Caitlin Clark shared classy well-wishes for JuJu Watkins after her devastating ACL tear
The news that USC women's basketball star JuJu Watkins had torn her ACL on Monday night devastated the sports world. On a micro level, Watkins' injury flipped the March Madness bracket on its head. USC was one of the leading national championship contenders with her in the fold. On a wider macro level, it will have a reverberating effect on women's basketball as a whole, with one of the game's brightest young stars being lost for a good while to serious injury. Watkins' injury, in effect, shows you just how cruel sports can be.
The impact of Watkins' brutal injury was not lost on another influential women's basketball figure: Caitlin Clark.
The former Iowa star turned Indiana Fever talisman sent some classy well-wishes to Watkins on Monday afternoon in a post on X. Clark is clearly a great person to have in Watkins' corner in a tough time during her playing career:
Sending all my thoughts and prayers to JuJu. Kid will come back stronger than ever ❤️
— Caitlin Clark (@CaitlinClark22) March 25, 2025
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