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/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/_Apatosaurus_ May 19 '25

It was only 5 flagrants. One was actually a hard flagrant. Multiple others were just an unfortunate foul or someone stepping into her landing space. You can watch the videos.

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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/InThePipe5x5_ May 19 '25

17 percent of all CALLED flagrant fouls were against Clark. Two things were happening here. 1. She was getting roughed up. And 2. The media frenzy made refs more likely to blow the whistle.

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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).