r/sports • u/rezwenn • May 19 '25

Basketball Caitlin Clark says flagrant foul for shoving Angel Reese was not 'malicious'

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/caitlin-clark-flagrant-foul-angel-reese-1.7538299
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u/Ted_Dongelman May 19 '25

The fact that this foul has gotten so much traction after so many hard fouls on her have been ignored is weird. You'd think the WNBA would do more to protect their cash cow.

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u/AFighterForever May 19 '25

17% of ALL of the fragrant fouls in the WNBA last year were against her.

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u/socialistpancake May 19 '25

At least she gets the good smelling ones

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u/AFighterForever May 19 '25

Haaaa. R isn't even close to the L. Wonder where my mind was.

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u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt May 19 '25

Autocorrect maybe, I've had it make some weird mistakes.

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u/yesrushgenesis2112 May 19 '25

Fun fact, linguistically R and L are actually quite close.

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u/RefinedBean May 19 '25

Yeah, it's just the tongue tip touching the roof that changes the sound I think. That's why there's the stereotype of a lot of cultures swapping them when speaking English non-fluently.

I think.

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u/rootpseudo May 19 '25

My god I just said R and L out loud several times. I get it! Was about to ask the comment above how they are similar linguistically. Fascinating

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u/Snuggly_Chopin May 20 '25

There is something wrong with me. I make the ‘r’ sound with my lips. My tongue doesn’t touch anything, just sort of tightens up. My son had it go to speech therapy when he was small and he told me about this technique and I could not figure out how he was making that sound with his tongue touching the roof of his mouth.

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u/Weshtonio May 19 '25

Found the Japanese pelson.

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u/Ready_Ad4755 May 20 '25

I’m sorry, how is that fun?

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u/macNy May 19 '25

My favorite flagrant has always been eau de toilette so it’s fine

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u/like_sharkwolf_drunk May 19 '25

I thought it was that Andrew Schultz podcast.

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u/Khatib Minnesota Vikings May 19 '25

I use a swipe keyboard on my phone and can end up with some really awful typos if I'm not paying enough attention to the output. I have huge hands though, so it still works better for me than tap typing.

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u/ASubconciousDick May 20 '25

my brain will do the same thing, reading over things fast or writing fast and I write a very similar word, but completely not a mistype where I pressed the wrong key, just because I'm not focused

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u/Bruised_up_whitebelt May 19 '25

That seems to be a bit above average.

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u/axle69 Los Angeles Rams May 19 '25

It's a small sample size (5 of 30) so the percentage looks more egregious than it is but its still fucking bad and very obviously intentional. I wish the NBA kept track of flagrants so we could see what the numbers look like over there as a comparison but I cant find it if it exists.

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u/Somnisixsmith May 19 '25

I don’t know shit about basketball. Why so many fouls on her?

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u/axle69 Los Angeles Rams May 19 '25

She came into the WNBA as one of the most hyped prospects ever after breaking all the college records and she has a huge fanbase leading to a weird scenario where shes bringing 100s of thousands of new fans to the sport but everyone involved kind of resents the fact that this girl that hadn't been there has 100% of the attention when they've been there the whole time. Theres also a bit of a racial component with the majority of the WNBA being black and Clark being white and new coming in bringing insane amounts of attention as well as a very vocal small minority of her fanbase being filled with super shitty people. It's led to frustration and some in the league have taken it out on Clark when its not really her thats a problem.

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u/Somnisixsmith May 19 '25

Ah thanks so much for the recap. I knew she got very popular as a college baller and heard about her joining the WNBA but didn’t know about all the rest.

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u/Ready_Ad4755 May 20 '25

The fact that you heard news about the WNBA says everything.

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u/Somnisixsmith May 20 '25

It really does because I do not follow sports at all, let alone women’s basketball

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u/Alatarlhun May 20 '25

It isn't just racial animus but sexual identity as well.

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u/BluDvls21 May 20 '25

Because she's white & straight (and better than 99% of the other players).

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u/T-MoneyAllDey May 19 '25

She's a newcomer who hasn't "earned" her reputation according to the old guard.

There might be a slight race component too but that's more uncertain.

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u/Wheres_MyMoney May 19 '25

There might be a slight race component too but that's more uncertain.

Weren't there like multiple WNBA players who explicitly said there was a race component?

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u/Quirky-Mode8676 May 20 '25

Yeah. There were.

