Let's be honest: being white, heterosexual, flashy and REALLY good makes Caitlin Clark the most marketable asset the WNBA has EVER had! I didn't know who A'ja Wilson WAS until Clark joined the league.
Caitlin has been a blessing for many of people especially in my life 😊I enjoy watching her game and how she conducts herself that’s how I want my daughter to have as a role model
Caitlin Clark is polarizing only to women, especially black women--both players past and present and media figures. Men, black and white, appreciate CC's game. For the women it's like "Mean Girls' WNBA style. Men clearly have our own issues, but this petty jealousy "Mean 'Girls' thing is not one of them.
I’m a mavericks fan and when Luka hit the nba and in the last few years you can’t shake a stick without someone hating on him in the street or in the media. Wemby gets laughed at and made fun of because he was way overhyped at his draft. But yeah, it’s these mean girls. Wipe your, chin grandpa, your take was pathetic 😂
I think the main reason why there is so much vitriol towards Caitlin is because of the media. Hopefully by next year it calms down as the beginning of the season this year was hard to watch.
Please explain to me what do you call how Freddy Adu was treated by the American MLS players? 🤔 Exactly, the same situation as Caitlin Clark if not worse. At least the WNBA players have a basis to complain because they are actually good. All the American MLS players are horrendous.
She is a freak in the sneaks and a lady on the streets……so entertaining on the court and a fantastic role model off of the court. With all the bs noise from jealous haters trying to diminish her skills and accomplishments, she outclasses them all with her silence on the bs…..she is fantastic and her family is awesome…period….
@@aprilnelly I couldn’t think of anything that rhymed with streets that had to do with basketball….how about this one…”Get Caitlin on the court, she’s trouble,,,.other night she messed around and got a triple double…freakin sistas in every way, like MJ….cant believe other night was a good day “….
Charles Barkley once said, every time he sees Bird or Magic, he thanks them for what they did and knows how everybody made huge amounts of money because of them. These WNBA women are going to look at Clark the same way someday (if they don’t do something stupid and end her career with an injury).
Caitlin is just being Caitlin. Loves to play basketball. It’s very sad that these vet players Caitlin admires have set a bad example for the little girls and boys who want to play basketball.
How great is it to hear Nancy Lieberman’s take on all things WNBA? She’s so knowledgeable and positive, always giving players and coaches their flowers. More of her, please!
The fact a straight white woman from Iowa who can play basketball exceptionally well is controversial or polarizing simply because she’s good is more of a reflection on our society than it is of Caitlin Clark.
See what franchises were worth before Clark came into the league, and see what they're worth now. Clark is changing the league in spite of their best efforts to resist.
@@JayJayAbels Aja didn't exactly take the worst team in the league to a playoff berth while at the same time selling out stadiums at both home and away games. Not to mention all the WNBA merchandise CC is selling out. Plus TV and internet views. Total picture it isn't even close.
@@Ab-iz9uv That season stat line doesn't sell me on that conclusion. CC has the most points contributed points/assts in the league. Overall picture I think the choice isn't clear on that.
The hard fouls and physicality wouldn't be as big a deal if the officials would call a foul a foul and a flagrant a flagrant, but for some reason they at least once couldn't make the call on the court, at least not in Caitlin's case.
@@Willard-l7t Exactly! Why do they have to review obvious flagrant fouls and then delay the game forever and excuse Flagrant 2 fouls? I guess they wanna cover their butts, and not be accused of discrimination. These Refs AND some coaches are so unprofessional. What’s with the baldy Ref refusing to let the Fever have that foul reviewed. For sure they would’ve been successful it was so obvious a wrong call.
@@fenderbassfan They are looking to see if they can get away with not calling them, that's why the Chennedy Carter one was not called a flagrant until the next day.
@fenderbassfan When Angel was 2 feet away from a block she smacked CC head as hard as she could. And CCarter is a maniac. Angel is petty. The ring thing in college. The face wave. Cheering when CC knocks CC down. Her personality is a clown
Actually, Clark, herself, is not at all polarizing. It is the friniges of the fans on all sides of any issue, egged on by the media, that makes thinkgs look polarized. Other than personal rivalry and/or jealousy that is traditional in professional sports, this is all media hype in order to sell air time.
The only ones hating on clark are the ones with big egos who never got the feed back that their egos craved. Their egos tell them that they were just as good, but not many people came to their games. Their egos tell them they deserved millions of dollars, but didn't come close.
They should play Elton John's "So goodbye Angel brick road. Where overrated basketball players foul. You can't stat pad your way to wins, you'll be at the bottom of the standings for awhile."
You and so many others have never watched women’s basketball before this season. A lot of the game is fixing mistakes under the rim and she’s getting her boards and scoring. She’ll also improve with her skillset
@@michaelchen1838 Your girl needs to get offline and get her ass in the gym. Her FG % is 38.6% while standing under the basket.🤯 That's insanely bad. It's atrocious. If she was actually able to make her shots, her rebounding percentage would plummet!
6:09 - "That's why the W is so appealing right now." No, it isn't the "W" that's so appealing, it is Caitlin Clark and the way she plays the game. Some former (and current) players are intensely jealous of that to the point of absurdity. (Yes, I'm looking at you, Swoopy Dupey.) Even though there are other excellent players in the WNBA, without CC the league would quickly revert to the sports backwater (and money losing drain on NBA finances) it has always been.
I don't think it will remain this popular for long - the quality of play is often pretty bad (missed layups, wild turnovers) and I think even worse is the quality of the officiating, which is awful. CC is the only real reason to watch.
The WNBA will lose money this year. That money losing is not going to end. It is a mediocre league that has one sparkle of interest. As soon as she gets hurt or decides to have a family the party is over.
I give Angel credit for elevating her game and making a name for herself...even though not always in a good way. She's a feisty competitor with no quit in her. However, when it comes to sheer skill and the impact on the WNBA, Clark is a generational talent who can do almost anything on the court; most notably, attract new viewers and make her teammates better. She is adapting to the pace and physicality of the WNBA insanely fast, making a losing franchise relevant, and already breaking records in less than one season. No one is saying the other players in the league don't matter. Of course they do. It's a unique collection of stars and personalities that Clark herself has praised numerous times, both past and present. Regardless, the reason people can't wait to watch Caitlin is because her style of play is riveting, you feel as if something incredible or historic could happen at any moment. She's a genuinely good person who is refreshingly honest, ignores the hate, and overcomes the pressure to deliver memorable performances and storylines. That's what icons like Jordan and Gretzky did....they transcended the game, cultures and stereotypes....a guard can't dominate the NBA, a weak pretty boy won't survive the ice. And because we don't know how long she'll play or be able to continue performing at an elite level, fans should simply appreciate what she brings to the table: excellence and excitement. She's not only making the WNBA far more lucrative for players, owners, networks and merchandisers, she's raising the level of play and expectations across the league because so many want to beat her, or be like her.
