Los Angeles Sparks star Kelsey Plum made waves after last month's WNBA All-Star Game when she fired a jab at Team Clark amid the league's collective bargaining negotiations. With those comments and the widespread reaction in the rearview,

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.

Kelsey Plum backtracked on her comments about Team Clark's absence during the players' meeting on All-Star weekend by claiming it was a joke that went bad.