It's jealousy PERIOD

@clarkbar

21 күн бұрын

its hilarious how scared the white media is to say that

@BluntVille

21 күн бұрын

@@clarkbar you have to have a pod cast in order to speak freely today lol !! we all know shows on tv all have agendas and commercial money to make

@robhartley7155

21 күн бұрын

It’s racism and jealously. Let’s be honest . If Caitlin Clark was black , far more of girls in the wnba would be celebrating her . Skin color should not matter . Brittny griner doesn’t belong on team USA . Clark is the best shooter in the league and it’s not even close .

@giftcardbill

21 күн бұрын

...and all the other things which eww tube won't allow you to say or they will censor you. Why? Because it goes against ewwtubes marxist agenda.

@Rose-zt1ld

21 күн бұрын

Jealousy of someone who’s never won anything 😂

This does not 'feel' like self-sabotage, it IS self-sabotage. The right question is, is she one of the best 12 players? At this point, probably not. But you don't make that case by including a 41-year-old Taurasi and a Griner who has played about five minutes all year.

@teehud313

21 күн бұрын

Excellent point

@crazyworld.221

21 күн бұрын

Taurasi is a few tens of a point ahead of caitlin in scoring. But caitlin leads her in assist, rebounds and block shots. Better shooting percentage as well. And taurasi plays on a playoff team not a last place team. Taurasi is not double teamed constantly. So tell me how is taurasi better than caitlin.

@vangie2sing39

21 күн бұрын

Get over it 😂

@teehud313

21 күн бұрын

@@crazyworld.221 experience

@Phat-rj3jo

21 күн бұрын

Women players complaining about not enough attention and money, and here you have a player who is the biggest draw in women’s basketball by a mile and they don’t want her on the team, lol.

I thought Britney Griner despises our National Anthem and hate to represent the USA Internationally!

@BSTVsports

21 күн бұрын

Right? She should be banned. But we need her for this squad

@kcook8023

21 күн бұрын

Think she will stand this time? Doubt it

@morriswatkins5667

21 күн бұрын

You watch too much Fox News

@kcook8023

21 күн бұрын

@@morriswatkins5667 You watch MSN 🤡

@theradfactor9104

21 күн бұрын

@@morriswatkins5667 She actually said it Educate yourself on the subject before trying to look smart.

This decision is costing Women's Basketball millions of dollars. Then they will whine that no one watched and they have no money. Self-destructive behavior.

@user-nf7dv3od9e

21 күн бұрын

It's weird right...like the women that are on the team are really great and viewership might not be what it would be if CC was on the squad...I watching as always.

The WNBA was all about diversity…until Caitlin came onto the scene…and put them on the map…hmmm!

@fernandorodriguez-ku5cr

21 күн бұрын

Basically, they can't stand to see a white person be better at a sport run by colored men. Caitlin should had been first pick and this comes from a Latino men.

@stephenpatrick6387

21 күн бұрын

There are white players on the team so what are you talking about?

@LNash-fn8ru

21 күн бұрын

This months Slam magazines cover athlete is Cameron Brink. Kelsey Plum, Sabrina, and Stewie are all very much popular in and around the league. So what are you even talking about?

@xhandhele

21 күн бұрын

@@LNash-fn8ru in and around the league, not the world. That's the point. The world only cares about Caitlyn Clark right now. Nobody cares about anyone else, but they eventually will by pure proximity.

@user-uw2nc7fq1q

21 күн бұрын

@@LNash-fn8ru i never heard of any of those ppl until about a month ago.

NBC can't be happy.

@vangie2sing39

21 күн бұрын

And that's too bad 😂

@rasheedkesington7506

21 күн бұрын

NBC should make it clear if CC is not part of the team they will not put it on TV

@mc76

21 күн бұрын

@@rasheedkesington7506 Riiiiiiight. They should do that. I am sure everyone who bought advertising would be thrilled.

@PD-qu8dq

20 күн бұрын

@@mc76probably would be mostly the partners of the nba, not new business

@rondoughhowell6442

19 күн бұрын

it's going to be on usa Network anyways

Taurasi has 5 🏅 🏅🏅🏅🏅!!!!! Give someone else a shot to win. Caitlin, AO or Skylar Diggins -- anyone else. Greedy and selfish

Taurasi is 41 years old. Why the hell is she still on the team? Give the youth a chance, and within the list picked, there is literally a player who hasnt even played this season. She is being blackballed and they cant even hide it

@kylewatson4900

21 күн бұрын

Because at 41 she still gets buckets..