Angel Reese = because every Hero needs a Villain. And Chennedy Carter should have been ejected and suspended. If Carter were a white girl, flagrantly fouling a black girl, heads would roll.
When you add Caitlin’s integrity, team attitude, always takes the high road, hasn’t trash talked about anyone, she’s been fouled beyond measure like they are trying to hurt her permanently plus she’s fantastic in all areas of basketball. She goes to hospitals to see children & make dying cancer victims wish come true - she has so much depth these haters are just shallow bottom feeders. IMHO
This is a problem with WNBA and women’s sport in general. Analysts dance around topics and walk on eggshells afraid of controversy. They are afraid of hurting Aja Wilson feeling when saying that CC is an MVP candidate. You don’t see that in NBA, analysts don’t care if they hurt Joker or Giannis feeling and speak their opinions.
Jordan did change the economics for the NBA. Let’s not forget Magic and Bird. They played a roll. CC will do the same but she is not the Lone Ranger. BUT, man, she sure does play the game. I love watching her.
Geno is in the witness protection program....he will never admit he was wrong or apologize or put himself in a position to be held accountable. His ego is too big and he's too arrogant.
What an ass that guy turned out to be. Mad respect to the players that have come out of UConn AND also all together they're kind of like a mob that thinks it's more powerful than it is. Inflated attitude problem.
Don't hold your breath. Geno is missing in action. He was last seen leaving the building wearing a trench coat, thick black glasses, a plastic nose with mustache.
Dan Patrick should interview Caitlin about Geno and let her pontificate on how "disrespectful, unknowledgeable and stupid" Geno is. You can't make this stuff up. It will make a good movie some day.
If MVP means "most valuable player" then how can anyone compete with sold out arenas and unparalleled TV ratings. Caitlin is bringing in at least $50 million extra dollars to this league THIS YEAR ($40 million to Fever and $10 million to other teams). If you think that just points should determine the MVP then why have a highest points award? Including points, assists, etc in the total means that Caitlin is in second place and it it isn't even close. As far as how much Caitlin means to the Fever, Mitchell, Boston, Smith and Hull were on the team last year. They came 3rd last with the same coach as this year (no play offs for the last 8 years). Caitlin is the only major difference and she has got this team changed to a totally different way of playing basketball (it's called exciting basketball). Caitlin is the reason for the charter flights for away games ($25 million for this year). Caitlin (with her TV ratings of 300+% more viewers is the reason the league will get $2.2 billion over the next 11 years ($200 million per year). When Caitlin comes to town, many of the teams put an extra $1 million in their bank account (from increased ticket sales and increased prices) which happens to no other team. 18 TV games over 1 million views and 16 were Caitlin Clark. What part of "most" or "valuable" doesn't apply to Caitlin?
Caitlin Clark has majority of black fans for any white athlete in the WNBA actually... Don't you get it? Her game spoke to her fans, attacks on her don't work since they relate to her as a person as well
She’s taking the flagrant fouls for now until she gets hit in the back and is injured. Hard fouls at the rim are going to happen. Blatantly hitting her in the back should result in suspensions. Not only if it happens to her but any player that does it to anyone. Imagine Lebron waiting for the inbound pass and someone hits him in the back knocking him to the floor.
amazing that deshields didnt get a suspension for that blind sided football block a joke of a league,and her coach tspoon should have also got suspended,3 fouls against clark by the same player in less than 2 minutes cmon 2 flagrants I think
Nancy Lieberman just won the MVP for cool-headed analysis of the current state of the WNBA. Class and depth of knowledge. Great interview about the W 😊
I am tired of hearing that as a rookie CC needs to take her lumps. What the hell does this mean? Does she need 6:50 to put up with flagrant fouls and the risk of serious injury? This kind of thinking is just plain repulsive. It is not competitiveness. The players are not going for the ball, they are trying to do harm to her including Reese. Just watch all the flagrant fouls. Where are the suspensions?
How can anyone who has dome more for her sport than probably any athlete has done for their sport be “polarizing”. She is making everyone associated with the WNBA incredibly more important, wealthier, more noticed, etc., etc.. she hasn’t even played one year in the pros and her team is getting more viewed than the NBA! Amazing!!!! She has single-handedly brought her sport to a never before dreamer of level. “Polarizing”??? It’s ridiculous. It would as if Tiger Woods was polarizing. Besides, Clark is a class act, humble, a great spokesperson for the game.
Every single black girl and lesbian I know who watch the W think CC is the goat. Every W commentator I’ve watched agrees. I think this “controversy” talk is pushed way harder by the people who want CC to be their straight white savior 😂 I think she’s amazing, but let’s not act like that girl ain’t so deep in the closet she’s tripping on Christmas decor.
Just a question? people say that A'ja Riyadh Wilson is the best Basketball player in the WNBA, so I thought I would run this past those people. How about flipping Wilson from the 21 & 12, 2024, or the two-time League Champs, 34 & 6 2023, & 26 & 10 2022 Las Vegas Aces? Send Wilson to the 2024, 2023, 2022 Indiana Fever and flip Caitin Clark to the 2024, 2023, 2022 Las Vegas Aces, Would you see Wilson's stats being as good, and would you see Clark's stats being even better? My thoughts are that Clark's stats would be crazy good, and Wilson's might be better or maybe not be so good. After all, Wilson is a great player on a great team, doing great things, I mean just how much of a bonus there is to have 5 other players who were chosen to go to the Olympics as teammates, and who were also teammates as the ACES won the league back to back Clark is just a player who has taken the worst team over the past two years and brought them into the Playoffs. Considering the talent and where she has taken that talent and the great things that have been happening speak to her talent as an MVP and if you put Clark with that Acesw talent, there would be no ceiling for how far that team would go..
Without CC22 I would not have known anyone from the WNBA. And I am not the only one to whom this applies. There are a lot of new fans and they are primarily not watching the games because of Miss Wilson but because of Caitlin.
*Like there needs to be a whole video about this! lol* Three reasons. 1. She's white in a black dominated sport. 2. She's the best player in the entire league. 3. She's only a rookie!
she's not the best player in the league!. so what she's white? People love Sabrina. Breanna stewart has no problem, Elena Delladonne, Diana Turasi... people like you who only started caring about the WNBA think they know anything are the problem. You treat her like she's the goat when she's not
@@mikebrazao1836 The season stat line between Aja and CC should makes me slow down and think a little more before that conclusion. Especially when Aja is on a squad with half the Olympic team and CC is basically carrying the whole squad.
