Some players are just resentful of Caitlin Clark. Call it!

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look I’m not pissed to the point where I’m annoyed and I’m going to call people out their names all especially people that I love like the person I’m about to talk about in a few minutes um but certain things need to be corrected for the record because per certain people certain things people are just ill-informed about and the Publications that grab the headlines and try to manipulate things and make things seem as if there something that they’re not um I understand that some folks are desperate for clickbait that’s how they do it they don’t care about accuracy they just care about talking and not knowing what the hell they’re talking about so I’m here for it and that’s fine because that’s one of the reasons I’m in good shape because I don’t hold stuff inside all the time and let stuff foment and ultimately an implosion takes place and I’m the one that suffers because I’m unhealthy no I believe and as I’ve said this to family and friends throughout my life I believe the best form of stress relief is reciprocation when people stress you stress the hell out of them and that’s how you’ll alleviate your stress because they’ll know stress is coming down the pike and they won’t want the damn trouble so maybe they won’t bring you trouble but I’m here for it I’m here for it and it’s regarding the subject of Caitlyn Clark for those of you don’t know she’s a former star at Iowa in college uh played in the national championship game before losing to South Carolina she’s a number one overall pick for the WNBA draft she is a special talent to say the least even though she’s not having a special year because the Indiana Fever are stinking up the joint they’ve got the second worst record in the league only the Washington Mystics are worse or Worse who are 0 and eight Indiana f are 0 and9 but that’s not the story involving Caitlyn Clark and all the drama that surrounds her on this particular day as we get started to talk about this hot topic that is Caitlyn Clark let’s put it in its proper perspective the Indiana Fever rookie was fouled Saturday night by Chicago Sky guard Kennedy Carter on an inbounds play the foul was later upgraded to a flagrant one violation after League review the very next day FIFA head coach Christy side said she’s been sending plays to the league for review when asked about the treatment of a star rookie the play itself and overall treatment of Clark has had social media buzzing we’ve all been buzzing about it okay but there was another individual that was buzzing about it for a different reason and that’s my boy Matt Bonds from the all the smoke podcast he weighed in on it this weekend and before I do anything I want to show you what he had to say check out his thoughts there’s a Hot Topic uh going on right now Caitlyn Clark say she got cheap shotted against the sky I mean throughout the season she’s been getting beat up hard screens elbows knocked down it is what it is she’s not the first she won’t be the last my issue and my question is where the are her teammates at where y’all at where the rest of the Indiana feed I’ve seen a couple girls smirk when she’s got knocked down half ass to pick her up like y’all supposed to protect the asset protect the star and all this is the team she’s the star you always protect your star I was someone who protected the Stars you with coob CP Blake list goes on I’m it’s going to be a problem cuz you guys are supposed to be a family and you wonder why you sit at the bottom of the league right now is cuz y’all don’t protect each other man coach don’t do about it players don’t Sho do about it y’all should be ashamed of it but the rest of league is going to continue to test her and that’s what they’re supposed to do it’s you guys job to have her back and have each other’s back got to do better ladies I 1,00% agree with Matt Bonds every syllable that he uttered I don’t think the coach will be coaching the year a f after this year assuming she last this year I thought it was very tepid response at this time at this particular moment I mean we’ve sent tape to the league we’ve complained with the league please we didn’t know about it where’s the noise you got a girl here who’s box office in Caitlyn Clark she is box office we can lament it all we want to but the fact of the matter is Caitlyn Clark is box office and we got to get that out the way and I’ll get into all of that a little bit more in just a second because it’s very very important that we point this out she breaks she fills seats she brings the cameras she brings National publicity it’s what she does now as a player let’s understand this about Caitlyn Clark number one overall pick on Pace to become the first rookie ever to average at least 15 points five rebounds five assists but she also leads the league with 5.4 turnovers per game 1.3 more than any other player in the league she’s shooting just under 36% from the field and 30% from three Point range which is not impressive of the 21 players averaging at least 15 points per game Clark has the third worst field goal percentage at 35.7% she also has more technical fouls with three than the Indiana F has wins right now which two with two which is very very bad by the way but understandable because if you’re losing that much it stands the reason that you’re