Whiny theatrics? This isn’t basketball. It isn’t even MMA. It’s “Just keep at it until we get a career ending injury, or worse.”

• A fingernail in the eye, with a mark on the lid and a black eye.

• A blow to the side of the head, with a ruptured eardrum and blood in the ear canal.

• A knee to the groin.

• A fist to the larynx.

• Countless falls not to a mat but to a hardwood floor.

Please note that her name is Caitlin Clark, not Caitlin Everlast. She is not a punching bag. But if she were, she would be patched with duct tape.