NBA broadcaster wants to enjoy watching Caitlin Clark play 'without bringing all of the other baggage into it'

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NBA broadcaster David Aldridge just wants to enjoy watching Caitlin Clark play basketball. 

Aldridge, who previously worked for TNT, ESPN and NBA TV, discussed Clark’s rookie season in the WNBA on OutKick’s "The Ricky Cobb Show."

"[Clark] is such a great player, can we just watch her play and enjoy watching her play without bringing all of the other baggage into it?" Aldridge said.

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Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever reacts in the second half against the Phoenix Mercury at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on August 16, 2024, in Indianapolis. (Justin Casterline/Getty Images)

"Do we have to bring all of the other stuff into it? I don’t really care why people love Caitlin Clark or hate Caitlin Clark. I just think she is a great player, just like I think Angel Reese is a great player. Let’s just watch them play basketball."

Aldridge compared the Indiana Fever’s rookie phenom to some NBA legends as players who move "the needle."

"It’s clear that she moves the needle, right?" he said. "People want to watch her, they want to watch her play. She’s a great player. And I think she is certainly a person that gets attention from casual fans; and, again, that’s kind of the lifeblood of a league that’s really surviving and thriving is when people who aren’t really big basketball fans turn it on anyway because they just want to watch her play because they like watching her play."

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David Aldridge (Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images/File)

"We’ve seen that in the NBA certainly over the last four decades with