The latest Caitlin Clark hater is apparently former WNBA champion Sheryl Swoopes

I don't follow the WNBA. Is there a reason why Clark is hated so much? Is it just resentment over the fact that she's considered their first superstar?

However, I'll say the break in the WNBA season has made Clark even more powerful so it was perhaps a blessing in disguise.

Toxic femininity and racism

Odd because Jokic is white, is/was the best player in the league for 2-3 years, and yet other players don't throw shade on him or target him with hard fouls nearly as much as Caitlin is targeted

These ladies gotta be better

Jokic is like 7 foot Serbian who would kill a mother fucker. Ain't nobody gonna say jack shit about him.

These ladies gotta be better

Swoopes has hated on her for a while. I'm not sure if it's a race thing, a jealousy thing, a little of both, or something else.

Clark should have been on the Olympics team. This isn't hindsight, I said it when the rosters were announced and they had ancient Taurasi playing in her sixth Olympics or something. Ironically, back in the day Taurasi herself was selected for Team USA as a rookie, but you know how these people love pulling up the ladder they climbed on.

Taurasi averaged 10 minutes per game and only scored 1 point per game.

However, I'll say the break in the WNBA season has made Clark even more powerful so it was perhaps a blessing in disguise.

Clark should have been on the Olympics team. This isn't hindsight, I said it when the rosters were announced and they had ancient Taurasi playing in her sixth Olympics or something. Ironically, back in the day Taurasi herself was selected for Team USA as a rookie, but you know how these people love pulling up the ladder they climbed on.

Taurasi averaged 10 minutes per game and only scored 1 point per game.

However, I'll say the break in the WNBA season has made Clark even more powerful so it was perhaps a blessing in disguise.

The roster for the Olympics team was already decided before Clark was ever eligible. They can't just kick someone off the team after they've already been in it.

Seems like this is exactly the point with both the Oympics and the WNBA - it's a good old girls club, and Clark ain't in it.

Everyone is so fucking mad that Caitlin Clark saved the WNBA when none of the rest of them could.

This year was the very first year the WNBA brought zero rookies or second-year players to the Olympics. It was only the second time (2012) where the WNBA brought zero rookies to the Olympics

They did this in a year where the rookie class is described as generational. In a year where one of the rookies leads the league in assists. Another rookie leads the league in rebounds. Both have broken several records and are by most metrics the league's two most popular players

Both Clark and Reese deserved to make the Olympics this year. Anyone who says otherwise does not know what they are talking about. They were deliberately left off by the selection committee, who gave poor excuses why they were left off. There are no rules saying that rookies can't play in the Olympics. There was no "eligibility" issue. The league just failed to promote its two biggest stars

https://www.today.com/news/sports/caitlin-clark-paris-olympics-2024-rcna156177

Some people take the Clark hate too far but I don't blame them when the media is basically telling the world that all their hard work and accomplishments didn't mean jack squat until Caitlin Clark graced their courts even though she couldn't even win her college team a championship.

All that Clark has done is play professional basketball. She didn't come in with a chip on her shoulder, she isn't beaking about being the best in the world, she isn't screaming at everyone about how she is bringing more money to the WNBA (which she is). All she does is show up, plays good basketball, and gets fucking hated on and pummeled.

What do you mean you don't blame people for hating on her? What the fuck has she done besides play professional basketball?

That's the problem. It's not her fault. It's the fact that people hijacked her popularity for their own shitty goals and she gets a lot of unfair hate because of it. I understand why some people are upset but they should aim their ire at better targets (mainly the sports media). But I feel they definitely have decent reason to be upset.

Tell them Chuck

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This is exactly what I'm talking about. Talking heads constantly pushing this Clark vs. the World mentality that bleeds into the conversation like no one has given her props for being great on the court. And it's hard to try to push the WNBA as a whole when anytime anyone says anything and doesn't include Clark they're automatically labeled a hater. Like people aren't allowed to talk about other players like the former NCAA championship winners for example. The media is the one fucking this up for the WNBA by turning the entire league into petty haters who all apparently can't stand Clark because she's a straight white woman who's good on the court.

bruh pretending there isnt a legitimately large hatebase for clark is nonsensical. Did the media make swoopes constantly talk shit on her?

Not talking about clark is different than trashing her, but ignoring ONLY and SPECIFICALLY her while talking about her team is also a problem Why do you apparently not understand this

This is exactly what I'm talking about. Talking heads constantly pushing this Clark vs. the World mentality that bleeds into the conversation like no one has given her props for being great on the court. And it's hard to try to push the WNBA as a whole when anytime anyone says anything and doesn't include Clark they're automatically labeled a hater. Like people aren't allowed to talk about other players like the former NCAA championship winners for example. The media is the one fucking this up for the WNBA by turning the entire league into petty haters who all apparently can't stand Clark because she's a straight white woman who's good on the court.

Everyone acting petty as fuck when she's literally your golden ticket.

It absolutely is petty. Teams intentionally trying to injure her for no other reason than she's got a bigger brand than them.

This is exactly what I'm talking about. Talking heads constantly pushing this Clark vs. the World mentality that bleeds into the conversation like no one has given her props for being great on the court. And it's hard to try to push the WNBA as a whole when anytime anyone says anything and doesn't include Clark they're automatically labeled a hater. Like people aren't allowed to talk about other players like the former NCAA championship winners for example. The media is the one fucking this up for the WNBA by turning the entire league into petty haters who all apparently can't stand Clark because she's a straight white woman who's good on the court.

That's just it. It's not "petty". It's basketball. It's only seen as petty because the media hyperfocuses on any instance that can fuel their narrative. The girl can't even take a foul in a game without it turning into some kind of racial argument. If they just let them play ball it would be fine but the media is constantly cutting them off at the knees for short-term engagement while at the same time souring the public on the WNBA as a whole.

The girl has 17% of all flagrants in the league committed against her.

"No, we know what we're talking about even though we just tuned into this thing last Wednesday."