Sparks guard Kelsey Plum said Friday on Sue Bird's podcast that her remarks after the All-Star Game about members of Team Clark not being present for the "Pay Us What You Owe Us" T-shirt meeting were "a really bad joke" about the players being hungover.

Los Angeles Sparks star Kelsey Plum said she was joking when she took a verbal shot at Caitlin Clark and her team at the All-Star Game last month, comments that drew significant pushback. “I made a really bad joke,

Los Angeles Sparks star Kelsey Plum said it was a poor attempt at humor when she gave the impression that players from the All-Star team captained by Caitlin Clark were mentally checked out during an important meeting prior to the contest.