The Real Reason Why Caitlin Clark Was Left Off Team USA
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- Опубликовано: 29 июн 2024
- 0:00 - Intro
0:11 - Caitlin Clark Reaction To Team USA
1:04 - Why She Didn't Make It
4:01 - Barstool Owner Reaction
6:02 - WNBA Trying To Sabtoge Their League
6:27 - Inside Scoop
7:55 - Final Thoughts
Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark took being snubbed from the U.S. Olympic national women’s basketball team roster in stride on Sunday. She spoke to reporters at practice and made her first remarks about not being on the 2024 team. She said being left off the roster just adds to the motivation to compete to make it in 2028. "I’m excited for the girls who are on the team. I know it’s the most competitive team in the world and I know it could’ve gone either way - me being on the team, me not being on the team," she said, via The Athletic. "So, I’m excited for them. I’m going to be rooting them on to win gold. I was a kid that grew up watching the Olympics. So, yeah, it’ll be fun to watch them. No disappointment. I think it just gives you something to work for. That’s a dream. Hopefully, one day I can be there. I think it’s just a little more motivation. You remember that. And hopefully in four years, when four years comes back around, I can be there." Clark said she was looking forward to taking a little break to get her body ready for the stretch run of the WNBA season. Clark was the No. 1 pick of the WNBA Draft in April after leading Iowa to back-to-back national championship games and setting the mark for all-time scoring in college basketball. She was unable to attend national training camp in Cleveland after she was invited because Iowa was in the Final Four. 
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Nothing holds women back more than women over petty jealousy.
@afrogaz71 well said
Yes. Pettry people like yourself hold women back.
Truth
@@dg1019 .. except there is no jealousy. Just media hype to get loser men to watch the WNBA.
@@JohnCarterRocks like the loser who like his own comment deyyyymmm
Women's Basketball: We deserve more attention and money, but don't bring Caitlin along. She has too many fans.
Total BS!! Hope nobody watches their games and I hope NBC Sports losses their ass!!
What a positive response about USA team CC you are a Class Act!
💯💯
And she's corny and overrated period🤔
@@evonza4858 said the same thing about larry bird..... till magic put them right
Her response was nothing but pure class!!! What a role model she shld be for young girls esp basketball fans!!!
So to prove thatvtheyvare not just a bunch of overpaid privileged lesbians free loading on the NBA, they double down on petty.
Stay HUMBLE Caitlin.... Your time will come and you will crush it ....
nobody is watching that shit without Clark
NOBODY!
“No casual basketball fan who just started watching basketball 4 months ago is watching that shit without Caitlyn”. (There I fixed it for you)
Really? It's still women's basketball and conservatives are the biggest snowflakes.
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I will watch specifically because of Angel Reese. Nobody cares if Caitlin is not at the Olympics except her trailer tr@sh fans.
Caitlin is cool. She's better off not being stuck with these clowns in France.
She's white, enough said.
I completely agree. They would treat her terribly !
Yeah but with her along they would get first class plane,media,hotels, it would be once in a lifetime rockstar treatment.
TAKINGAKNEE..ABM..GOAV
That's what I'm saying. It ain't worth it.
People that are not good enough make that excuse a lot.
Caitlin is so gracious, she’s letting these fools off the hook for their indefensibly bad decision. What a great young lady she is!
Caitlin is a class act. The other WNBA players should take note.
This will make Caitlin even more popular. It's like the NBA keeping Steph Curry off the Olympic team
The Olympic team could not stand having a rookie draw all that attention. Caitlin could have given such a boost to women's basketball on the world stage. The attention and resulting benefits to women's basketball would have been enormous. But...jealousy knows no bounds. In just a few short weeks, she has been able to fill up arenas, gotten charter flights for the teams for the first time, and had the sports world and the press constantly talking about women's basketball. But we can't have that from a pretty, straight, white, woman. The WNBA needs to get their stuff together. She can finally bring attention to the women's game. Who knows, player salaries might also increase.
The charter flights were already in progress before she got into the league.
Is the WNBA part of the Olympics? And by the way, the players salaries WILL go up.
I won’t be watching! They can sink in their nasty jealousy
You forgot intelligent and doesn’t speak in an unintelligible ghettos dialect.