@trevad.mcadoo1750

21 күн бұрын

Olympics is not to give her a chance. It's to win a gold metal. She is getting her chance in the WNBA.

@rudesword2852

21 күн бұрын

​@trevad.mcadoo1750 tell that to the dream team and Christian laettner. It's both. Casual fans only care about the Olympics because of those short format mini documentaries they play before the events to let people know their stories. Grinder will be a pr nightmare and clark could be a nuclear explosion for the world stage. The US has never lost and if the team is so stacked then one switch out for the greatest collegiate scorer ever won't change that.

@BDE360

21 күн бұрын

Taurasi doesn’t even deserve to be on the team. Don’t even get me started on THE DRUG SMUGGLING AMERICA HATER!

@malebovinemanure

21 күн бұрын

@@kylewatson4900 Caitlin's stats are far better than Taurasi's.

CC could be given minutes during garbage time. She would still draw TV ratings. AFAIK, her stats are better than Tarausi's. She's also played more games than Griner(1game) and Chelsea Gray (0 game) who made the team.

@Moleebo

21 күн бұрын

She doesn't need garbage time minutes, she should be given a full allotment of minutes, she is one of the best 12 in the world. The coaches in the WNBA sure guard her like she's one of the top players in the league.

@WillieRoykoRobinson

21 күн бұрын

Chelsea Gray is the best PG in the game and has trained with these women for the Olympics in this coach's system since 2022.

@user-nf7dv3od9e

21 күн бұрын

Go watch her in the 19 u usa games with her on it...then go watch the older woman play Belgium about 6 months ago she not ready

@vangie2sing39

21 күн бұрын

Get over it 😂😂

@Moleebo

21 күн бұрын

@@user-nf7dv3od9e She's ready! You have a point if you are talking about her not being ready to plug into a team that has already played together enough to jell and know each others game. She could be disruptive to try and throw in on such late notice. But if you think she is too soft, or not skilled enough, then I disagree.

Chelsea Gray has not played a game this year and has a career average of 12 ppg....

@I.P.Freely2-yz1je

21 күн бұрын

Good. She will be fresh for the Olympics

@gmsthisvilekingdom3390

21 күн бұрын

women are petty asf bro

July 20. Team USA vs Team WNBA. Put Caitlin Clark on Team WNBA. Let’s see what happens.

@lemcam3980

21 күн бұрын

jajaja whos she going to guard jajaja

@mlrogers671

20 күн бұрын

Too much confidence for caitlin

2 girls haven’t played a game this year and one is 41 and sliding!

NBC should hire her to be the Side court sport analyst.

@winstonsyme5899

21 күн бұрын

And pay her more for doing that than the average WNBA annual salary. That will really get them upset.

@liquidmark5081

21 күн бұрын

@@winstonsyme5899 yeah, it would be upsetting to hire a wet-behind-the-ears rookie with so-so accomplishments to do a job that seasoned veterans and former champions generally do and then paying them tons of money that they didn’t earn because you’re mad that a better team was chosen to represent America in a team sport.

@xhandhele

21 күн бұрын

@@liquidmark5081 Rookies on olympic teams: Rebecca Lobo in 1996, Diana Taurasi in 2004, Candace Parker in 2008 and Breanna Stewart in 2016 (all #1 draft picks BTW). You cant say Caitlyn Clark is wet behind the ears or she's too new. CC has outscored all those girls in college, and she's more popular than all of them too.

@antoniowashington6148

21 күн бұрын

​@@winstonsyme5899I agree, sending HC Reeve a message.

@PD-qu8dq

20 күн бұрын

@@liquidmark5081Is being the Best College Basketball Scorer Ever and Leading Her Team of 3 star recruits to the NCAA Championship versus a Team of 5 star recruits, two years in a row is So-So accomplishments? Breanna Stewart, and Diana had Loaded teams while Playong for UConn, which is the women’s college basketball of Alabama Men’s college football. Always have a team of NFL ready stars

She isn't one of the 12 best, she is the best player at her position in the league. If you watch the games which the people on this show obviously don't, you would know a good portion of the TOs are on the players she is passing the ball to and her assists would easily be 2-3 more per game if her team could make a layup.

@kcook8023

21 күн бұрын

Preach.