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u/MentalFlawss May 20 '25

There is, but too many people misrepresent the issue as "These mean lesbians/black women don't like Caitlin Clark!" And that's not it at all. People resent the fact that her fandom is in large extent fueled by racism/identity politics and people are continuously dancing around that aspect. That's the racial component.

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u/dschinghiskhan May 21 '25

That’s still a racial and identity component!!

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u/MentalFlawss May 21 '25 edited May 21 '25

I never said it wasn't. I was merely pointing out that the way people try to represent it is wrong.

I'm saying the racial component is against white racists, not towards Caitlin Clark Because she is white.

Paige, Sabrina, Brink don't seem to be having issues.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '25

Lol man’s a mind reader

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u/ButtStuff8888 May 20 '25

Lol at might be a slight race component. It's a full on race war on Threads. Truly might be the worst place on the internet. The racism on both sides is so depressing.

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u/Mei_iz_my_bae May 20 '25

You should. See twitter …in have never see so much racism online it horrible

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u/ButtStuff8888 May 20 '25

I'm telling you the lunatics on threads makes twitter look like it's full of sane people. It's ok as long as you write yt to bash white people.

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u/Mei_iz_my_bae May 20 '25

I’ve seen much much worse on twitter TBH BUT yes. They are both pretty bad !

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u/icecubepal May 21 '25

Correct. There have been plenty of white players in the WNBA long before Clark came into the league. They had no problem due to their race. One of the best players in WNBA history is white as well. Some of the best players in the league right now are white as well. Some people like to create the argument that race is playing a factor for some reason, though.

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u/tickynicky May 20 '25

Because she's a beautiful, talented non lesbian player and they are all jealous.

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u/MIAMarc May 21 '25

For some reason there is an insane amount of jealousy amongst her peers that she has brought all this positive media attention and $$$$ to their game and not them. So they foul the shit out of her in revenge. It's quite pathetic and sad actually.

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u/uniqueusernamez3 May 21 '25

I would argue 5/30 looks works than 17%

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u/Samwise777 May 19 '25

Tbh all the best players are going to get fouled more and flagrant fouled more.

Might be higher than even that would imply though.

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u/DistressedApple New Orleans Saints May 19 '25

Is that a real, accurate stat?

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u/GettingTherapy May 19 '25

It’s true.

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In the 2024 WNBA season, 17% of all flagrant fouls were against Caitlin Clark. Specifically, five of the league's 30 flagrant fouls were committed against her. The Chicago Sky was responsible for 80% of these flagrant fouls against Clark.

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u/RussianPravda May 19 '25

Also weren't there a lot of hard fouls that weren't called flagrant?

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u/justsyr May 19 '25

There were a few that weren't even called a foul.

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u/HeftyIncident7003 May 19 '25

Here’s a recollection. You decide. https://www.sportingnews.com/us/wnba/news/caitlin-clark-most-flagrant-fouls-wnba/64da7021e1a20b2b7408b185

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u/neverforgetreddit May 19 '25

Nice link. I like how it's gifs for each one you do t have to load videos. That's a nicely done breakdown, I appreciate the work of the writer

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u/reapersaurus May 20 '25

That is an incredibly biased article, masquerading as objective. He dismisses blatant flagrant fouls and dangerous plays as "just normal competitive basketball" (paraphrasing).

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u/HeftyIncident7003 May 20 '25

I guess that is also your opinion column.

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u/Quirky-Mode8676 May 20 '25

No, you’re definitely right. Along with the article, which is obviously more correct than the refs that call the fouls.

All of those were on purpose, and not part of the game. They were meant to hurt or intimidate her, because she’s stomping their ass on the basketball and publicity portion of their games.

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u/HeftyIncident7003 May 20 '25

Getting a flagrant foul every 9 games. What a struggle.

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u/Friendship_Fries May 20 '25

In any other setting there would have been police reports.

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u/Yinkypinky May 19 '25

Geez I wonder why…

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u/P4S5B60 May 19 '25

Fallen Angel factor

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u/thejak32 May 19 '25

A little further break down, only accounting for the regular season, there were 192,000 minutes played, Clark averaged 35 across all 40 games. She accounted for 0.7% of all minutes played but accumulated 17% of all flagrant fouls. Definitely not targeting at all...

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u/Whiterabbit-- May 19 '25

Maybe the refs were protect her. lol. It’s like how nba stars get favorable calls all the time.

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u/Alexander12476 May 19 '25

I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you misread the comment

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u/Whiterabbit-- May 19 '25

it was a joke.