The international olympic committee should ban Britany Griner for her drug smuggling conviction in 2022....
@@kelsyham Get over it.....not legally prescribed in Russia...
We should stop referring to Griner as her. All drugs are illegal in Russia, griner knows that and did it anyway. Guess what, these are the consequences.
@@kelsyhamYou're as ignorant as all democraps.
@@kelsyham taking drugs across borders? You aren't very bright are you.
@@kelsyham nobody hates her - they are just stating facts about her bad behaviour that embarrassed the league and the country. Then she said she was just arrested because she is black which is just not true. She tried to play the race card embarrassingly and in a toxic fashion the same way you are now. In fact she got preferable treatment as others continue to rot in jail. The irony is that her fake racism is damaging, your fake racist cries here are also unhelpful, and the only person receiving toxic racist treatment right now is Clark.
I keep hearing these WNBA analysts saying she is not as good as these 12 women on the roster. So explain to me how she is top 5 in the league so far in Assists per game. She is 16th in the league in scoring, one spot behind the 41 year old, who they say is a legend. There is one girl on the team who has not played a single game this year and has not played for months with no timetable for her return. I guess she is just magically going to get healthy and back in shape to perform at the highest level in less than a month???
More than her amazing basketball prowess is her exemplary, humble attitude. She is unflappable!
Caitlin Clark: "Hi! Want some free money and legions of new young fans?"
WNBA: "Naw, we're good."
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight.... The WNBA is good losing revenues since its inception 27 years ago.
Nah we got the nba who will subsidize us and we can keep making 70,000$ a year instead.
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“Nah, we’ll keep taking donations from NBA players to make a living wage.”
Bingo 💯🎯
It's all about JEALOUSY!
Yeah…we don’t want the Straight White girl with a crap ton of fans
Sorry to add this, but it's also racism, and envy....
Diana Turasi still has a chance to become one of the great TEAM players in womens basketball history. She could and should very honestly and humbly come out and say "I am giving up my spot on the team to Caitlin Clark because I am 41 years old and the game has an opportunity to bring in a fresh , young and very talented player. I have nothing to prove any more and am excited about the future of this womens' sport," Now that would be a class act by Diana. Pray to God that she has a change of heart.
Respect for you Caitin, you've done more for the game than other players and you know it, thanks for being classy as you're asked about the decision to sideline you in favor of lesser players
This girl has the best media training I've ever seen. her answers are always gold!!! Love it
It's easy for fake people
She has been like that since high school. It’s her personality no training.
@@nadedjadannevik6272Wtf are you talking about?
@@nadedjadannevik6272you seem to be the fake person.
@@xltek1 On the contrary.
WE ALL KNOW.. when they say Clark is too "popular" they were just scared to say "too _talented_ and too popular". CC is pure class.
As talented as she is, she is not as good or experienced as the point guards playing ahead of her but I am sure she will be there in 4 years time.
I wonder if Caitlin can play for another country? The NBA players did it. Just for the Olympics. IMO.
@gabesanchez2613 given she is well raised, I am sure her parents will guide her accordingly 😉 and let her know her time will come once she has done her time in the WNBA. Hopefully, her fans are not fair weather and will continue to show this level of energy for the next four years at least.
@@TonyCyprus She has better stats this season than Taurasi
@@adamant5550 women's Olympic squad selection is not just based on this season but it's a 3 years cycle of attending training camps and playing at the World Cup. CC was not able to attend any of the camps due to collegue fixture clashes. Does not make sense to add her over players that are better, more experienced and have put in the work in at the training camps.
No, if Gray or anyone else is not fit to play, it would make sense to replace them with Arike Ogunbowale ahead of Caitlin Clark, if we are just going by on court ability and form.
Best compilation of the definition of biting your nose off to spite your face. Thanks for the pod.
I love your videos.. you are saying what most of us are thinking. Thank you for posting these. I just the WBNA would listen. The WBNA unfortunately end up back where they were before. As a former college basketball player myself it truly makes me sad for women’s sports.
Clark is pure class... This will just fuel her fire....
Go back and see what the ex players on CC team in highschool and College had to say about her, you will be mad to find out, she is not so classy after all.
@@judgejurylw1026That just isn’t true. Someone lied to you.