@mc76

21 күн бұрын

Not only is she not the best player at her position, she is not even the best guard left off the team. Arike Obungowale is averaging 26.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists, and 3.2 steals a game.

@braziliantvhd2768

20 күн бұрын

You must not watch games then, she's shooting 37%, plays no defense, averages 5.4 turnovers per game and her team is 3-10, there's never been a player that bad put on an Olympic team.

@trutherjay8447

17 күн бұрын

@@braziliantvhd2768she’s not the best 🤡

Big opportunity missed by the WNBA and Team USA. If you are truly trying to grow the sport bring more fans to the game why wouldn’t you bring Clark. The most popular female basketball player on the planet. Obviously she’s not the best player but this would be great for the growth for her and the League.

Finally, a woman on a sports show talking some sense.

If CC was Black and LGBT, the WNBA would already have a statue outside of every arena for her and she would be the captain of the Olympic team.

@LisaJoB2024

21 күн бұрын

Lies

@stueystuey1962

21 күн бұрын

It's hyperbole; but yes, if she fit the gender profile as you suggest, it would be different.

@kshaun84

21 күн бұрын

Considering a few of the players on the team are white and straight.. yeaaa... your take is terrible

@allenhill1223

21 күн бұрын

They say so many great players😮 yes but have they shot the light's out of the ball? NO.

@uyiakaolskolhiphop

21 күн бұрын

Americans are clowns. People bust their butts for Olympics every 4 years and these bozos want a slot for a rookie who ain’t done shyt. When will you Americans learn, we ain’t as obsessed as you are with CC and ticket sales. Put the work in!!!!!

WNBA is shitting the bed in terms of just being aware of how to advance the game. Self sabotage is the perfect description.

@morriswatkins5667

21 күн бұрын

How? Caitlin is not the best.

@I.P.Freely2-yz1je

21 күн бұрын

The white ain't good enough yet.

@mc76

21 күн бұрын

The WNBA does not select the Olympic team.

You don’t think people are exhausted of how y’all sports commentators act. I’m so done.

Don’t kid yourself the Olympics has been her dream since she was a little girl. A 42 year old can go back for a 6th time and Grinder has played ine game all year. Give me a break. And that us insane she isn’t good enough. Her turnovers are because her teammates are not used to this level of passing.

@Ivanblock757

21 күн бұрын

Griner is a center and not a guard

@mc76

21 күн бұрын

Teammates who drop passes get the turnover, not the person passing.

@user-iv7dg3dx6t

7 күн бұрын

When you handle ball as much as cc does and you're doubled a lot there will be some turnovers. Her team mates are still getting used to the passes.

@Ivanblock757

7 күн бұрын

@@user-iv7dg3dx6t she makes really bad passes at times

Talk about Clark has reached a fever pitch and has taken on a life of its own. I mean even mainstream new is getting in on the act. Womans basketball cannot afford to leave her off the team from an exposure perspective. And from a clutch gene perspective and the ability to play under pressure, I doubt anyone on that team is any more gifted/able.

The man who sang she's not one of the 12 best has probably never watched or play I've seen every single one of her WNBA games and she is without question one of the 12 best. She's put up the best numbers of any rookie in history and is leading the league in areas and as well she is playing on the worst team in the NBA last year this guy's nuts if he thinks she's not one of the best 12

@Rose-zt1ld

21 күн бұрын

When looking at points per game, Clark is at 12th out of all rookies in the past decade 😂

Lol. She’s already got better numbers than all the guards except Jackie young. Stop lying. Arike has terrible effiemcy and shoots 24 shots a game to get 26.

@randywatson341

21 күн бұрын

This is the most important point. Among guards, she's good enough right now to be on the team.

@WillieRoykoRobinson

21 күн бұрын

The guards on the team average 18 ppg and fewer than 3 turnovers per game. CC gets points at 17 ppg but also 6 turnovers per game, plus she has trouble with physicality. The international game is much more physical. The Olympic team has been training in this coach's system since 2022. CC was busy in the final 4 the past 2 years. She couldn't train with them in this system. She'll be on the next team. It's all good.

@page8301

21 күн бұрын

@@WillieRoykoRobinson The guards are not on one of the worst teams in the league, are not doubled and blitzed even remotely to the same degree and they play on teams that actually want them to succeed and with competent coaches. Oh and Taurasi has worse stats across the board except 3 point efficiency.

