiana-fever\/fever-news-caitlin-clark-moved-lexie-hull-touching-post-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">celebrating the 23-year-old Clark&#8217;s performances<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The former WNBA Rookie of the Year, meanwhile, has called James one of her heroes. Last year, she met the four-time NBA MVP <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/wnba\/indiana-fever\/clark-starstruck-lebron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for the first time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really get too starstruck from people, and that was a moment that I was pretty (starstruck). That\u2019s one of my idols. LeBron is the GOAT to me. It\u2019s just a crazy moment where I got to meet him in the back,\u201d said Clark in a report from Heavy Sports&#8217; Alder Almo.<\/p>\n<p>James has often said he has learned to tune out the noise, but once in a while, he would remind everyone of his greatness with a simple post or a pointed remark.<\/p>\n<p>As for Clark, she does not need reminding. She is fully aware of the lasting impact of the future Hall of Famer.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans swiftly showed support for Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James after he posted about his legacy on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":519484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[233,234,3363,3141,1260,62,67,132,68,232],"class_list":{"0":"post-519483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-caitlin-clark","9":"tag-indiana-fever","10":"tag-lebron-james","11":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-wnba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115902779406002255","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}