@@billtharp3374 Well, it was in the news, the girls were interviewed, i didn't make it up, you guys are so convinced CC is an angel, when her own college coach said she had to give her time outs, we are talking about people that was around her just about everyday for 3 to 4 years, don't be naive, its like when a story come out about a well known movie star, was mean and hard to work with, people hated to be around them, and people don't want to believe it, because they see them giving the prepared interviews and smiling on tv, but are a wolf in sheep clothing, and really , i am not all surprised about it, by the way she acts on court with the refs, and jawing constantly to other players.
@@billtharp3374you cannot argue with someone who is brainwashed. They’re just jealous that the black girls cannot bring the success and money that Caitlin has brought! Their ghetto!
@@judgejurylw1026why you making 💩 up, jealousy will get you no where!
She handled this interview with pure class
Decisions in this country are based on not offending people, for whatever reason, not for actually what is best and makes sense. We are losing our competitive edge on so many levels because of this. I partly blame social media for giving absolutely everyone a platform to criticize and try to rally others to cancel anyone. Where is the outrage of women? Why aren't other women in the sport speaking out? Interestingly, it seems to be predominantly men defending Caitlyn.
She’s pure class. Glad she is taking a break. No one including the media watches women’s Olympic basketball anyway. It’s never shown during regular hours and on a watchable channel. Who wants to watch America Hating Griner?
There are three reasons Caitlin was left off Team USA. She's not black, she's not a lesbian, and she's not transgender. Had she been any of those, with her stats, she would have been included on Team USA.
True dat.
Exactly
No...
You forgot she hasn’t been in jail.
Meh. Prove it. And yes, I agree she should be on the team. 2 players have played basically ZERO games for many months, yet they are on the team. THAT is what is EFFED up.
This will be the only second time that I want an US Olympic team to FAIL.
Womens soccer was the other one.
Absolutely.
Lol politics over country.
How did women's soccer hurt you?
@@itismemoe I think kneeling during the National Anthem pretty solidly shows politics over country.
@@UnconventionalReasoningThey were openly anti-American but getting paid by taxpayers
Jealousy keeps everyone in the gutter…
The most important here is the growth of Women's Basketball GLOBALLY and because of jealousy they put it on hold for the next 4 years. Imagine the Risk they took just to feed their jealousy and for some players who's stint on the national team is way over due and it just greediness. Control what you can and make most out of it, don't take risk but grab it and make it work. A bright shining light is not always gone be around and when it here do the best to ride its momentum, it may work or break but taking the chance given and immediately riding on it is the only right way to execute it.
I dont watch women's basketball unless Clark is playing.
I don't watch unless Angel and A'ja are playing!!
@@Pucci_D You are in the minority. That's ok.
@@Pucci_D they play like a girl
@@Pucci_D same
@@Pucci_DI know Angel because of CC but I have no clue who the other one is 😂😂😂
This was a big mistake.
I was at the game in DC last night, I paid $200.00 to see a winless team play a 2 win team in the regular season game, and I along with over 20,000 others watched her and her magnetism is what was advertised. All these little girls there from DC but with her Caitlin Clark jersey, she had a great game with 30 points and lots of assists and rebounds, but it went beyond the game.
After she signed some autographs, but many people did not even leave until she left, a solo player and then there was applause as she left. People just don't get it esp. women’s basketball leaving her off that roster just cost the USA million of viewers.
I won't be watching that team this summer. I'm more of a track fan, esp. long-distance running, but I was definitely going to watch BBall. This is opposite the Isiah Thomas debacle when he was left off. No one cared because of his poor sportsmanship in that Bulls defeat, and everyone wanted to see Jordan and the rest of the dream team. Thomas did have the resume to be on that team of course, but no cared at the time.
Is Caitlin Clark as a rookie one of the best 12 players, maybe, but Caitlin does have international experience and by the Olympics she will have grown as a player, she is making great strides every game.
She is a competitor and people around the world want to see her. But unlike the Dream Team with Isiah Thomas being left off, this will cost the USA not in victory since they have been dominant, but it will cost in other intangible ways like viewership which turns into dollars and popularity and growth.