"If Caitlin was black and a lesbian" with the same playing style that she has, would the white fans follow her the same way? I think some would but there'd be no where near the numbers. It doesn't take away from Clark's talent but her being white, straight and from the Midwest makes a difference. Even many of her fans say that.
Polarizing? There are haters due to jealousy, and there are people who appreciate talent and skills. Clark doesn't do anything other than play hard. She is not out there bad mouthing anyone. There are just haters, and haters hate.
dont sit there and just call out the haters. She wouldn't get as much hate if it weren't for people acting like she's the best player in the world let alone the best player of all time! She's great but too many people wanna act like she's more. Why wouldn't they be jealous
@@Lloyd00 So what other player this year had two triple doubles, rookie or not? What other player is out there stomping WNBA records weekly, rookie or not? She has made her whole team better just by being there. Basically like Jordan did with the Bulls. Everyone on his team was better because of his. There isn't another WNBA player right now with that kind of impact.
One big difference between Jordan and Clark, social media. Go back and watch your video and listen to what you say about CC and then explain how Aja comes close to providing the same value. If you break down the individual contributions, I do not see how they are even close. CC MVP
If Caitlin continues to play the was she has the last few games and the Fever keep winning it's going to be difficult to deny Caitlin the MVP over A'ja.
@@MAGIKMARTIAN9526 Yeah they will deny her no matter what she accomplishes or how she transforms the league. Diana Taurasi has a better change at the MVP than CC.
She just can't come to say it. What a pitiful shame. Women can't stand that others get attention. Its why they always go after the same possessions in life.
I guess it all depends on your worldview. See some of us grew up in a world where excellence was rewarded and appreciated but also admired. Didn’t really matter what color you were there’s nothing more beautiful watching somebody do something they love and be very good at it. Especially when you’re humble and gracious about it it’s infectious
I cant believe the way Swoopes has been treating Nancy lately, its pathetic! Nancy is what you could call a true friend! Swoopes has destroyed her legacy in light speed!
She is bringing fans together, not polarizing. The fanfare has even gotten me to watch my first WNBA game, I actually thought it dissolved a few years ago.
Caitlin Clark is loved by the fans who show it by there thousands, because she respects and appreciates the fans and they know by time she spends with the fans, especially the children of the fans. Caitlin Clark is not polarizing the other WNBA players. The rest of the WNBA players are just angry or jealous about these facts, which I posted before: Caitlin Clark is a generational, record breaking, incredible basketball player, a diplomate in handling the referees the media, and the players. She is an accomplished, successful businesswoman, a multi-millionaire, a national celebrity, an international phenomenon, and the other WNBA players, the WNBA coaches, the WNBA executives, the referees, the retired WNBA negative talking-head announcers, podcasters, and commentators, ARE NOT. The players are jealous haters and the negative talking-head announcers, podcasters, and commentators are not good enough to honestly do what they are supposed to be doing - simply telling the truth.
I can’t find wnba criteria for determining MVP. Apparently AW is the best player in the league, but CC is certainly the most valuable to the league. Especially if average attendance, tv ratings, and merchandise sales can be considered.
Nancy Lieberman is doing her best to avoid the straight, white elephant in the room. Her Michael Jordan comparison is just silly and completely dishonest. MJ wasn’t immediately despised by most of the league when he entered the NBA. Other teams weren’t trying to hurt him out of jealousy. The Pistons roughed him up when they were in their “Bad Boys” phase, but they did that to every team’s best player. MJ was adored by the media and respected by the competition. Larry Bird famously referred to him as “God” when he dropped 63 on the Celtics in the ‘86 Playoffs. The truth of the matter is that Caitlin Clark is a straight, white basketball player who avoids drama and does her job exceptionally well. This doesn’t sit well with a large percentage of non-white and/or non-straight WNBA players, coaches and commentators who either aren’t playing or didn’t play the game at her level. Therein lies the so-called “controversy”. It’s time to stop making excuses for the inexcusable and just call it what it is: racism, anti-hetero bias and jealousy. If Clark was either a minority or a member of the LGBTQ community, the same people who are ripping her in the media and pummeling her on the court would be singing her praises at full volume.
I'm shocked with Nancy Lieberman's basketball knowledge, that she could even acknowledge Reese's Padded double-doubles. What about Reese leading the league in missed shots to get those rebounds?? She should have said that Taurasi and Griner need to head out, and let's see where the new incoming players can take this league.
I’m sorry, but none of the other players in the WNBA come close to cc. They just don’t have her all around game. They also don’t lift up their teams like she does. She’s clearly the most valuable player in the league not a close call.
@MidAtlanticTV I can't. But that's exactly the problem. It's one thing if she's the goat and warrants the massive amounts of coverage she gets. But she's not which is why she gets hated on so much. CC is not better than Breanna Stewart (who went 4 for 4 in championships in college. CC went 0 for 2) there's no logical reason why she should get more coverage than Breanna yet she does. Why?? Because people like you constantly put her on top as the best ever which is just not true. You make people like me who actually like her sound like a hater because I have to bring her down from the stupidly high pedestal she's been put on
@@Lloyd00 How can you bring up college records/stats when all the WNBA dinosaurs spent the whole preseason talking trash about CC and this isn't college and these are full grown women she will have to play now? No one cares what anyone did in college. How many WNBA Championships did Briana Stewart win after those NCAA Championships? NONE.
Fever were 13 & 27 last year, currently they are 18 & 17. No one is even close to having an impact like that on their team. I think it is great that they are praising CC's teammates- but look at their record last year. Her passing is clearly elevating her teammates in addition to her shooting.
So that the usual suspects can't accuse her of hypocrisy for doing 'the same thing Swoopes did' by not mentioning someone. You know that would have happened.
Still trying to claim Angel is a really good player; she said both CC and Angel are amazing. Total garbage. Love the way she just shrugged off the flagrant fouls.
Please, Reece has been kept in some games to help her pad her rebounds, most of them are her own shots. He percentage for scoring is one of the lowest in the WNBA. Reece is all about me, meaning herself and not her team. Explains why Chiraq is so low in the ratings. Caitlyn is all about we, being the Fever.
Caitlin Clark is a perfectly lovely young woman (just ask the baby she autographed), and she is coming on as an all-time great as a player. Lady Magic is so right about the envy and jealousy in the WNBA. It is a natural development, but still regrettable. It makes it harder to have fun.
