Charles Barkley has hit out at WNBA media personalities for his or her detrimental messaging surrounding famous person rookie Caitlin Clark.
“These girls – and I’m a WNBA fan – they can not have f**ed this Caitlin Clark factor up any worse in the event that they tried,” Barkley stated on The Invoice Simmons Podcast this week. “Individuals consider what we are saying on tv. Simply because folks don’t such as you or your persona, they will’t get on TV and slander you. It’s simply complete bulls***.
“In the event you received folks in a room, a bunch of dudes in a room, we couldn’t have got here up with a masterplan with what these girls have performed. This lady is unimaginable. The variety of consideration, eyeballs she’s introduced to varsity and the professionals, and for these girls to have this petty jealousness. You’re saying to your self, ‘Rattling, what’s going on right here?’ And the factor I like about her, she by no means says a phrase. However these girls, who I like and respect their recreation, they couldn’t have f—ed this factor up any worse. There’s been a lot negativity.”
Loads of WNBA legends have had no drawback slamming Clark on TV and social media.
One WNBA legend who has been dubbed a ‘Clark hater’ is WNBA legend Sheryl Swoopes.
A couple of month in the past, Swoopes claimed that Indiana may nonetheless qualify for the playoffs with out Caitlin Clark, whereas Chicago would battle with out Angel Reese. Since then, Fever have made the playoffs first time because the 2016 common season due to Caitlin, whereas the Sky are in eighth place out of 12 WNBA groups.
Then as lately as this week, she was feuding with Stephen A. Smith for not mentioning Clark when talking in regards to the Fever’s success.
“All I’m gonna say is, it was fairly rattling immature to come back again at me like that. Known as me an f***ing coward?, Smith stated on The Stephen A. Smith Present.”As a result of I referred to as you out for not doing all your job? … I imply the underside line is that this: she engages in a degree of immaturity. Let’s simply name it what it’s.”
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