But also remember the Dream Team had Christian Laettner, so this team could have had Caitlin Clarke. I don't know how much I was bought into the hype before last night. But OMG, to experience it firsthand, she made me feel like a teenage girl groupie at a rock concert.
It's hard to explain, but she is "That Girl", and I am not a person easily impressed by other humans regardless of their status.
For this game last Friday, the Washington Mystics usually draw about 5,000 people per game and they usually play at a smaller arena, last night over 20,000 people came and many from the DC area but cheering for her.
Consider yourself lucky, tickets for the fever game here in Phoenix against the mercury are two times as much unless you sit in the nosebleeds. She grew up 20 miles from where I did, she is very representative of most Iowa people.
My wife and I were there! So much fun!
Why they being playing before her and winning.
No reason to watch without her
This attitude that CC fans have that there are no women worth watching unless it’s Caitlin is part of the frustration. Caitlin honestly hasn’t established herself as a top player yet. She’s a top draw, sure. But not a top player. She likely will be eventually. Y’all’s impatience and lack of bball knowledge is exhausting.
Humble. She is just as good of an ambassador as human as she is a basketball player.
Once again, she showed class, such maturity. Even more respect 🫡
The average women of the WNBA are jealous of Caitlin Clark’s talent and ability to draw a crowd. Caitlin Clark is the future of the WNBA.
Caitlin Clark is the Jeremy Lin of the Wnba.
She looks manly. Nobody is jealous of that.
They say CC is not skilled enough, then griner made it to the team??? Like, what skill are they looking at???
Toking skill?
Jail time skill?
Can we trade her back to Russia?
Lower Deck Skills
Lower Decks Skillz!
Jackie Robinson endured racism but brought millions of fans to the game......Tiger Woods endured racism but brought millions of fans to the game....Caitlin Clark....you are in Good Company....
Portarobbie- Stop it…man Tiger Woods been white, wasn’t anyone racist against him, he denied being black and everything about him screams white man
Loved that video Sam. Saw you for the first time today and your thoughts on Caitlin were right on. Maybe they wake up before the Olympics start?
She was so classy in her response.
She's the only one with class in the whole competition
The smart move would be to have Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese on the team and even more people would watch to see them play on the same team. This would also give Angel a chance to win back some fans who don’t want to see her attacking CC.
Classy young woman! Every single man reporting on this sounds like you. Honest, forward, unemotional, business-minded, with professional understanding. The women reporting on this are emotional...period!!
This will haunt women's basketball. Petty crap like this will drive fans away.
For sure. I’m out.
Jdm279- you started watching basketball in March 2024 when u heard of CC and now you’re gone in June 2024, quintessential CC fan = casual
@@EricD-pj4wp And that's the point that's trying to be made here. CC is bringing in casuals which is a good thing!
@@EricD-pj4wpAnd, she is bring in FAN’s something the WNBA has never had…your problem with the situation is She “White”!
THIS casual fan has been watching Basketball Men's and Women's for over 50 years have only seen a handful of Generational players Caitlin Clark is one Period there is nothing fake about her She gets better with every passing game her haters will hate Try to run her off I believe Caitlin has other ideas saying I am not going anywhere I am here to bring Indiana a Wnba Championship or several to the Fever Fan base then break every scoring ,assist,and rebound record there is to break and bring home a Gold medal in 2028
She's just classy like that. That's why I'm a fan.
I don't like or watch basketball (nearly a capitol crime here in Indiana), and I certainly don't watch the WNBA, but even I have to express my admiration of Ms Clark. Not for her basketball prowess, but for the way that she carries herself, and the class that she displays despite the way she is treated.
NBC Sports will know how Anheuser Busch feels when they get the Bud Lite treatment this summer. Clay Travis polled 8,408 basketball fans on this issue, 91.9% of the response stated that the US Olympic Team made a grave mistake and may not watch any of the Olympic coverage. Nice business move ladies.
My family won't be watching. Eight married adult children. The win this year will be pyrrhic.
I will watch most of the Olympics, but probably not Women's Basketball. The excessive bashing and scrutiny of this rookie before the season even started was beyond ugly. Taking their frustrations out on a 22-year-old is just not cool.
DT went to the Olympics as a rookie, and she was not in the top 25 of NCAA scoring leaders for women.