I love the nice conversational waltz that never touches on the race question. And no matter what anyone says, the fact that CC is not only a young, talented rookie, but also straight and white, is a factor in this.
Clark is wired differently. It is her ability for single-minded focus that her greatest asset. It allowed her to work harder than anyone around her once no matter what sport she was playing as a youth. It is that same extraordnary focus that allows her to tune out all the noise on and off the court. And it that focus that allows her to never be nervous on the floor and to even relish the huge moments in games that most players shy away from. She wants to be the BEST EVER. Time will tell.
Immediately got off subject of physicality towards Cc, are yall waiting for some broken bones! Or careers being ended before these violent players get suspended!!!!!!!! Let someone do that in the NBA suspension will be given. What are you people hiding from? Maybe an investigation needs to be implemented into the Wnba and or co erage for not demanding penalties. This is not the NFL. SEE RIGHT THROUGH the BS.
Caitlin Clark is in the MVP conversation as a ROOKIE. Caitlin is already as good a basketball player as A. Wilson. A. Wilson plays on a Super Team with 3 other Olympic players. She doesn't have to deal with constant double and triple teams like Caitlin does. Caitlin Clark is the most impactful basketball player in the WNBA. CC runs the fast break like Magic Johnson, passes like John Stockton and shoots like Stephen Curry! CC even has the Tongue Wag of MJ! She is so exciting to watch that every stadium she plays in gets sold out, and TV ratings are through the roof!
If anybody has watched the Namath Documentary he talked about coming t the Jets and how people were roughing him up even in practice and he was the Quarterback Now, he said a lot of that was how much more $ and hype he was getting but think about he changed the entire Super Bowl and NFL on TV. Also, Bird said very similar things about no getting respect from the older players. But both guys backed it all up and then no one remembered any of that. I am no comparing her to Bird/Namath....but she is off to a good start folks. I havent watched the WNBA since Lobo was in there....now i am hooked!!!
They don’t hate CC, they hate the $$ she’s getting without her having played a game. Once all of them are millionaires like the NBA, they will focus on the game. Media is hyping the word Hate!
Clark is not polarizing in any way....all she's doing is just playing at a much higher level than ALL the other WNBA wannabe stars. They knew that before she came in to the league, so they've been ready with their biases, accusations, and criticques which are all baseless. What other WNBA "star" has filled arenas home AND away, in the history of the league, as Clark has??? Easy answer...0 Her response to the rest of the league can be summed in 2 words....GET BETTER!
Let's be honest: being white, heterosexual, flashy and REALLY good makes Caitlin Clark the most marketable asset the WNBA has EVER had! I didn't know who A'ja Wilson WAS until Clark joined the league.
When she sells out stadiums in away games. That’s special.
The Fever sold out one game in the history of the franchise. This season, they sold out 11 and they still have 5 home dates left.
In my neighborhood we call that a bitch slap.
And gets standing ovations at Away games!!!
MVP just for that, let alone stats.
With standing ovations for her, and opposing fans lined up for her autograph!
Caitlin has been a blessing for many of people especially in my life 😊I enjoy watching her game and how she conducts herself that’s how I want my daughter to have as a role model
No one’s perfect… parents are the most influential role models
Nobody can just admit what's been happening. They either say it's not happening or dance around it.
Time will reveal all. They can keep fighting reality but they can’t do it forever.
What you talking about, Ive been talking about this shit day after day!
I did. Right above.
Even Nancy!!!
It's because she is a straight and white.
Caitlin Clark is polarizing only to women, especially black women--both players past and present and media figures. Men, black and white, appreciate CC's game. For the women it's like "Mean Girls' WNBA style. Men clearly have our own issues, but this petty jealousy "Mean 'Girls' thing is not one of them.
_"Don't try to understand women. Women understand women, and they hate each other."_
- Al Bundy
I’m a mavericks fan and when Luka hit the nba and in the last few years you can’t shake a stick without someone hating on him in the street or in the media. Wemby gets laughed at and made fun of because he was way overhyped at his draft.
But yeah, it’s these mean girls.
Wipe your, chin grandpa, your take was pathetic 😂
I think the main reason why there is so much vitriol towards Caitlin is because of the media. Hopefully by next year it calms down as the beginning of the season this year was hard to watch.
Please explain to me what do you call how Freddy Adu was treated by the American MLS players? 🤔 Exactly, the same situation as Caitlin Clark if not worse. At least the WNBA players have a basis to complain because they are actually good. All the American MLS players are horrendous.
@tootsx8675 True, marketing and the attention she's been getting for about 2 years now.
Straight, White, Mid Western and Catholic. Pretty much wraps it up.
Couldn't of said it better.
Yep, she’s normal and that’s what they hate.
Yep
Excellent said
@@bneil4059 Yeah, only straight, white, Midwestern Catholics are normal. (SMH)
Bird & Magic changed the NBA - Jordan just kept carrying the ball
Thank you. that bugged me.
Absolutely!! Jordan says the same thing!
She is a freak in the sneaks and a lady on the streets……so entertaining on the court and a fantastic role model off of the court. With all the bs noise from jealous haters trying to diminish her skills and accomplishments, she outclasses them all with her silence on the bs…..she is fantastic and her family is awesome…period….
Rewrite this comment please, but keep the same rhyme energy all the way through ok
@@aprilnelly I couldn’t think of anything that rhymed with streets that had to do with basketball….how about this one…”Get Caitlin on the court, she’s trouble,,,.other night she messed around and got a triple double…freakin sistas in every way, like MJ….cant believe other night was a good day “….
@@Show_time3lol that was freestyle, lol
@@Show_time3 100%
@@bijouxdoum6199 not too shabby eh…with an assist from ice cube…😂😂
Charles Barkley once said, every time he sees Bird or Magic, he thanks them for what they did and knows how everybody made huge amounts of money because of them. These WNBA women are going to look at Clark the same way someday (if they don’t do something stupid and end her career with an injury).
Caitlin is just being Caitlin. Loves to play basketball. It’s very sad that these vet players Caitlin admires have set a bad example for the little girls and boys who want to play basketball.
Ratchet Females.
How great is it to hear Nancy Lieberman’s take on all things WNBA? She’s so knowledgeable and positive, always giving players and coaches their flowers. More of her, please!
❤
The fact a straight white woman from Iowa who can play basketball exceptionally well is controversial or polarizing simply because she’s good is more of a reflection on our society than it is of Caitlin Clark.
Bingo
Part of our society. Their culture.
👏👏👏
Mostly the 13%
Kind of like a black man from the hood becoming a physics professor. Difference is his achievement would be embraced not resented.
