Kelsey Plum clarifies ASG remark on Team Clark, T-shirt meeting

Los angeles sparks guard Kelsey plumThe comments after the WNBA all-star game were “actually a bad joke”, he told former WNBA star Suu Burd on “Birds Eye View” podcast on Friday.

Plum talked about a variety of subjects with the bird, in which he commented in the Zest after the July 19 all-star game in Indianapolis. Players decision To Wear “Pay us what you want to give us” Warmup T-shirt As ongoing part Collective bargain negotiations With the league.

Plum, who played for captain Nefeesa colirWinning team against team Cetleen Clarke“T-shirt, bus, just a postgame news conference [a] The United Front, it was determined this morning that we had a meeting. And, not for uh, tattlets, but zero members of Team Clarke were very much present for it. ,

Plum team was sitting next to Clarke member Sabarina Eonacu of New York Liberty During the news conference. Inescu jokingly, laughing, “really needed to mention.”

Plum replied, “I am trying to make the situation light, okay? But I think it was getting to all of us on the same page before the game. I felt that it was a powerful moment and crossed this point.”

Plum’s comments became a subject on social media, as some accused him of taking a shot to Clarke and the players who were in his all-star team. Clarke, who was injured did not play in the all-star game. Clarke and Kolier, who were the MVPs of the game, were captains based on fan voting.

Asked about the comment by Bird, Plum said she was trying to stay in a tone in the moment.

“You were just trying to make a joke,” said the bird. “And it just turned.”

“The questions came, and it was, ‘CBA, this, this, this, this.” It was so, “Hey, Team Clarke, he did not make it in the meeting.” I was joking that they were hungry, even though our team’s surname was ‘Hunger’. So it was so, ‘At least we made it [to the meeting],

Sparks’ Kelsey Plum to ‘Birds I View’ Podcast

Plum replied, “And I must be there-because of Hindight’s 20/20-shirt, fans … I should have known that it was a more serious moment than a specific all-star game. Because I went to that press conference, like, happy and lucky we won, do you know?

“The questions came, and it was, ‘CBA, this, this, this, this.” It was so, “Hey, Team Clarke, he did not make it in the meeting.” I was joking that they were hungry, even though our team’s surname was ‘Hunger’. So it was so, ‘At least we made it [to the meeting],

“Obviously, we are all on the same page. We all wore shirts. Like, we are all integrated. And I think if anything, I was just more discouraged because I thought it was away from the moment that we were trying to do.”

Bird addressed the fact that people sometimes take the comments of the players – even when they intend to sarcastically and joke – and spin their own narratives about them on social media. Plum said that when this happens, it is also difficult to answer it.

“And if you do, you look defensive,” the plum said. “So you just have to let it go.”