Most fans would have been happy with a few deep CC three-pointers in Paris. It's called developing your young players. Hello....
I think it's more about the money than it is the race but it's still ugly. 🤨
My grandfather always said, "don't bite the hand that feeds you". They should have listened to my grandfather.
@@billfrohberg3206 Hear,Here.
He polled the johnny come lately fans who only watch Indiana Fever games.
She's also a class act in interviews, articulate and friendly. And now there are those attacking her for the mere fact that she doesn't address the racism portion of her popularity! Crazy shit in women's basketball. They have a Tiger Woods opportunity and they are too jealous and envious to see it, it's so unbelievable.
148 games and never heard of her ever... legacy cemented for sure
Taurasi is the new Rapinoe.
Nobody watches because of her lol
Exactly
Well, Rapinoe, as anoying as she was! She wasn't racist or Heterophobic! But she was insufferable
Would love to see Larry Bird coach the Fever. What a class duo, Caitlin and Larry. What a mentor for Caitlin . . .
That would be actually awesome. Bird was a great coach for the Pacers. He has a rule, he'll only coach a team for 3 years then he is out. If he could do it now I think it'd be great development for Clark and be good for the teams culture going forward.
That would be fun!
Thanks!
Truth Hurts! Liked & Subscribed!
Diana Taurasi has assured her legacy will be mocked in the coming years. She will be viewed as one of the people that held new era of basketball back by 4 years. its criminal not having the world be able to watch the current most famous person In all of basketball.
Possibly in all of professional sports by years end
Taurasi and Griner should be replaced with Reese and Clark. Reese is a rebound machine and she scores more than Griner also. Caitlin is a great passer and her assist stats prove it over Taurasi. Oh, I think she scores more than Taurasi now too. Because of this, I'm not watching any games. What do Taurasi and Griner have in common over Reese and Clark? They are both GAY!
I will be boycotting the Olympics
Why would all the men on the women's team want the future of the WNBA on the Olympic team? The coach is an apologist and a disaster. There was no possible way that Clark had any chance of being on that team.
These manly chicks act like it's CC's fault that she has so many fans and they are right it's all her fault for the way she plays the game the way she treats her fans and handles the media and just the fact she's exciting to watch helps too
Wow, CC really does everything well. She even takes being discriminated against with a smile and the right attitude. She can't change what the haters think, so she just pushes past the hate.
Simply the real deal.
@andy AMEN!!
Clark has proven that she turns the ball over the best in the WNBA.
She will fade into WNBA obscurity next season.
@@JohnCarterRocks I disagree about her fading, but she has got to do a better job of protecting the ball. That is her biggest weakness.
@@survivrs .. Clark is an avg player now that WNBA referees don't call her flopping.
The media bubble over the WNBA will burst and they will move on to something else.
We live in a viral world in 2024. Something viral today is never heard from again tomorrow.
@JohnCarterRocks
she's only a rookie and still learning her game, so yeah, she will turn the ball over sometimes, but to call her an average player is ridiculous. She is already settling new records for a rookie , and the audience loves her and comes to her games.
What's funny is that CC is not an up and coming star - she is a star with great potential for growth and super stardom. Love your reporting! You are fair and look at situations from several angles. Well done.
The funniest thing about this whole thing is that the NBA will continue to subsidize the WNBA. I wish the NBA would say, "Well, if you are not going to promote your stars of the women's league, then we will no longer subsidize it!"
CC got this first time viewer to watch women’s hoops.
This Olympic decision has taken this newbie viewer to now Boycott WNBA!
Genius move Olympic coach committee
Boycott women’s basketball at the Olympics show them how sickening this is getting
I think karma will catch up w/them if its all just petty/racial bullshI*t. If the WNBA wants to grow they need to stop being such Alpha Butch off the court and act like diversity supporting modern women. STOP LIVING IN THE PAST. We know damn well if she were a POC they wouldn't be doing this. And I am a life long dancer/athlete POC. Look in the mirror women - you can't stop progress if it doesn't evolve only one way to make you happy.
Your Trump Univ. degree FAILED you again.
Clark was left off the team because she wasn't good enough.
@@JohnCarterRocks has nothing to do with her being a white heterosexual I’m sure
@@1dilligaf ... You're not bright so no one is surprised that you have no clue.
