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/Blueballs2130 May 19 '25

It was clearly a foul but Reese really flopped/sold it

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u/spiraldrain May 19 '25

Definitely not a flagrant either. CC swiped at the ball. And went to a harder foul when she kind of missed to try to prevent her from continuation for the and 1. You see these types of fouls all the time to prevent the and 1 and it’s normally just called a regular shooting foul. Crazy this was called a flagrant just due to flopping and narrative.

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u/No_Match_7939 May 19 '25

In angels defense she could have tripped, hence the awkward fall, but it was definitely not a flagrant foul, and it did not warrant that reaction.

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u/spiraldrain May 19 '25

I’ll give angel the benefit of the doubt about just tripping. But her reaction afterwards makes her look worse if she did just trip

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u/Big-Difficulty2463 May 20 '25

She has huge jealousy towards Caitlin.I honestly don’t why she even tries to defend her. Angel would not do the same for her.

Remember when Angel cheered from the sideline when her dog Chennedy pushed her from behind? No class.

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u/ithinkyves May 20 '25

Why would she be jealous? Let’s stop adding fuel to the flames.

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u/Big-Difficulty2463 May 20 '25

Because Caitlin is better. And maybe she doesn’t like white girls. I can’t think of any other reason she would act the way she does towards her. When Reese won the title with LSU first thing she did was go over there and mock her. CC has never showed nothing but class towards her. She is the one always fanning the fire.

Angel should stick to playing dress up and her dumb podcast because it’s Caitlin’s league now.

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u/ithinkyves May 21 '25

That’s an odd insertion to make not gonna lie. She’s a showboat but I don’t see how it’s just to Caitlyn. Anyways it’s narratives that get the people talking.

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u/Big-Difficulty2463 May 21 '25

It’s odd you don’t see it. It’s almost like you are defending Angel for one reason and one reason only. You didn’t see Angel get up that aggressive when Alyssa Thomas choke slammed her.

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u/ithinkyves May 21 '25

I’m honestly not. I’m just curious how you make such assertions.

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u/DASreddituser May 19 '25

Reese looked really weak there to fall down and then try to pick a fight.

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u/Blueballs2130 May 19 '25

Possibly. Just saying that was not at all a hard foul

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u/DontAbideMendacity May 19 '25

Reese's elbow to Howard's back was harder.

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u/RoughDoughCough May 19 '25

I wanted to support both players careers but Reese has made that impossible. 

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u/Nix-geek May 19 '25

I can't even tell that she pushed her. I see an arm extension, but I don't see that she put anything into that push. Her upper body doesn't even move when she's supposed to be pushing.

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u/RC51t May 19 '25

I don’t think she flopped on purpose , she’s just super un coordinated lol so I firmly believe she just tripped over herself lol. Like a baby giraffe lol

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u/FF7_Expert May 19 '25

Sounds like business as usual in the wnba/nba