WNBA legend Diana Taurasi eats words about Caitlin Clark: 'Reality is coming to me now'

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After Caitlin Clark’s record-breaking rookie campaign in the WNBA, one basketball legend is owning up to her thoughts that things would have been tough for the Iowa product. 

Diana Taurasi, who recently announced her retirement from the WNBA after 20 illustrious seasons, was on her "Bird & Taurasi Show" with fellow WNBA star Sue Bird where she owned up to saying "reality is coming" when referring to Clark entering the league. 

With Clark on alongside them, Taurasi flipped the script. 

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Diana Taurasi  is owning up to her thoughts that things would have been tough for Caitlin Clark. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

"Thank you, unfortunately, reality is coming to me now," Taurasi said after Clark congratulated her on retirement. 

It was around a year ago when Taurasi said those infamous words, basically saying that Clark will have to get used to a lot of great basketball players now after her record-breaking career with the Hawkeyes. 

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"You look superhuman playing against 18-year-olds, but you’re going to [be playing against] some grown women that have been playing professional basketball for a long time," Taurasi said on ESPN at the time.

Clark wasn’t a superstar immediately, but once she got used to WNBA game speed and built some chemistry with her Indiana Fever teammates, she thrived.

Clark wasn’t a superstar immediately, but once she got used to WNBA game speed and built some chemistry with her Indiana Fever teammates, she thrived. (Tony Gutierrez/AP Photo)

Clark averaged 19.2 points, 8.4 assists, 5.7 rebounds and 1.3