a highend competitor like she is you’re GNA get caught for some technical fouls she’s struggled with physical defense she’s faced at the professional level and voiced frustration with the League’s officiating recently tell a reporters quote I feel like I’m getting and everybody is physical with me and opponents get away with things that other people don’t get away with that’s what Caitlyn Clark said that is what she said okay but to me it’s a bigger issue going on and when this happened and that girl uh Kennedy Carter pushed her in the back like that it was a cheap shot it was not a basketball player she should have been ejected number one number two um there should have been a fine that was incurred thereafter number three not to say that there won’t be or hasn’t been at this moment in time I don’t know of one I know the team was fine for media availability purposes because people weren’t available to talk I know Angel ree was also going to be fine because she didn’t make herself available for the media as well and I get all of that as well we understand it we see it for what it is it is what it is I’m saying this it’s important that we point this out one of the things that I brought up this morning and talking about Caitlyn Clark is that some of the players you want to use the word jealousy fine you want to use the word envy fine you want to use the word resentment we want to play with words that’s cool it’s something and I think that some of the ladies not all but some of the ladies in the WNBA are missing the point and the point is this girl right here is a box office attraction and because of her box office attraction it’s generating more eyeballs too the WNBA product therefore more revenue for the WNBA profit product don’t you think y’all are going to benefit from that too look at the big picture that’s what I was talking about when I was talking about it this morning on my day job first take on ESPN every weekday morning from 10: a.m. to 12:00 noon Eastern Standard Time a rising tide raises all boats if Caitlyn Clark is the quote unquote savior if she’s the Golden Girl milk it now it’s just an opinion orbe it I believe an educated one but this girl that comes away from Co comes into comes out of college rather who happens to be white who’s already making buku dollars the average the average the maximum salary in the WNBA is 250,000 if I remember correctly Caitlyn Clark signed a $28 million endorsement deal was nobody in a WNBA getting that nobody’s gotten that yet but her Asia Wilson is the Superstar in the NBA in the WNBA she’s a two-time champion this girl is the is legit she’s the real deal and those kind of endorsements and all of that stuff ain’t come her way even though some is has Has Come Away fija Johnson out of LSU is gonna get her bag she already got nil deals she’s also a hip-hop artist we’re seeing women get shine we’re seeing their shine Elevate it’s deserving it’s long overdue but the fact is it’s long overdue and because it’s long overdue it begs the question why the hell didn’t it arrive earlier because you didn’t have Caitlyn Clark earlier now what’s the difference between her and a Diana terasi or Sue bird or or or or or Banna steart or somebody else or UNESCO or somebody y’all talk about that the fact that matter is the kind of stuff that’s happening and has been happening over the last few months is because of Caitlyn Clark I got some of the stats in front of me to validate it because you see I bring receipts and I’ll get to why I’m really pissed off in a few minutes WNBA draft 2024 Drew 2.400 446 million viewers to ESPN on on Monday night making it the most watched draft in WNBA history who’s the number one overall pick huh Aaron who’s the number one over pick say it louder Kaitlin Clark the number one overall pick coincidence huh just coincidence huh of course it’s not highest rated draft in history because of Caitlyn Clark um WNBA TV ratings for this season ladies and gentlemen do you know it’s skyrocketed ABC announced had its most viewed opening weekend double header ever with two games combined in the average 1.5 million viewers that marks a 143% increase from a WNBA double header on ABC a year ago did you know that did you know that did you know that well you know it now last that just to throw this out there Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever has been involved in three now mind you the same Indiana team that started out 1 and seven the same Indiana team that lost their first three of their four four games of the season the same Indiana Fever that has the second worst record n WNBA basketball right now the only team worse than them in the entire league is the Washington Mystics who are winless in eight games the second worst team in the league is the Indiana Fever led by Caitlyn Clark did you know that the fever has been involved in three of the four TV games that have gaed 1.3 million average views this season entering this past weekend these are the most watched WNBA games are you ready for this in over two decades the Indiana Fever two two two and nine by the way Indiana is a small Market ain’t New York City ain’t La ain’t Chicago it’s not the sky it’s not the Liberty it’s not the Sparks we’re talking about the Indiana Fever led by a girl that was playing at Iowa is proding the most watched WNBA games in over two decades what does that tell you that tells