@liquidmark5081

21 күн бұрын

@@page8301 so now we’re making excuses for why the original claim is not correct? Taurasi has way less turnovers this season than Clark. You say that her stats are worse than Clark’s but taking a brief look at it, that doesn’t seem to be an accurate assessment. Clark has better assists but her pocket gets picked way more. Their 3point stats are in a similar range but that’s an issue because 3pointers seem to be the most notable thing in Clarks arsenal. A lot of their other stats are comparable. Taurasi seems to basically be Clark with way more experience and accolades on her resume.

@page8301

21 күн бұрын

@@liquidmark5081 Ah yes, let us lie about the stats and pretends its equal when CC is outrebounding, outassisting, outstealing and outblocking her. Yes, DT's resume is a problem. No one gives a damn if she gets another gold medal, she already has 5. In fact she was chosen to he team in 2004, her rookie year. So this is just blatant hypocrisy to suggest that she should not be picked because she is a rookie. As to being picked, again exposing yourself to not actually having watched Clark or you would know that the problem is in no small part her team mates and her coach, the former because the leave her repeatedly stranded in a double not moving towards her for a good pass and are outright not capable of catching passes. The latter because she is not able to adapt the team to incorporate her properly not really having done much to adjust the team. It does not help that it is the worst team in the league by far.

their explanation is ridiculous, MJ and the Dream team changed everything worldwide

@liquidmark5081

21 күн бұрын

MJ was waaaaaaaaaay better than Caitlyn Clark and he had a championship ring from college when he joined the NBA. The WNBA’s MJ is pretty much A’Ja Wilson, who’s on the Olympic team.

@dramachannel2740

21 күн бұрын

Yeah this aint the Dream Team Though LOL

@gmsthisvilekingdom3390

21 күн бұрын

​@liquidmark5081 who? man the people wanna clark

Ever since the league started up and there have been women’s basketball in the Olympics, the number one draft pick and new sensation has been given a spot on the Olympic team. Her numbers are good enough to warrant a spot, even if deference in minutes is given to vets. What is unprecedented is that no one, ever, none of these vets when they were rookies , not even now.. has faced consistent double teaming.. triple teaming … defensive pressure for 90 feet even when they don’t have the ball, non stop hard fouling, physicality when the ball isn’t in play. None of them. And despite the targeting , despite being on a lousy team which has many players who are also resentful and jealous of her, who don’t have her back… she is still putting up better numbers than other vets on the team and better numbers by far than those vets when they were the new hot rookie and being given a spot on the team. It’s blatantly obvious, she has disrupted a dysfunctional system and a dysfunctional league. Not only has she been playing non stop for a full NCAA season, full NCAA post season, most rigorous start in the league with 11 games in 20 days … but she has also been dealing with non stop hate, jealousy, racism and the weight of media attention. For anyone being fair and paying attention to, it’s evident that she has handled it all with grace and composure. The WNBA has complained for 28 years that they don’t get the exposure they deserve. Caitlin Clark in the Olympics would exponentially benefit interest, viewership, and recognition of the other female stars in the league. Taurasi has been to 6 Olympics , she’s 41, played in like 144 Olympic games. How many of her Olympic games did any of you watch? When she and all those other ladies were rookies and the fresh face of the league , they were given a spot on the team! The only reason she is not on the team is because the salvation of the WNBA popularity has finally arrived for the public but the players, the coaches, the owners don’t like her. They don’t want her to be the face of the league. They are blocking her, not lifting her up. When Ju Ju comes into the league , they will make a spot for her in the Olympics. Caitlin Clark is the most popular athlete on the planet at this moment and all those other players and coaches DON’T WANT HER THERE TAKING UP THE LIMELIGHT AND EVERYONE ELSE’S CHANCES AT MEDIA ATTENTION AND ENDORSEMENT MONEY! It’s full on jealousy.

@KH-bv4hl

21 күн бұрын

Excellent comment -- thx for sharing specifics. Even if they didn't include CC, there are several players not included who are better than several named to team USA. But yeah, CC absolutely belongs there.

Her stats are better than Taurasi and Plums this year.

@fauxbro1983

21 күн бұрын

no their not. Plum not turning the ball over 5.6 times a game and plum scoring more

@page8301

21 күн бұрын

@@fauxbro1983 Plum has a higher ppg but is a worse rebounder, worse passer/assist giver and has worse PER. The only area where she has the edge is a little better 3 point shooting. As to TOV, that is not solely CCs fault.

