Caitlin Clark’s fanbase is bringing out the receipts to shut down a discourse about “fake assists” the rookie is getting credited for.

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) points to the other side of the court Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, during the game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. / Grace Hollars/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK

During the second quarter of the Indiana Fever’s game against the Las Vegas Aces on Friday, rookie sensation Caitlin Clark broke the WNBA record for the most assists in a single season, with 317.

This is a remarkable achievement from somebody who hasn’t even been in professional basketball for six months, and who people think of first and foremost as a sharpshooter.

Yet, there are always going to be those detractors who try to poke holes in another person’s greatness.

On Sunday, social media lit up about allegations of “fake assists” from Clark that were being counted. What people mean by this is that they felt that Clark’s assist in the above video shouldn’t be considered an assist because it was an inbound and the player she passed it to took too many dribbles before shooting.

As this discourse attracted more attention, members of Clark’s loyal fanbase brought the receipts to prove that Clark deserved an assist on that play.

X user @Ramsfordmaster included a series of videos showing some of LeBron James and Alyssa Thomas’ assists and wrote, “The first video is a Lebron James NBA credited assist. The last three are Alyssa Thomas’ assists during her record breaking season. The assist crediting method has been consistent for decades.

“Y’all always look foolish tryna discredit Caitlin Clark.”

That same user then reposted an NBA explanation of an assist, which wrote, “An assist is credited to the player tossing the last pass leading directly to a made field goal, but only if the player scoring the goal demonstrates an immediate reaction toward the basket after receiving the pass. Note also that an inbound pass can be credited as an assist if it leads directly to a field goal. By rule, no more than one assist can be credited for each field goal.”

Given that explanation, Clark’s assist clearly is within the rules.

In fact, Clark even had an assist omitted during Friday’s game that it seems like she should have been credited for.

It seems that Caitlin Clark haters will need to find something else to gripe about.

Indiana Fever Player Silences Caitlin Clark Critics

One player on the Indiana Fever got honest about the positive impact Caitlin Clark has had this season.

Those who like to criticize Indiana Fever rookie sensation Caitlin Clark are struggling to find aspects of her game to gripe about.

One person who has been notoriously terse toward Clark is women’s basketball icon Sheryl Swoopes. Among what she has said regarding the rookie is that Indiana would still be a playoff team without her in a July episode of her “Queens of the Court” podcast with Jordan Robinson.

The Fever are slated to make their first playoff appearance since 2016 and have already won more games this season than they have in the past two seasons combined.

In fact, even Fever veteran guard Erica Wheeler refuted Swoopes’ claim and admitted that Indiana would not be in this playoff position without the former Iowa Hawkeye.

On September 14, X user @CClarkReport posted, “Would the Fever be in the playoffs without Caitlin Clark?”

Wheeler replied by saying, “No! But we here! Stay tuned in!”

Her response already has nearly 500,000 views and over 10,000 likes in the 12 hours since it was posted. In her post’s comments, Clark fans are thankful that someone on the team is willing to acknowledge the massive positive impact that Clark has brought on the court.

While Indiana still has two more games to play in the regular season, it appears that they will lock up the No. 6 seed and therefore face off against the No. 3 seeded Connecticut Sun in the first round. Connecticut won three out of their four games against Clark and the Fever this season, but Indiana won the most recent matchup and is a vastly improved team from earlier on in the year.