“It’s the most competitive team in the world,” Clark said this weekend after her exclusion became public. “You look at that roster, a lot of players I’ve already had the opportunity to play in this league that are just so good … The 12 they have selected are really great players, so they’re in pretty good hands.”

Maybe she was just being gracious, but she was also spot-on. ...

Clark is going to be great. But as the phenom’s brick-and-turnover-filled first month playing against the world’s best in the WNBA has demonstrated, she’s just not quite there yet. There’s little shame in being the 14th most eligible player in the country.