Clark does chicks too.
@@JohnCarterRocks yeah you would know that because I’m sure you’re there watching
good video
I had no interest in women's basketball until Caitlin came around, and it has opened my eyes as to how talented these women are. If she was talented enough to make the Olympic team, then shame on them. Look at the men's Olympic team over the years. Sam, well done..
Fans should wear their 22 CC shirts to the olimpics (wo can go) and show up in front of the USA team, cheering for the player that should have been there
No. They just shouldn't go.
That's not a problem
amen, the world already hates us, but let's just show another example how insane it is here, a white girl is the most popular basketball player in a 96% black basketball nation. i hate zionism, and the sheep who've succumed to this evil
No Clark No watch
Now I love that.Great idea.
Spot on. These five women who made this decision owe it to the country to explain their thinking. Caitlin's numbers are better than most every woman selected - in points, 3-point shots AND Assists! Griner made it after being arrested for pot smoking in Russia and being out all season. She just played her first game 2 nights ago!... These women just hate Caitlin - and American fans! It's sickening.
Who are the 5 women who made the decision? Do we know? Usually the powers that be choose $$$ over all else, so I'm curious who made the decision.
Also, Griner was detained at customs when they found a cannabis cartridge in her luggage. She had a prescription for it in Arizona for pain relief for her injuries.
CC remains a class act and speaks truth despite the negative vibe her fans are creating such as this opinionated channel...
This is crazy. How can they not have Caitlin Clark on the team?
Never mind Taurasi , Chelsea Gray has not played since last season’s finals and she is in the squad
Yeah having Grey being selected is a complete joke for someone who has not played a game this year. It doesn’t even matter if she is healthy in a month, she hasn’t competed and who knows what to expect and how many games it will take to get her game back.
Allegedly she can’t play because is hurt- name her and give her a jersey - let her sit on the bench- but give someone else the spot.
I mean, this is who we want to represent the USA? Bob Griner, who gets arrested for smuggling drugs into Russia, ends up in jail for a year until our president trades the world’s worst illegal arms dealer to set her free. And then she has such a strong fan, that nobody even shows up for her first game. Or any game after that
It's all about politics
Biden s self inflicted wound.
lol but it’s not fair
@@tinosmo1 Waaaah! Waaaah!
@@UnconventionalReasoningmuff diver?
And people thought the average American sports fan hated the US women's soccer team. The U.S. women's basketball team is going to get the same treatment. It's probably going to be worse.
Thanks
CC is class!
More class than everyone in the WNBA combined.
Wow! I cant believe they actually admitted that CC has MILLIONS of fans! LMMFAO! I bet that really hurt for them to have to admit that!
I saw a CC's hater somewhere who said CC has the softest fan base whining too much. Somebody replied to that comment: 'At least she has a fan base.'.
The Olympics isn’t a popularity contest. She’s just not good enough.
Good enough to have millions of fans Vs the wnba which has dozens of fans.
Smaht, real smaht. 🤣🤣💨
@@sharonguyton9119The old Hag Taurus the Bull and Bubba Griner, Mr. I Hate America and got to come back to the U.S so that a Stone Cold Arms dealer could be set free so that Bubba could come and warm the bench and be picked for the Olypic Team .Must be his "wife is a man too cause no lesbianism would want that scum to touch them.
C Clark should just pack it up and go play for another country were she's appreciated and watch her school team USA dinosaurs.hell with the Olympic committee no brains props to Clark's fans!!!
Concerns over limited playtime vs concerns over her not being involved at all?!?!?!? I'm not even a sports guy and that has to be the dumbest shit I've ever heard. I've never watched regular-ass basketball, but I've been legit watching Caitlyn's games. I'm happy for the ladies and I support Caitlyn.
Excellent analysis.
I'd rather watch paint dry! Grass grow, dirt moved around. Then watch an Olympic team without CC. YES, YES, that is actually true. Before CC, no one watched and if CC is not there, well. Empty stadiums.
Its like if Bird were excluded from the Dream Team, viewership would have plummeted.
Team USA women’s b ball will be fine. They will have the same viewership this year they have always had. You know, none.
Delusional you are not watching anymore!!!!
