Caitlin Clark Gets Blockbuster $5 Million Offer From Ice Cube’s Big3 League

Caitlin Clark is in line to make extra historical past — the NCAA phenom might change into basketball’s first-ever $5 million girl, if she accepts a large deal from Ice Cube‘s Big3 league … TMZ Sports activities has realized.

Sources with direct information of the deal inform us Cube’s up and coming basketball league has already put the unprecedented provide on the desk for Caitlin — $5 million to play 8 common season video games and presumably 2 playoff video games! That is it … 10 video games for $5 mil, assured.

We’re informed she would additionally get “substantial additional compensation” from merchandising and sponsorships — however here is the largest rub to the deal … Big3 would permit her to additionally play within the WNBA.

Caitlin, who’s Iowa Hawkeyes are preparing for his or her Candy 16 sport this weekend within the Girls’s NCAA Event, has already declared herself for the WNBA draft subsequent month … and the Indiana Fever have made it clear they’re selecting Caitlin with their #1 choose.

There are solely 2 common season Fever video games that might doubtlessly battle with the BIG3 schedule — so, we’re informed Cube’s league sees this as a win-win-win state of affairs for each leagues, and clearly, Caitlin.

CC is the largest identify in faculty hoops this season, as she grew to become the all-time scoring chief in NCAA historical past … and that is for men and women, as she topped “Pistol” Pete Maravich‘s 54-year-old document of three,667 factors. So, there is no thriller why the BIG3 would go all out to get her.

This is how astronomical this provide is for Caitlin — the highest-paid participant within the WNBA final 12 months was Erica Wheeler, who made $242,000. It is anticipated Caitlin’s WNBA deal could be barely greater than that, however nothing within the universe of the 7-figures she stands to make from BIG3.

She could be the primary feminine participant within the BIG3, however she’s famously grown up taking part in and training in opposition to male gamers … so, that is nothing new for her.

The one potential hitch is that BIG3 and the NBA — which operates the WNBA — have unhealthy blood. TMZ Sports activities broke the story … the U.S. Dept. of Justice launched an antitrust investigation final 12 months into allegations the NBA is making strikes to crush BIG3’s success.

It is unclear if the WNBA might or would block Caitlin or some other participant from taking part in within the BIG3 — however doing so is perhaps a dangerous transfer, contemplating the DOJ investigation. As it’s, many WNBA gamers play in different leagues abroad throughout their offseason so as to earn more money.