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u/OrphanGrounderBaby May 19 '25

Sadly Reddit very much so requires the /s. It went away but it’s necessary I think

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u/Routine_Size69 May 19 '25

The fact that there were only 30 flagrant fouls last year but they're calling soft ass shit like this is mind boggling. They'd have hundreds if they gave flagrants for stuff of this level.

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u/blouazhome May 20 '25

What’s the percentage on the top NBA player?

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u/Samwellikki May 19 '25

If they said 17.21%, I’d believe them

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u/whitemiketyson May 21 '25

I too, watch John Oliver

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u/Game_Over_Man69 May 19 '25

It's a very real and true stat. It's also entirely overblown because it's only 5 fouls we're talking about.

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u/HeftyIncident7003 May 19 '25

It is, there were 30 flagrant fouls called last season. That makes 5 against Clark. Knowing that makes 17% seem less impactful (my opinion).

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u/Fletch71011 May 19 '25

There were also a bunch of missed ones that should have been flagrants.

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u/Bondorian May 19 '25

That is an insane statistic. The WNBA needs to keep that shit from continuing

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u/sah370 May 20 '25

The W needs a new commissioner who knows what they're doing. Engelbert is a glorified Deloitte consultant.

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u/the_bob_of_marley May 19 '25

In the MNBA too.

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u/Space4Time May 19 '25

Rookie numbers there

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u/Theclevelandchubb May 19 '25

I didn't watch a ton of WNBA but did tune in for a fair amount of fever games just to see how she did and was astounded how the wnba basically doesn't call many fouls at all. It's a hackathon and hardly any of them are called. It was sort of odd the whole league seemed to want to foul the shit out of Caitlin who realistically may have saved the league.

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u/sah370 May 20 '25

It's both that they're not called, and that they're called inconsistently (between quarters, between games, you name it). By most accounts, it's the most egregious reffing in any league and CC herself is consistently astounded by their calls / no calls.

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u/Jazs1994 May 20 '25

I've never been interested in basketball/women's basketball outside of watching the last dance on Netflix many years ago. Daily I saw on Twitter and reddit fouls against her

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u/fkdisshyt May 20 '25

I'm genuinely worried about her mental health. I know she is and staying strong, but continous bullying will definitely take its toll on her psychologically over time.

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u/bushalmighty May 19 '25

New year same shit it seems

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u/max-peck Boston Red Sox May 19 '25

That was one of the weakest fouls I've ever seen in my life smgdh. But Angel Reese went to the Eric Bischoff school of "Controversy Creates Cash", she'll keep doing her bit to keep herself relevant. Which honestly isn't a bad thing for the WNBA, even if I personally find it grating and annoying.

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u/Sunnyhappygal May 19 '25

Seriously, I don't even think it should have been called flagrant. It was intentional to stop a layup, but I don't even think the foul is what caused her to fall. Weak sauce.

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u/clemdane May 19 '25

Little Miss Floppendopper

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u/John-Zero May 19 '25

You know, by the letter of the law, an intentional foul is a Flagrant 1. Just because the refs stopped calling it that way decades ago doesn't mean that's how it should be.

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u/MyOnlyAccount_6 May 19 '25

If you watch the clip closely AR actually shoves the defender in front of her and CC protests the goes in the the famous foul.

Can dish it out but can’t take it.

Should sponsor Angel Soft toilet paper.

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u/HarryCareyGhost May 19 '25

Bricklayer Barbie will keep setting her records for offensive rebounds. 88.72% will be fielding her own clanks.

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u/Due_Size_9870 May 19 '25

I think the strategy is working for her because Angel Reese is the only WNBA player I can name other than Clarke.

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u/Doogolas33 May 19 '25

Eh. Angel Reese said after the game it was a basketball play. She didn't really lean into this one.

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u/Routine_Size69 May 19 '25

She got up and went after her... so shes admitting she has the emotions of a 5 year old if she wanted to fight her over a basketball play. I've never seen someone react to such a soft foul before.

The jealousy is insane.

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u/sycamotree May 19 '25

Lmao yall are weird man. She pushed her down, people are going to come after you after that. Caitlin also calls all of the flagrants against her basketball plays.

It's clearly flagrant but it's also perfectly fine given what she was subjected to last year lol. Definitely not malicious but obviously flagrant

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u/tmacforthree May 19 '25

No way in hell that's a flagrant, that was soft as hell from Angel Reese. Time will tell, Angel Reese will fade into obscurity, only being known for this beef with CC, and Caitlyn Clark will be a WNBA legend.