But the biggest contribution, she has the entire team believing in themselves again. They had good players and she got them to play above
She's not controversial, the one's hating her are controversial.
CC is the MVP=Most Valuable Person in the league
See what franchises were worth before Clark came into the league, and see what they're worth now. Clark is changing the league in spite of their best efforts to resist.
With all respect... no. ROTY? Yes. MVP = Aja. People go too far... on both sides IMO.
@@JayJayAbels Aja didn't exactly take the worst team in the league to a playoff berth while at the same time selling out stadiums at both home and away games. Not to mention all the WNBA merchandise CC is selling out. Plus TV and internet views. Total picture it isn't even close.
@@bmacaulay18I understand all that and I like cc. But we are comparing performance. Aja is the best player. You’re talking about something else
@@Ab-iz9uv That season stat line doesn't sell me on that conclusion. CC has the most points contributed points/assts in the league. Overall picture I think the choice isn't clear on that.
Caitlin is redefining the way basketball is played in the WNBA, transforming the game and inspiring a new generation.
The hard fouls and physicality wouldn't be as big a deal if the officials would call a foul a foul and a flagrant a flagrant, but for some reason they at least once couldn't make the call on the court, at least not in Caitlin's case.
Incompetent, useless, or crooked. Whichever it is, a change is needed.
Yes. Chennedy Carter should have been ejected.
@@Willard-l7t Exactly! Why do they have to review obvious flagrant fouls and then delay the game forever and excuse Flagrant 2 fouls? I guess they wanna cover their butts, and not be accused of discrimination. These Refs AND some coaches are so unprofessional. What’s with the baldy Ref refusing to let the Fever have that foul reviewed. For sure they would’ve been successful it was so obvious a wrong call.
@@fenderbassfan They are looking to see if they can get away with not calling them, that's why the Chennedy Carter one was not called a flagrant until the next day.
@fenderbassfan When Angel was 2 feet away from a block she smacked CC head as hard as she could. And CCarter is a maniac. Angel is petty. The ring thing in college. The face wave. Cheering when CC knocks CC down. Her personality is a clown
Actually, Clark, herself, is not at all polarizing. It is the friniges of the fans on all sides of any issue, egged on by the media, that makes thinkgs look polarized. Other than personal rivalry and/or jealousy that is traditional in professional sports, this is all media hype in order to sell air time.
I think the content providers getting wealthy and looking for clicks along with the media have started something than Clark has taken the bait on
The only ones hating on clark are the ones with big egos who never got the feed back that their egos craved. Their egos tell them that they were just as good, but not many people came to their games. Their egos tell them they deserved millions of dollars, but didn't come close.
So basically like very woman on the streets of Miami after 11 PM. 🤣😂🤣
Angel Reese is one dimensional rebounder yet she takes the most shots on her team building houses with her bricks.
Everybody needs a place to live....
@@Willard-l7t 😂😂😂
They should play Elton John's "So goodbye Angel brick road. Where overrated basketball players foul. You can't stat pad your way to wins, you'll be at the bottom of the standings for awhile."
You and so many others have never watched women’s basketball before this season. A lot of the game is fixing mistakes under the rim and she’s getting her boards and scoring. She’ll also improve with her skillset
@@michaelchen1838 Your girl needs to get offline and get her ass in the gym. Her FG % is 38.6% while standing under the basket.🤯 That's insanely bad. It's atrocious. If she was actually able to make her shots, her rebounding percentage would plummet!
She's so polarizing because she is literally everything you want to see in an athlete. Many love that,many hate it
99% of the hate in the public is from black people. Be Real.
6:09 - "That's why the W is so appealing right now."
No, it isn't the "W" that's so appealing, it is Caitlin Clark and the way she plays the game. Some former (and current) players are intensely jealous of that to the point of absurdity. (Yes, I'm looking at you, Swoopy Dupey.)
Even though there are other excellent players in the WNBA, without CC the league would quickly revert to the sports backwater (and money losing drain on NBA finances) it has always been.
I don't think it will remain this popular for long - the quality of play is often pretty bad (missed layups, wild turnovers) and I think even worse is the quality of the officiating, which is awful. CC is the only real reason to watch.
The WNBA will lose money this year. That money losing is not going to end. It is a mediocre league that has one sparkle of interest. As soon as she gets hurt or decides to have a family the party is over.
@@confidentlywrong3363 I couldn't agree more on the quality of the officiating. I doubt many of those clowns would last long as high school refs.
Because she will not bring politics into the game, she's straight, and will never disrespect her country.
Anything is polarizing when it's brand new. The most reliable way to get a lot of people pissed off at you is to accomplish ANYTHING extraordinary.
They’re applying the Jordan rule to Caitlin. W should call it The Caitlin Rule.
This is beyond the Jordan rule. The entire league is doing it. And they aren't doing it just to win a basketball series like the Pistons were.
more like the white privilege rule thats why they are mad
They do it bc wnba are gangsters with wokes disease 😅
I give Angel credit for elevating her game and making a name for herself...even though not always in a good way. She's a feisty competitor with no quit in her. However, when it comes to sheer skill and the impact on the WNBA, Clark is a generational talent who can do almost anything on the court; most notably, attract new viewers and make her teammates better. She is adapting to the pace and physicality of the WNBA insanely fast, making a losing franchise relevant, and already breaking records in less than one season. No one is saying the other players in the league don't matter. Of course they do. It's a unique collection of stars and personalities that Clark herself has praised numerous times, both past and present. Regardless, the reason people can't wait to watch Caitlin is because her style of play is riveting, you feel as if something incredible or historic could happen at any moment. She's a genuinely good person who is refreshingly honest, ignores the hate, and overcomes the pressure to deliver memorable performances and storylines. That's what icons like Jordan and Gretzky did....they transcended the game, cultures and stereotypes....a guard can't dominate the NBA, a weak pretty boy won't survive the ice. And because we don't know how long she'll play or be able to continue performing at an elite level, fans should simply appreciate what she brings to the table: excellence and excitement. She's not only making the WNBA far more lucrative for players, owners, networks and merchandisers, she's raising the level of play and expectations across the league because so many want to beat her, or be like her.
She's Ratchet Reese.
She did she quit
Angel Reese = because every Hero needs a Villain.
And Chennedy Carter should have been ejected and suspended. If Carter were a white girl, flagrantly fouling a black girl, heads would roll.