Best answer EVER! 😂😂😂😂😂
😂
You hit the nail on the head
So well said! Respect
It is like leaving Michael Jordon out because he is too popular. They don't even make the effort to hide their hate behind a credible reason.
What class! Great attitude Caitlin. This is why we follow your games. Such a great and refreshing change for the WNBA!
Humble, modest and classy.
Something the modern day, black American woman is not
CLASS! Cant keep a good girl down! Go CC!
Dave Portnoy speaks facts! Playing for team USA is an honor to be representing our country but they put Brittany Griner on the team who has only played one game this year and she kneels for the national anthem get her out of there! Anybody that kneels for the national anthem should not be allowed to play for team USA men's or women's sports PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I guarantee Taurasi and a few of the other players are behind this, they aren’t scared of what CCs fans will do if Clark gets minimal minutes, their scared of what fans will do when she outplays the vets in those minimal minutes. Taurasi’s a fossil and a she of her former self, and there are 2 or 3 players who’ve been injured or are currently injured on the roster. I’m betting by the time the Olympics come around they’ll be begging Clark to join as an injury replacement. I hope she says no, I’d honestly as a fan rather see her take a break and use the time to further bond with teammates on the Fever.
Why wouldn't they?! They want to win!
@homerj806 let me check, Homer, but I think it's the Olympics, and they get gold medals for winning. I'll be rt back....
100%
I guarantee you know nothing about the selection process. The players have no input on who is going to be selected to the team. A woman named Cheryl Reeve is the head coach made all decisions on who was on the team.
@@homerj806 You must go to school on the little school bus😂😂😂
Very brave and honourable young lady in the face of that bullying,racism and adversity
The pressure on the U.S. women's Olympic basketball team is going to be intense during the Olympics. Even a single loss will be magnified. Lose the gold medal, and we get a never ending stream of negative comments. Sports politics at its extreme.
The U.S. has a history of including the No. 1 WNBA pick in an Olympic year on the team: that happened for Phoenix's Diana Taurasi in 2004, for Los Angeles' Candace Parker in 2008 and Breanna Stewart (who was then with Seattle and now with New York) in 2016.
Except when it’s a white straight girl…
I won't be watching the women's olympic out of the way they treated caitlin. 😡
Who cares! Millions of others will..!!
@Pucci_D I care. WITH Gains being an idiot for taking pot with her into a another country, she was whining that they singled her out while she didn't have drugs in her bag. Maybe they wouldn't have had not singled her out.
@@Pucci_D No. There has never been interest in woman's basketball. But we can make believe.
@@Pucci_Ddoubt that. Where have all the fans been past 28 years. They have tough time filling half of the seats
@@Pucci_D And millions who otherwise would have, won't. And all your sniveling smugness won't bring them back.
Sam, you are spot on! This is a very big swing and miss for the USA women's basketball. They are losing a lot of money for this stupid move. Honestly, I think there are a couple of old heads on the team that are against her being on the team. *cough cough* *Taurasi* cough cough* Griner who is the most un-American player in the WNBA is on the roster! Really?!
I hope the Olympic team does well. But if it doesn't, then we can wonder if it had anything to do with not putting CC on the roster. Let's wait and see.
They don’t want her because she’s gonna steal the show. That’s how good she is over everybody else.
I think the rant by Dave Portnoy was the best response. I think the WNBA and Women’s basketball is just in dire need of some wise business leadership that can take them to the next level. CC is kind of like MJ. Everyone knows she is special and to make her stay home instead of showcasing her on the world stage is insanity. As someone said there is someone that is either super petty or horribly incompetent.
You can thank the coach of the Team Cheryl Reeve. She said a lot of bad things before about Caitlin's presence. Now she is getting even more petty. WOW what a Genius.:)🙄.
I dont know about others, but this the first time Ive ever watched the WNBA. Im watching Clark, rubbing my eyes, not believing how good she really is. If she isnt on the Olympic team, there is no reason for me to tune in. Im lining up some books to read during the Olympics. Didn't order any extra popcorn & stuff for Margaritas either. Take from a non sports person. She is the only reason I tune in to *any* sport.
Caitlin says and does all the right things!! The WNBA needs a lot more players like her!!
They wanted a black woman to be in Caitlin's shoes. If CC was black none of of this would be going on.