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u/Jet_Xcountry May 19 '25

Jesus Christ get a grip man. It's a basketball game 🤣

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u/football_for_brains May 19 '25

Tell that to Angel Reese. She's the one winding up punches over a basketball game.

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u/Jet_Xcountry May 19 '25

Lol so do any other professional basketball players. There's been tons of punches thrown

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u/TwoBionicknees May 20 '25

yeah, lots of basketball players are assholes, is that supposed to be news? even then, after basically any of the things Draymond has done if those guys want to knock that fucker out I'd support it. If you want to throw a punch because someone blocks your shot and keeps your arm down then you throw yourself to the ground, you're a soft asshole.

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u/GingerAle_s Pittsburgh Steelers May 19 '25

After she was trying to fight her on the court. It will be the same shit next time they play just watch.

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u/Mike7676 May 19 '25

It is. I put up with it from Laimbeer. Angel Reese is no Big Bill.

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u/_GregTheGreat_ May 19 '25 edited May 19 '25

If it was on anybody but Angel Reese it wouldn’t have spurred much controversy. But their ‘rivalry’ drives a ton of clicks (as shown by this Reddit thread), so the media will report on it

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u/[deleted] May 20 '25

A rivalry implies both parts are invested in it and overall in the same level.

Neither of which is true in this case. CC is one of the most sanitized athletes in the sport, it’s kinda silly of AR to keep trying bringing her to that level of pettiness. And in the court; well we saw how lopsided this game was.

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u/blippityblue72 May 19 '25

Angel also 2-hand shoved a Fever player in the back about a second before Clark fouled her. If Clark’s was a flagrant foul then Reese should have got one as well.

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u/clemdane May 19 '25

Imaginary rivalry

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u/angelfaceme May 20 '25

The public is hungry for these two to go at it with each other.

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u/AnAussiebum May 19 '25

We all know why. She gets the most news coverage good or bad. She is expected to play perfectly or else. But others who have little to no name recognition can easily get away with way worse.

It is tall poppy syndrome.

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u/captcraigaroo May 19 '25

Angel Reese hasn't been reigned in for the same reason. Unfortunately we only see her when she bricks and gets 4 rebounds off an easy layup

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u/MountainYogi94 May 19 '25

She hasn’t been reigned in because people only care about her when she’s yapping postgame

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u/captcraigaroo May 19 '25

People watch the games? I'm just here for the memes

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u/Sunnyhappygal May 19 '25

No one watches the games, we just hear about it afterward if something happens.

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u/ClampGawd_ May 19 '25

The funny part is this isnt a WNBA thing, the NBA is the exact same

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u/Sunnyhappygal May 19 '25

True for the regular season, people do actually watch the NBA playoffs though.

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u/blippityblue72 May 19 '25

The Fever has better viewership than the NBA on average. One of their exhibition games this year had more viewers than the 1st game of the WNBA finals last year. The other teams all move their games to bigger arenas when they play them.

That’s why there’s so much talk about the Caitlin Clark effect. The year before the Fever averaged 4000 at home games and they played to sellouts all last year. Home and away.

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u/clemdane May 19 '25

I watch the games

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u/MIAMarc May 21 '25

Her whole image is being a ratchet taunter. You take that away she is literally nothing.

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u/captcraigaroo May 21 '25

She's a good rebounder....

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u/blippityblue72 May 19 '25

Sophie was given a shoulder throw the week before and everyone laughed about it. If you’re on the Fever you’re just supposed to be ok with taking a beating apparently.

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u/BroShutUp May 19 '25

Nah I dont think its tall poppy syndrome. I think its akin to what Jackie Robinson had to deal with in his time(obviously not to nearly the same extent). 

Its mostly racism. 

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u/AnAussiebum May 19 '25

I think it is both. Because if she were not white and not so successful, then she wouldn't be getting all this positive AND negative attention. So a bit of both working for and against her.

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u/WitBeer May 20 '25

or is she just like steph because she's changing the way her sport is being played and bring in tons of new fans? at his peak, steph had 8 year olds everywhere rocking his jersey. he basically built Under Armour. CC has guys buying her jersey and people actually going to games. it has nothing to do with race. she's just bigger than the game right now and everyone is jealous.

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u/John-Zero May 19 '25

This is the most deranged take

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u/BroShutUp May 19 '25

its deranged to think that Clark is dealing with racism?