When you add Caitlin’s integrity, team attitude, always takes the high road, hasn’t trash talked about anyone, she’s been fouled beyond measure like they are trying to hurt her permanently plus she’s fantastic in all areas of basketball. She goes to hospitals to see children & make dying cancer victims wish come true - she has so much depth these haters are just shallow bottom feeders. IMHO
That Caitlin Clark is "polarizing" says alot more about this societies values than it does about her character
This is a problem with WNBA and women’s sport in general. Analysts dance around topics and walk on eggshells afraid of controversy. They are afraid of hurting Aja Wilson feeling when saying that CC is an MVP candidate. You don’t see that in NBA, analysts don’t care if they hurt Joker or Giannis feeling and speak their opinions.
Jordan did change the economics for the NBA. Let’s not forget Magic and Bird. They played a roll. CC will do the same but she is not the Lone Ranger. BUT, man, she sure does play the game. I love watching her.
Get Geno back on for an update please.
Geno is in the witness protection program....he will never admit he was wrong or apologize or put himself in a position to be held accountable. His ego is too big and he's too arrogant.
What an ass that guy turned out to be. Mad respect to the players that have come out of UConn AND also all together they're kind of like a mob that thinks it's more powerful than it is. Inflated attitude problem.
Don't hold your breath. Geno is missing in action. He was last seen leaving the building wearing a trench coat, thick black glasses, a plastic nose with mustache.
What’s he going to say? No way he’s coming back. He’s way too big of a narcissist to apologize. He wasn’t just a little wrong, he was dead wrong.
Dan Patrick should interview Caitlin about Geno and let her pontificate on how "disrespectful, unknowledgeable and stupid" Geno is. You can't make this stuff up. It will make a good movie some day.
It's crazy... NO ONE is willing to call it like it is.... obvious and blatant racism towards CC and it seems to be encouraged by the league.
If MVP means "most valuable player" then how can anyone compete with sold out arenas and unparalleled TV ratings. Caitlin is bringing in at least $50 million extra dollars to this league THIS YEAR ($40 million to Fever and $10 million to other teams). If you think that just points should determine the MVP then why have a highest points award? Including points, assists, etc in the total means that Caitlin is in second place and it it isn't even close. As far as how much Caitlin means to the Fever, Mitchell, Boston, Smith and Hull were on the team last year. They came 3rd last with the same coach as this year (no play offs for the last 8 years). Caitlin is the only major difference and she has got this team changed to a totally different way of playing basketball (it's called exciting basketball). Caitlin is the reason for the charter flights for away games ($25 million for this year). Caitlin (with her TV ratings of 300+% more viewers is the reason the league will get $2.2 billion over the next 11 years ($200 million per year). When Caitlin comes to town, many of the teams put an extra $1 million in their bank account (from increased ticket sales and increased prices) which happens to no other team. 18 TV games over 1 million views and 16 were Caitlin Clark.
What part of "most" or "valuable" doesn't apply to Caitlin?
Ask yourself this - if she were black would she be so polarizing?
And now you know the answer.
Caitlin Clark has majority of black fans for any white athlete in the WNBA actually... Don't you get it? Her game spoke to her fans, attacks on her don't work since they relate to her as a person as well
@@washuneluvhada7616 Hopefully her attackers will eventually figure that out, but it seems we have a lot of slow learners.
That's the elephant in the room.
Amen bra.
its her playing, passing and shooting
She’s taking the flagrant fouls for now until she gets hit in the back and is injured. Hard fouls at the rim are going to happen. Blatantly hitting her in the back should result in suspensions. Not only if it happens to her but any player that does it to anyone.
Imagine Lebron waiting for the inbound pass and someone hits him in the back knocking him to the floor.
...yeah, they've been swallowing their whistles and calling fouls instead if flagrants
amazing that deshields didnt get a suspension for that blind sided football block a joke of a league,and her coach tspoon should have also got suspended,3 fouls against clark by the same player in less than 2 minutes cmon 2 flagrants I think
Lol angel is relentless on offense, relentlessly throwing up garbage under the rim 😹
Being a bricklayer is tough. Those houses don't just build themselves.
If you love one of these ladies doesn't mean you have to hate the other.
Lieberman knows why, her tribe is nothing without polarizing everyone and everything.
Loser.
Correct statement: why are people polarized by Caitlin Clark
Straight up jealousy of other players.....and of course she's been treated differently.
Because she has IT....she has ability....and she can articulate clearly
Nancy Lieberman just won the MVP for cool-headed analysis of the current state of the WNBA. Class and depth of knowledge. Great interview about the W 😊
Jordan, Kobe now CC. They're all Box Office. So glad the WNBA finally have somebody that will lift the league.
I am tired of hearing that as a rookie CC needs to take her lumps. What the hell does this mean? Does she need 6:50 to put up with flagrant fouls and the risk of serious injury? This kind of thinking is just plain repulsive. It is not competitiveness. The players are not going for the ball, they are trying to do harm to her including Reese. Just watch all the flagrant fouls. Where are the suspensions?
How can anyone who has dome more for her sport than probably any athlete has done for their sport be “polarizing”. She is making everyone associated with the WNBA incredibly more important, wealthier, more noticed, etc., etc.. she hasn’t even played one year in the pros and her team is getting more viewed than the NBA! Amazing!!!! She has single-handedly brought her sport to a never before dreamer of level. “Polarizing”??? It’s ridiculous. It would as if Tiger Woods was polarizing. Besides, Clark is a class act, humble, a great spokesperson for the game.
it's a wnba problem. Most fans like her
And media problem
Every single black girl and lesbian I know who watch the W think CC is the goat. Every W commentator I’ve watched agrees. I think this “controversy” talk is pushed way harder by the people who want CC to be their straight white savior 😂
I think she’s amazing, but let’s not act like that girl ain’t so deep in the closet she’s tripping on Christmas decor.
Just a question? people say that A'ja Riyadh Wilson is the best Basketball player in the WNBA, so I thought I would run this past those people.
How about flipping Wilson from the 21 & 12, 2024, or the two-time League Champs, 34 & 6 2023, & 26 & 10 2022 Las Vegas Aces?
Send Wilson to the 2024, 2023, 2022 Indiana Fever and flip Caitin Clark to the 2024, 2023, 2022 Las Vegas Aces,
Would you see Wilson's stats being as good, and would you see Clark's stats being even better? My thoughts are that Clark's stats would be crazy good, and Wilson's might be better or maybe not be so good.
After all, Wilson is a great player on a great team, doing great things, I mean just how much of a bonus there is to have 5 other players who were chosen to go to the Olympics as teammates, and who were also teammates as the ACES won the league back to back
Clark is just a player who has taken the worst team over the past two years and brought them into the Playoffs.
