Social media erupts as fellow players rank Caitlin Clark 9th-best All-Star guard: 'These girls are laughable'

LeSean McCoy reacts to the Indiana Fever vs. Connecticut Sun game, including the hard foul on Caitlin Clark and the scuffle that followed. Shady weighs in on whether Clark is being targeted as her star continues to rise in the WNBA.

Social media were on fire when it was revealed that Caitlin Clark received the ninth-most votes among other WNBA All-Stars for the top guard.

There are three voting groups for the WNBA All-Star process: fan rank, media rank and player rank for the guards and frontcourt players. While Clark was first in fan votes (receiving over 1 million and crushing her own record from last year), and third among the media, her fellow WNBA players ranked her ninth among the guards.

Clark finished second among all players largely because fan votes accounted for 50% of the votes to determine starters - Dallas Wings rookie and No. 1 overall pick Paige Bueckers took the top spot.

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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, #22, dribbles the ball during the second half of a WNBA basketball game against the Las Vegas Aces at T-Mobile Arena. (Lucas Peltier-Imagn Images)

Clark has been injured and has struggled lately, going just 13-of-47 from three-point territory in her last three games and missing six of the Indiana Fever's 16 games this season.

However, lots of social media users said it was more evidence of jealousy of the NCAA's all-time leading scorer.

"They guard her like she’s prime [Michael] Jordan, celebrate trying to hurt her and downplay her impact any chance they can… The W is so full of ELITE LEVEL haters and they just don’t even hide it anymore," Barstool's Kayce Smith wrote on social media.

"She’s easily the best player in the league. These girls are