LOS ANGELES – After a dazzling college career that smashed records on and off the basketball court, Caitlin Clark’s legacy as a trailblazing icon for women’s sport is already secure.

Now, as the 22-year-old prepares to be chosen with the No.1 pick in next week’s WNBA (Women’s National Basketball Association) draft, experts are predicting that she may well have the same kind of transformative effect on women’s professional basketball.