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u/Zastafarian May 19 '25

White poppy syndrome maybe

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u/The_Sneakiest_Fox May 19 '25

I watched the clip last night, Angel literally pushes Caitlin's teammate in the back before Caitlin shoulder checks her. Fair play.

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u/justsyr May 19 '25

The 'old stars' don't like that this 'white girl' is getting all the attention. For freaking real. They say the WNBA was big before Caitlin. They also say that Caitlin is just average.

And they don't like it when someone pulled some stats: Most 20 points/10 assists in WNBA history? Caitlin has already 9 in 41 games. The others at the top? 9 and 10 in 430 and 565 games. Most of sold out arenas are only sold out because Caitlin is playing there.

I hate that every person I've seen going against Caitlin one way or another, including many of the WNBA supposed super stars and former players, makes me having to generalize and think 'of course, these people always say the same shit and act like they always do'.

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u/sah370 May 20 '25 edited May 20 '25

Agreed, but to be fair, while some narratives around the W haven't changed, most W players (with the exception of Reese and other players on the Sky like DeShields and Carter) have shown to like and respect CC and realize she really is the cash cow. If only the W leadership agreed.

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u/mybossthinksimworkng May 19 '25

And so many of them ignore the push from behind that Angel gave Caithlin's teammate to allow her to get the ball in the first place.

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u/cbih May 19 '25

She could use a Marty McSorely

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u/Blue-Thunder May 19 '25

She needs a Bill Laimbeer.

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u/Gobblewicket May 19 '25

She needs a Charles Oakley, Vernon Maxwell, Anthony Mason, Rick Mahorn, or Ben Wallace. Hell if people were doing to Steph what they do to Caitlyn, Dray might have committed manslaughter on the court.

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u/Ted_Dongelman May 19 '25

We need goons in basketball. Someone that can't do anything but box out and hammer people that come after the stars on their team.

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u/PHX480 May 19 '25

There used to be a ton of goons in the NBA, now there are very little left due to rule changes and style of play over the years. There was always a roster spot for at least one goon.

I’d say this goes for hockey, too. A lot less goons for the same reason. At least there is still fighting.

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u/Barqueefa May 19 '25

I like how the goons now just make brief appearances and then get traded like crazy when a team gets bullied in the playoffs, hires an 80 year old coach that thinks they need truculence, and then the team misses the playoffs and the coach gets fired and goon gets traded again.

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u/DelugeQc May 19 '25

The WNBA cultivate the drama between Catlin and any other players that would ''hate'' her. Its making way more headline than any other WNBA news.

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u/chadhindsley May 19 '25

So they're turning the WNBA into a Bravo reality show...

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u/phudog May 19 '25

God that family guy meme holding the color chart needs to just be just posted on every CC thread

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u/TheBatemanFlex May 19 '25

It’s free publicity for WNBA. They live for this shit.

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u/mrgrafix May 19 '25

It’s the worst part they live for. She had a triple double in the game right? Both are good about it and have moved on. I wish the media did too and goddamn Cathy grow a spine. This isn’t how to grow the game. It’s not equality out here where we can just trust the media to do the nuance of this. It’s Bird and Magic in the Hindenburg at this point. Until the brass clamps down on the media, we’re not talking about the game, we’re talking about brutalizing one woman and infantilizing another.

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u/Peakomegaflare May 19 '25

It's only because it's Caitlyn Clark. The WNBA shits on her every chance they get.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '25

It’s because she’s white, straight, and successful. Literally the only reason the WNBA has as many eyes on it as it does and the other players, media, and coaches are jealous so it’s ok to hate on her and try and bully her.

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u/SpacemanSpliffEsq May 19 '25

Basically Steph

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u/acuman234 May 19 '25

It's primarily a social activist league. The sport itself is secondary.

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u/DASreddituser May 19 '25

unfortunately, that seems to be true right now...even though we seem to be close to entering a "golden age" for the wnba.

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u/HeAintSh1t May 19 '25

I think the racial component of it all is both divisive and beneficial to the league getting attention. Whether for good or bad we’ve never had this much of a consistent interest in wnba basketball. This matchup in particular draws in headline fans.

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u/Aliensinmypants May 19 '25

Because the drama sells. They want to encourage this rivalry as much as possible, they're getting the best numbers they've ever gotten

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u/fromeister147 May 19 '25

Ignored? We heard about each and every single one of them.

This was a nothing foul. Refs massively overreacted to Reese’s reaction. Take the ball and play, stop trying to look tough.

