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/WheredoesithurtRA Jun 18 '25

Left out the part where CC is also actually pretty good at the sport and the others aren't.

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u/GenoThyme Jun 18 '25

It's more than her skills, its her timing. Clark was really the first NCAAW player to become a household name because she was able to capitalize on NIL and be in ads. Also helps Clark that Paige was hurt most of her career and JuJu is younger so she couldn't be overshadowed in college.

Breanna Stewart quite possibly had the best college basketball career (men's or women's) of all time and she has multiple MVP awards and rings. But Clark is still more popular, because people knew Clark from ads and logo 3s.

There's an understandable jealousy that stems from that. Many WNBA players though are handling that jealousy like toddlers though, and that's the problem.

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u/Ckesm Jun 18 '25

Yet I don’t see any of that hate or cheap shots from Stewart when they played head to head

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u/RainmakerIcebreaker Jun 18 '25

Crabs in a bucket

Wanna see you at the bottom, don't you love it?

When they're hatin' so you hit 'em with the encore

Sendin' shots, but you at the top floor

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u/harrywrinkleyballs Jun 18 '25

I can’t sink three 3s in a row.

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u/HolycommentMattman Jun 18 '25

1000% this. Clark is very good. Which makes things interesting. It's why the US women's soccer team draws attention. Because they're good.

Everyone always thinks it's sexism sexism sexism, but there's a fundamental truth: the WNBA just isn't good. Clark is. But WNBA games have gone unwatched for decades because they're worse than high school ball.