you that before Caitlyn Clark came along it wasn’t nearly as popular it doesn’t mean it wasn’t growing in popularity over the last two to three years but three years ago WNBA was an afterthought a little bit less than that there were thoughts of this team being defunct and going away nobody cared and I don’t mean that literally I mean by and large and I’m GNA say something that was very unpopular then it’ll be unpopular now but I don’t give a damn because it’s a fact where are the ladies the sport I’m not talking about right now I’m talking about in the past when it wasn’t as popular the men have this sports do you know why men’s sports became exponentially more popular because of women it was more women watching NBA games it was more women watching NFL games that’s how it became more popular well ladies if you help the NFL get more popular and you help the NBA get more popular how come you didn’t help the WNBA get more popular until recently you did that the men are the men but the women rule when women support you you win everything shows that it happens in sports it happens in business it happens in television when women watching you when women are listening to you you win every superstar you could possibly fathom got it good with the l the ladies support them I don’t care who you pick pick a superstar pick a mega Superstar and tell me where they’re lacking female support 25 to 54 demographic 18 to 34 demographic the list goes on and on when the women support you you win you even win elections you don’t win elections cuz the men support you for Mo for for the most part from what I’ve been told you win it when the women come out and support you women know this so why was the WNBA not popular all of these years so when I go on national television and I bring up jealousy Envy resentment or whatever I’m not saying it’s not justified if you are a WNBA player and you resent Caitlyn Clark it makes perfect sense because she’s white and she’s the golden girl that’s considered the marketing Savior for the sport yes they were talking about charted flights before she ever came along and opened her mouth but shortly after Caitlyn Clark opened her mouth you had chared flights and you ain’t have it in two decades she’s got that kind of influence that kind of power I wasn’t trying to say that women black white and everything in between associated with the WNBA shouldn’t was wrong and shouldn’t feel resentment after all that hard work you put in to pound the pavement and to be the great players that you are and the great basketball ambassadors that you are what you’ve done for this sport of course you should feel resentful of course you should what I’m saying is don’t be blind there’s an opening exploited rather than be resentful envious jealous whatever word is applicable notice the opening Caitlyn Clark is bringing more attention when you get on the court with her and you perform and somehow someway you’ll find a way to attach yourself to that level of magn ISM that she surely has who knows what could be out there for you and if suddenly the maximum salary goes from 250,000 to 450,000 and suddenly you on charted Jets instead of commercial flights and suddenly you’re maximizing the potential of your name image and likeness what do you care at the end of the day the rising tide lifts all boats and I’m able to get personal about it how many times did I tell y’all when ESPN signed P McAfee nobody was happier than me Shannon sharp did and he getting his shine nobody’s happier than me Ryan Clark got a new deal nobody’s happier than me Troy Amman got a deal Joe Buck got a deal Kirk herb stre got a deal Tom Brady got a deal Tony Romo got his deal because they’re setting the market why why do you think I’ve had the smile on my face all of these months because I believe it’s my turn has nothing to do with Disney has nothing to do with ESPN it has everything to do with the industry if I’m an NBA player and I’ve just won a championship and somebody who didn’t win gets 50 million a year doing what I do what do you think I’m going to think I’m worth see how simple it is it’s capitalism it’s marketability it’s it’s taking advantage of the moment that’s business why be resentful of any of them I throw out names like the mcafe and the Amman and and and and all of these folks even The Joe Rogan of the world and everybody else I couldn’t be I couldn’t be more thankful you’re setting the market that’s business what is wrong with people how do you not see that you didn’t hurt Caitlyn Clark you didn’t chop at her knees or anything like that Kennedy Carter so that’s cool it was a bush league play it wasn’t a basketball play and all of this other stuff but at the end of the day all I’m saying is for you cuz I saw you I saw reports that you called her the b word before you shoved there in the side hip checked her but before just in case resentment jealousy Envy or whatever it is is applicable because I don’t know which one it is just in case all I’m saying is hold up ladies There’s an opportunity here go for it let that girl shine I’m not talking about on the court you compete against try to take her out try to beat her I get that part but I’m talking about let that girl shine Mark and wise let her get her bag find a way to maximize off of it and create an opening for yourself so you can get yours that’s the American way hell that’s the global way