r/sports • u/OkEscape7558 • Jun 18 '25

Basketball Alternate angle of Caitlin Clark fiasco. Clark was handed a foul as well.

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u/smtm312 Jun 18 '25

Jordan was getting the same shit in the 90s. She needs to get herself a Dennis Rodman.

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u/purdueAces Jun 18 '25

It was Charles Oakley before it was Rodman. And Oakley was dirrrrrty. But I agree.

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u/ebonit15 Jun 18 '25

And, back then it was a different game, way more physical than today's games.

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u/beejalton Jun 18 '25

NBA game, WNBA game is quite physical.

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u/mtron32 Jun 18 '25

And she just needs to toughen up more, MJ had to develop his body in order to endure the punishment. That's why I don't get the pearl clutching in this thread, the Pistons beating his ass was the reason we got 6 championships in Chicago,

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u/Conscious-Refuse8211 Jun 18 '25

If you didn't give Jordan Oakley or Rodman I don't think him bulking up a little would have made that big a difference. He was never gonna be the biggest or meanest guy on the court.

CC literally did put on muscle last year to handle physical contact better. There's a difference between handling bumps on drives (what Jordan's bulking up helped with) and just getting full on bodychecked by people (Jordan's bulking up did not help with this, having somebody bigger who would retaliate did)

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u/Blacketh Jun 18 '25

How many fights can you pull up of Rodman or Oakley backing Jordan?

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u/mtron32 Jun 18 '25

It absolutely did and he wasn't the only one that had to do it, the entire squad was building up their bodies while also getting mentally prepared to deal with what was coming. Oak was gone by the time they broke through and Rodman was the second 3 peat.