Considering the talent and where she has taken that talent and the great things that have been happening speak to her talent as an MVP and if you put Clark with that Acesw talent, there would be no ceiling for how far that team would go..
Without CC22 I would not have known anyone from the WNBA. And I am not the only one to whom this applies. There are a lot of new fans and they are primarily not watching the games because of Miss Wilson but because of Caitlin.
From the cheap seats SHES WHIIIIITTTTTTEEEEEE
LOL....the "W" please. Without Clark the " W" would again be a hair from financial collapse.
As long as the NBA is paying alimony for life there will be a WNBA.
*Like there needs to be a whole video about this! lol*
Three reasons. 1. She's white in a black dominated sport. 2. She's the best player in the entire league. 3. She's only a rookie!
she's not the best player in the league!. so what she's white? People love Sabrina. Breanna stewart has no problem, Elena Delladonne, Diana Turasi... people like you who only started caring about the WNBA think they know anything are the problem. You treat her like she's the goat when she's not
And she is straight.
4. She's not into chicks.
CC is the second best player in the WNBA. Otherwise I agree with your list.
@@mikebrazao1836 The season stat line between Aja and CC should makes me slow down and think a little more before that conclusion. Especially when Aja is on a squad with half the Olympic team and CC is basically carrying the whole squad.
If Caitlin was black and a lesbian, would there be so much controversy. Nancy and Dan, you are dancing around the question?
"If Caitlin was black and a lesbian" with the same playing style that she has, would the white fans follow her the same way? I think some would but there'd be no where near the numbers. It doesn't take away from Clark's talent but her being white, straight and from the Midwest makes a difference. Even many of her fans say that.
"physicality" = chop blocks, head slaps, and full body checking off ball lol.
Polarizing? There are haters due to jealousy, and there are people who appreciate talent and skills. Clark doesn't do anything other than play hard. She is not out there bad mouthing anyone. There are just haters, and haters hate.
dont sit there and just call out the haters. She wouldn't get as much hate if it weren't for people acting like she's the best player in the world let alone the best player of all time! She's great but too many people wanna act like she's more. Why wouldn't they be jealous
@@Lloyd00 "How can those ignorant __ist bumpkins call her the best? Don't they know *I AM* ?"
@@Lloyd00because she is. Jelly bowl
@colleenposadas8415 spoken like someone who started watching women when CC showed up.
@@Lloyd00 So what other player this year had two triple doubles, rookie or not? What other player is out there stomping WNBA records weekly, rookie or not? She has made her whole team better just by being there. Basically like Jordan did with the Bulls. Everyone on his team was better because of his. There isn't another WNBA player right now with that kind of impact.
Nacy needs to be the wnba commissioner
One big difference between Jordan and Clark, social media. Go back and watch your video and listen to what you say about CC and then explain how Aja comes close to providing the same value. If you break down the individual contributions, I do not see how they are even close. CC MVP
Nancy All Class!!
They are flat out wrong ! They think the product just needed viewership!
If Caitlin continues to play the was she has the last few games and the Fever keep winning it's going to be difficult to deny Caitlin the MVP over A'ja.
but they will
@@MAGIKMARTIAN9526 Yeah they will deny her no matter what she accomplishes or how she transforms the league. Diana Taurasi has a better change at the MVP than CC.
CC IS EASILY THE MVP!!! EASILY!! SHE'S UPPED THE ANTE FOR THE ENTIRE LEAGUE, NOT JUST THE FEVER....
She just can't come to say it. What a pitiful shame. Women can't stand that others get attention. Its why they always go after the same possessions in life.
Crabs in a bucket.
Even the title tries to blame the abuse on Clark. What a jerk.
I guess it all depends on your worldview. See some of us grew up in a world where excellence was rewarded and appreciated but also admired. Didn’t really matter what color you were there’s nothing more beautiful watching somebody do something they love and be very good at it. Especially when you’re humble and gracious about it it’s infectious
Clark is clearly MVP
A’ja is playing with 4 Olympians
I cant believe the way Swoopes has been treating Nancy lately, its pathetic! Nancy is what you could call a true friend! Swoopes has destroyed her legacy in light speed!
She is bringing fans together, not polarizing. The fanfare has even gotten me to watch my first WNBA game, I actually thought it dissolved a few years ago.
One player has more than 15% of all Flagrant Foul commited against them? 🤔
They swallowing their whistle half the time too
I heard the most ridiculous argument that CC is just getting more flagrant calls because she’s protected by the league. 😂
@@alexhoffee1865 That sounds like bidenomics is working. 😂🤣😂
Statistically, you would expect each TEAM to get 8% of the flagrant. CC has two teams’ worth.
I like Nancy Lieberman, but she opted for political pablum rather than answering the question. I expected more from her. Disappointing.
I agree, I think she's walking the tight rope in this interview, I think she did not say everything she wanted to say.
Her job’s at risk. Media’s controlled by woke mafia.
They need to interview Barclay.
White people are terrified of being labeled with the R word, no matter how ridiculous the accusation is. Blacks are aware of this and they use it.
Caitlin Clark is loved by the fans who show it by there thousands, because she respects and appreciates the fans and they know by time she spends with the fans, especially the children of the fans. Caitlin Clark is not polarizing the other WNBA players. The rest of the WNBA players are just angry or jealous about these facts, which I posted before: Caitlin Clark is a generational, record breaking, incredible basketball player, a diplomate in handling the referees the media, and the players. She is an accomplished, successful businesswoman, a multi-millionaire, a national celebrity, an international phenomenon, and the other WNBA players, the WNBA coaches, the WNBA executives, the referees, the retired WNBA negative talking-head announcers, podcasters, and commentators, ARE NOT. The players are jealous haters and the negative talking-head announcers, podcasters, and commentators are not good enough to honestly do what they are supposed to be doing - simply telling the truth.
I can’t find wnba criteria for determining MVP.
Apparently AW is the best player in the league, but CC is certainly the most valuable to the league. Especially if average attendance, tv ratings, and merchandise sales can be considered.
Nancy Lieberman is doing her best to avoid the straight, white elephant in the room. Her Michael Jordan comparison is just silly and completely dishonest. MJ wasn’t immediately despised by most of the league when he entered the NBA. Other teams weren’t trying to hurt him out of jealousy. The Pistons roughed him up when they were in their “Bad Boys” phase, but they did that to every team’s best player. MJ was adored by the media and respected by the competition. Larry Bird famously referred to him as “God” when he dropped 63 on the Celtics in the ‘86 Playoffs.