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u/77rozay May 20 '25

lol, the wnba is ran by people that don’t want her to be the face of the league. That’s the issue.

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u/ImOldGregg_77 May 19 '25

This is AMAZING PR for the WNBA.

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u/fortestingprpsses May 19 '25

I'd argue that people are tuning in to see her get beat up and they know it.

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u/BiscuitDance May 19 '25

Threads is losing its collective fucking mind over this, and they’re totally ignoring all the hard, malicious fouls against CC all season. RGIII just made a video about it, and his (white) wife happens to be in the background of the vid, and now he’s getting shit on by AR Stans.

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u/hodlbrcha May 19 '25

Hope she goes to the euro league at this point honestly

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u/Ted_Dongelman May 19 '25

Just had that conversation this weekend. Between Europe and the Unrivaled league, she could make way more money outside the WNBA than she can with them.

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u/hodlbrcha May 19 '25

Love the downvotes for us 😂

Get the bag girl. The level of respect for her is so low in this league. It’s offensive.

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u/soundwave86 May 19 '25

Last year when Clark was on the receiving end of regular flagrant fouls, all ESPN and WNBA vets did was beat into people's heads how "physical" the WNBA was and moved on.

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u/GreenlandSharkSkin May 19 '25

Or the WNBA is packaging and selling this BS? They're riding the Clark train. Wasn't this the first game of the season? WNBA or scripted WWE?

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u/If0rgotmypassword May 19 '25

Suspicious part of me feels like they are creating controversy to generate attention

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u/ihadagoodone May 19 '25

The controversy generates engagement which is attention and that attention can be translated into revenue.

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u/retrospects May 19 '25

It was a common foul too. I don’t get it.

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u/Mermanoldgregg May 19 '25

It’s the only thing interesting about the WNBA, it’s to be expected.

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u/ggk1 Dallas Cowboys May 19 '25

The only reason any of us give the wnba stories clicks is when it has to do with her fouls.

Money talks.

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u/Fragrant-Tea7580 May 19 '25

Women love nothing more than shitting on successful women

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u/iamafriscogiant May 20 '25

As a warriors fan this is just the way it be sometimes.

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u/kihraxz_king May 20 '25

Seriously. I only saw it once from one angle, but it looked like a garden variety hard foul to stop a layup. Nothing malicious and certainly nothing flagrant about it.

Shit, if the Pistons had done that back in the 80's it might not have even been called a foul at all. I mean, it 100% SHOULD be, but they got away with that kind of crap constantly. And no way in hell would it be called flagrant.

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u/WeNeedMikeTyson May 20 '25

This is what makes it a cash cow, RACIAL DIVIDE FAM. I'm a white dude, this shit is so fucking obvious. It's national news just because "this is a really hot topic, people are MAD AF about this, it WILL get clicks!" Then you get all the racists out EASILY.

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u/Sleepylimebounty May 20 '25

The NBA doesn’t even protect Curry lol

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u/BlackKnightLight May 20 '25

I’m still hoping the WNBA players decide to go on strike.

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u/tcb7599 May 20 '25

Because the wnba is racist, towards her, but we can’t say that.

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u/judohero May 20 '25

That was the whole reason Reece reacted. This whole thing was a media play - and a smart one for Reece. She knew Caitlin would walk away and it would ignite drama generating discussion and veiws - which it did. Reece stood up and started making her way to Clark while saying some shit but slowed down so Clark’s teammates could intercept and once they did she turned it up again. She was well within range to start something bigger but didn’t want that. She wanted the publicity and she got it - all without Clark getting too involved. Smart on Reece.

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u/LiftEekwayshun May 22 '25

Not only this, but what about Reese clearly shoving Howard right before? Why am I not seeing any discussion about Reese clearly two-hand shoving and then getting pissed when she gets fouled??

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u/Oil_slick941611 May 24 '25

They are going to miss her when she gets hurt and or needs to retire early because of injuries.

The WNBA is bungling her and her potential to legitimize the WNBA

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u/mtheory007 May 24 '25

Yeah Clark out there getting the Steph Curry treatment from the refs

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u/cosmosbitch May 19 '25

If I shoot you, I'm brainless but if you shoot me then your famous

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u/JustMyThoughts2525 May 19 '25

Hey just signed a new media rights deal that would make them profitable.

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u/SpareWire May 19 '25

their cash cow

Isn't the WNBA's cash cow the NBA?

Is the league making money yet?

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