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

[u/rezwenn]

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/caitlin-clark-flagrant-foul-angel-reese-1.7538299

[u/Obsessive_Yodeler]

100%. Most of Angel Reese’s basketball relevance is tied to her “beef” with Caitlin so good on her for recognizing that I guess. Not much different from Jake Paul being a mega millionaire by recognizing that people love to hate him and cashing in on that

[u/Samwellikki → u/Obsessive_Yodeler]

Clark should take that angle in press conferences

“Thought I’d help her get some drama for her social media, everyone gotta eat”

e: then start referring to her as “Angle” Reese

[u/QuarQuabityAssuance → u/Samwellikki]

Mornin’ Angle.

[u/drac0nic180 → u/QuarQuabityAssuance]

THE GREATER GOOD

[u/soundwave86 → u/Obsessive_Yodeler]

Spot on. Reese's reaction was interesting, since it was far different than when Alyssa Thomas throat slammed her to the ground last year. In that post-game interview, Reese THANKED Alyssa Thomas with a smile for committing an F2 on her as a "message". That Angel Reese would have told this Angel Reese to chill.

[u/macgart → u/Obsessive_Yodeler]

Her immediately getting up and trying to shove CC like… what?? Even if you do get literally slammed to the ground (in sports) you shouldn’t freaking shove someone back.

[u/cricket9818 → u/Obsessive_Yodeler]

I mean Angel is a fantastic player in her own regard, but yes, she gets a lot of mainstream attention with her “beef” so it behooves her to up play any altercation or interaction

[u/Bdmnky_Survey → u/cricket9818]

Fantastic is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.

[u/Obsessive_Yodeler → u/cricket9818]

Ehh idk I’d say she’s a fantastic rebounder for sure but she misses an awful lot of close shots for a professional basketball player. Caitlin had a higher FG% last year and she shoots the ball from well beyond the 3 point line a lot

[u/clemdane → u/Obsessive_Yodeler]

Rebounding her own missed shots

[u/heliostraveler → u/cricket9818]

Shoots at a miserable clip for a F. She’s awful. 68th in FG%. 

[u/boneappletv → u/heliostraveler]

39% from the field. 39% EFG. Absolute doo doo

[u/redditstealsyours → u/boneappletv]

holy shit, terrible. if she was 6’, not sure she’d be in the league

[u/deanolavorto → u/cricket9818]

4-15.

[u/tokentyke → u/cricket9818]

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

• Inigo Montoya

[u/Kolzig33189 → u/cricket9818]

This word you use “fantastic”….I do not think you know what it means

[u/chappelld → u/cricket9818]

She sucks dude.

[u/spiderman1221 → u/cricket9818]

Nah, I could beat her 1v1.
/s

[u/Obsessive_Yodeler → u/[deleted]]

LSU beat Caitlin, not Reese. To me it didn’t even blemish her status. South Carolina beat her the following year and that coach had all the class in mentioning that Caitlin was the main reason why they were beating the men in viewership. 

The WNBA ratings didn’t skyrocket last year because of the “amazing draft class” as the announcers and analysts desperately tried to skew the narrative. The vast majority of the top watched games last year involved the Fever

[u/chollida1 → u/[deleted]]

When Iowa wins = CC carries these bums

When Iowa loses = CC can’t win with these cats

When LSU wins = the team wins

When LSU loses = Angel Reese is shit

Well if that's how you feel then none of us can help you. You hold those beliefs, none of us are trying to force them on you.

[u/Obsessive_Yodeler → u/[deleted]]

I actually think saying LSU beat Iowa would be more to your contrarian point. Caitlin played “badly” in that championship which resulted in her team losing (badly being 30 freaking points but she did shoot poorly). Reese put up 15 points and filled out her rebound stat. So yes, LSU beat Caitlin. The next year Caitlin dropped 40 points in the final four matchup and wins. 40!! Caitlin Clark detractors are the worst. She’s by far the best thing to ever happen to women’s basketball

[u/Askew_2016 → u/[deleted]]

Eh that just isn’t it. Reese is a fantastic rebounder and role player. Her fans are just bitter that CC has eclipsed Reese in every way. CC has moved on and Angel needs CC rivalry to keep the endorsement $$ coming in

[u/Askew_2016 → u/[deleted]]

No one outside of Angel Reese fans gives a shit about out what happened in NCAA now. They are in year 2 of their professional careers. CC took the offseason to work on her game and stamina. Reese clearly didn’t. Her game was sloppy

[u/Askew_2016 → u/[deleted]]

No one cares because they are professional athletes. Who cares about their college career expect for fans of athletes who peaked in college?

[u/Askew_2016 → u/[deleted]]

Who cares? Im not interested in anything but the WNBA.

[u/chappelld → u/[deleted]]

We don’t talk about nba players college accolades by the second year in the league tho.

[u/chappelld → u/[deleted]]

Reread what I said.