Exactly 💯
Try just being a woman in a man's body 😮
Do you know a white woman named Cheryl Reeve who is the head coach made all the decisions on who would be on the team?
@@number2055oh, one of the self hating apologists? Pretty sad and disingenuous when you folk don't call out racism in your community. Making enemies of allies one stupid, cowardly decision at a time
"They" who? How did you come to that conclusion? Or is that just your racism seeping through?
Pretty damn sad dealing with all these immature; jealous, vindictive underrated basketball players not wanting the best female basketball player; highest scoring player to represent her country on USA Basketball team!!!😡😡😡😡👎👎👎😡😡they should be ashamed of th3mselves
You and LL are so right. I never heard you are too popular. Brazy. CC is doin Drake numbers.
Talented and classy! Bad decision by Team USA for leaving her out!
Great vid
Olympic team selectors: "we dont want to put her on the team cause her fans will get upset about her limited minutes"
Fans of CC & WNBA: "so you think we'd be more upset at limited minutes which is more than no minutes...." Make that make sense
What really doesn't make sense is why are all you Caitlin Clark fans upset she is not on the Olympic team when she isn't?
Women need to take courses in logic. Maybe it will help them realise how ridiculous their justifications sound.
There is no argument for diana Tarausi. if you look at her stats for this year, she’s averaging less points assist rebounds and her actual turnover to assist ratio is worse than Caitlin Clarks. They also have on the roster, Bob Griner, who up until last night had not played a single game all year due to an injury and you also have something gray who has not played one game yet this year because she had a knee surgery. So two other players that have only played one game so far.
Diana leads the league in 3 pont % and you want to replace 6ft with a center? 👍🏿
@@chrischance1063 wow you found ONE stat Diana is ahead of Clark. Do you not think people can read ?? D. T. Is shooting 34% from 3 and a ROOKIE who is double teamed and many times face guarded 94 feet down the court is shooting 32.7%. A whopping 1.3% better. That is like two more makes. Hmmm. The real telling stat is that Tarausi is averaging 1.6 assist per game and Clark is averaging 6.3 assists. Ummmm is a guard main job to distribute the ball???? Clark also has more steals per game more rebounds per game and surprisingly her turnover to assist ratio is much better.
Grandma Taurasi fits the DEI requirements though not the playing req.
just like Bob Griner (the smuggler) and C. Grey. Grey hasn’t played a game this season. Hmmmmm. Bob G has played in only one this season. Hmmmmm. It’s a joke for the carpet munching team and their coach.
Sad thing is it will be just like the WNBA of the past 25 years in that Nobody will watch.
@chad85100 that was alot. . DT is way more off ball than CC so CC should avg more ast. She's being blitzed, not double teamed, and she's being blitzed bc she has a history of being loose with the ball, she avg 5 turnovers a game in college, teams saw that so they pressure her. .. she's just missing shots, she's not being doubled when she's missing wide open 3s. No. She's 22, if you believe she's the GOAT she is, then she'll be more than ready for 2028 here in LA. You would think ppl would want her to finally get some rest. She looks beat, tired as she should be.. she's had great run the last 2 years.
Dt is 42 16, 4.5, 1
CC is 22 16, 5 ,6
They're both horrible on defense
@@chrischance1063 I knew the “off the ball” / leader garbage would be used because that’s a cop out. Numbers don’t lie if you want better player. Is Clark overhyped?? Hell yeah but she is better than DT and Gray has not played a SINGLE game for what ? A year? Yeah those two picks make sense. Gray HAD great numbers but has NOT PLAYED in forever. She is just going to play a week or two and be right back to old 100%.
@chad85100 i believe clark, Skylar Diggins or arike ogunbowale should get a look if Gray can't go... teams like these thrive off defense as well, I don't believe clark plays good defense, yet
It seems they don’t realize there is a time limit on this. CC is great but her star is not always going to burn so bright. If the WNBA keeps going out of their way to suppress her then eventually the momentum will be lost. I give it a year, maybe 2 and CC will also be playing to normal WNBA attendance numbers. The people have very short attention spans.
Clark owns this league now. Imagine where she will be in a few years. Championships coming for her because she has the talent and is tenacious.