The truth of the matter is that Caitlin Clark is a straight, white basketball player who avoids drama and does her job exceptionally well. This doesn’t sit well with a large percentage of non-white and/or non-straight WNBA players, coaches and commentators who either aren’t playing or didn’t play the game at her level. Therein lies the so-called “controversy”.
It’s time to stop making excuses for the inexcusable and just call it what it is: racism, anti-hetero bias and jealousy. If Clark was either a minority or a member of the LGBTQ community, the same people who are ripping her in the media and pummeling her on the court would be singing her praises at full volume.
She's not polarizing - that's like blaming her. The program is her haters are bi-polar.
She wanted to talk about every other player except CC.
She also talking in generalities when obviously she should be talking to WNBA players
I'm shocked with Nancy Lieberman's basketball knowledge, that she could even acknowledge Reese's Padded double-doubles.
What about Reese leading the league in missed shots to get those rebounds??
She should have said that Taurasi and Griner need to head out, and let's see where the new incoming players can take this league.
I’m sorry, but none of the other players in the WNBA come close to cc. They just don’t have her all around game. They also don’t lift up their teams like she does. She’s clearly the most valuable player in the league not a close call.
people like you are annoying... CC is top 10, maybe even top 5 but no she's not 1
@@Lloyd00 Tell me the name of a player who has brought more value to the WNBA than CC. I'll wait.
@MidAtlanticTV I can't. But that's exactly the problem. It's one thing if she's the goat and warrants the massive amounts of coverage she gets. But she's not which is why she gets hated on so much. CC is not better than Breanna Stewart (who went 4 for 4 in championships in college. CC went 0 for 2) there's no logical reason why she should get more coverage than Breanna yet she does. Why?? Because people like you constantly put her on top as the best ever which is just not true. You make people like me who actually like her sound like a hater because I have to bring her down from the stupidly high pedestal she's been put on
@@Lloyd00 How can you bring up college records/stats when all the WNBA dinosaurs spent the whole preseason talking trash about CC and this isn't college and these are full grown women she will have to play now? No one cares what anyone did in college. How many WNBA Championships did Briana Stewart win after those NCAA Championships? NONE.
@@MidAtlanticTV Bringing value to the W and being MVP of the league are two different things.
AR is a fantastic rebounder, CC is an amazing basketball player!
Fever were 13 & 27 last year, currently they are 18 & 17. No one is even close to having an impact like that on their team. I think it is great that they are praising CC's teammates- but look at their record last year. Her passing is clearly elevating her teammates in addition to her shooting.
Dan NO
Bird and Magic changed the NBA! Jordan added and expanded their start. That is what Jordan says. Research it!
why is she praising Stat Packer Reese for Rebounds or at all as she's a Benchwarmer at best.
So that the usual suspects can't accuse her of hypocrisy for doing 'the same thing Swoopes did' by not mentioning someone. You know that would have happened.
Polarizing? The kid had not done anything wrong to make her that😢
Still trying to claim Angel is a really good player; she said both CC and Angel are amazing. Total garbage. Love the way she just shrugged off the flagrant fouls.
Please, Reece has been kept in some games to help her pad her rebounds, most of them are her own shots. He percentage for scoring is one of the lowest in the WNBA. Reece is all about me, meaning herself and not her team. Explains why Chiraq is so low in the ratings. Caitlyn is all about we, being the Fever.
Caitlin Clark is a perfectly lovely young woman (just ask the baby she autographed), and she is coming on as an all-time great as a player. Lady Magic is so right about the envy and jealousy in the WNBA. It is a natural development, but still regrettable. It makes it harder to have fun.
She's not polarizing at all. It's the petty, jealous people reacting to her that are polarizing.
CC is one of the best players I've ever seen, all things being equal.
I love the nice conversational waltz that never touches on the race question. And no matter what anyone says, the fact that CC is not only a young, talented rookie, but also straight and white, is a factor in this.
Of all the names of players she mentioned, the only one I’ve ever heard of is Caitlyn Clark
Clark is wired differently. It is her ability for single-minded focus that her greatest asset. It allowed her to work harder than anyone around her once no matter what sport she was playing as a youth. It is that same extraordnary focus that allows her to tune out all the noise on and off the court. And it that focus that allows her to never be nervous on the floor and to even relish the huge moments in games that most players shy away from. She wants to be the BEST EVER. Time will tell.
Is this a record for fouls against a rookie, or all time for a single season?
Can you imagine if the Sparks draft Paige Bueckers this year to go with Brink and Jackson? I’d buy stock in that team!
Immediately got off subject of physicality towards Cc, are yall waiting for some broken bones! Or careers being ended before these violent players get suspended!!!!!!!! Let someone do that in the NBA suspension will be given. What are you people hiding from? Maybe an investigation needs to be implemented into the Wnba and or co erage for not demanding penalties. This is not the NFL. SEE RIGHT THROUGH the BS.
Caitlin Clark is in the MVP conversation as a ROOKIE.
Caitlin is already as good a basketball player as A. Wilson. A. Wilson plays on a Super Team with 3 other Olympic players. She doesn't have to deal with constant double and triple teams like Caitlin does.
Caitlin Clark is the most impactful basketball player in the WNBA. CC runs the fast break like Magic Johnson, passes like John Stockton and shoots like Stephen Curry! CC even has the Tongue Wag of MJ! She is so exciting to watch that every stadium she plays in gets sold out, and TV ratings are through the roof!
Same thing they ask about Trump
I don't think angel Reese will ever be close to this conversation.She is rebounding her own misses so please stop
If anybody has watched the Namath Documentary he talked about coming t the Jets and how people were roughing him up even in practice and he was the Quarterback Now, he said a lot of that was how much more $ and hype he was getting but think about he changed the entire Super Bowl and NFL on TV. Also, Bird said very similar things about no getting respect from the older players. But both guys backed it all up and then no one remembered any of that. I am no comparing her to Bird/Namath....but she is off to a good start folks.
I havent watched the WNBA since Lobo was in there....now i am hooked!!!
By what metric of "Value" in a player is A'ja Wilson greater than Caitlin Clark?
They don’t hate CC, they hate the $$ she’s getting without her having played a game. Once all of them are millionaires like the NBA, they will focus on the game. Media is hyping the word Hate!
Clark is not polarizing in any way....all she's doing is just playing at a much higher level than ALL the other WNBA wannabe stars. They knew that before she came in to the league, so they've been ready with their biases, accusations, and criticques which are all baseless. What other WNBA "star" has filled arenas home AND away, in the history of the league, as Clark has??? Easy answer...0 Her response to the rest of the league can be summed in 2 words....GET BETTER!
Reese broke A record
Clark has broke MULTIPLE records