@Gumballs66

21 күн бұрын

Not turnovers, its turnovers to assist. Hers are better because shes a better player.

@liquidmark5081

21 күн бұрын

@@Gumballs66 Clark’s assist to turnover ratio is 1.13 . Taurasi’s is 1.06. I don’t think that’s a massive difference, my guy. Not enough to drop an experienced veteran for a flavor of the month that literally gets her pocket picked more.

@Gumballs66

21 күн бұрын

They could pick any of 60 plus players by position and continue the decades long undefeated streak, instead they pick the same old hags and leave out the biggest name in over 3 decades for womens basketball. Idiocy and why WNBA will remain irrelevant.

Bro, she is 22not 42 .. at that age how much break she needs .. Plus, it’s not like she will be playing 50mins each Olympic game . … Having her off the team don’t make sense in so many areas

@WillieRoykoRobinson

21 күн бұрын

The women that made the team have been training in that coach's system for the past 2 years. CC was in the final 4 during their training period for both years so she couldn't train with them. Every guard on that team averages 18 pts and fewer than 3 turnovers per game. CC is turnover prone and struggles with physicality. She'll make it eventually. The money will be there.

@rudesword2852

21 күн бұрын

Grinder has only played 1 game due to injury so also hasn't practiced with them. And grinder hates the US. She's the worst ambassador to have. She's rapinhoe.

@page8301

21 күн бұрын

@@WillieRoykoRobinson You really like to spam that nonsense, don't you.

She has better stats at this point than Diana Taurasi. Check it out 🤷🏾‍♂️

They dont want her on there because she would show that playing sis by side with "the best" that they are not nearly as talented as CC.

She just said it - Women self-sabotaging women. So what's new?

End of the day, they made the decision to prove that they could be popular and draw attention without Clark on the team. Nothing about winning, just wanting to succeed in popularity without the help of the one person that drives the attention 🤷

@thehills8724

21 күн бұрын

They will definitely win without her easily. 11 Olympic appearances 9 gold medals

@kooleeoh

21 күн бұрын

@@thehills8724 agreed they will win. 2 sides of this drawn out topic. Will it ever end. One side is about winning. The other side, acknowledges high win percentage, but might as well stack your popularity at the same time.

@Jukeboxster

21 күн бұрын

no one's going to watch Team USA women's squad without CC. They'll win though for sure

@thehills8724

21 күн бұрын

@@Jukeboxster wrong because last Olympics 11 million people tuned in to watch the women’s game 😂

@thehills8724

21 күн бұрын

@@kooleeoh I hear what your saying about popularity but it’s sending the wrong message, it’s showing people it’s not about earning a spot it’s given to you because your popular and that’s not how it should be done

The USA women’s basketball team hasn't lost A SINGLE GAME at the Olympics in over 30 years. They could literally bring backups and still win gold, yet very few people watch the games. Why would give up such a golden opportunity to grow the sport? It's nonsensical.

She would have come into the game with USA up by 20 and killed it against all these scrub women’s teams and then people would want more playing time for her.

@user-nf7dv3od9e

21 күн бұрын

She would get exposed...go watch Belgium vs. usa about six months ago

@mc76

21 күн бұрын

And then her adoring legions would bitch about her lack of playing time.

@braziliantvhd2768

20 күн бұрын

She shoots 37% and averages 5.4 turnovers per game so no

One stone aged player; one injured with zero play time this season; one injured with one partial sub-par game played this season (internationally convicted drug smuggler & anti-USA player as well) tells me nothing but jealousy, sexism & racism were behind ignoring CC for the Olympics. Not too long ago the Olympic rules would not have allowed "professionals" at all. Discrimination, plain & simple. ;>((

what's funny is that this tension is actually gonna make the league better. But it'll be an extremely toxic conversation even though it'll bring a bunch of views

She's shooting 37% there's no way someone that shoots that bad should be on an Olympics team, plus she doesn't play defense

The 'reasoning' is just another reason to throw shade at her by saying her fans would be upset. Yet another way to embroil her in controversy that she didn't cause herself. BS drama.

If the women win a gold medal and no one is watching, does it really matter?

So many great players i never heard of. Dont care about stats.. she fills seats

We have seen this story before- 2016 Breanna Stewart came off winning the NCAA title was #1 draft pick - but she was able to go to 2016 Olympics but CC can’t?? Cmon

@thehills8724

21 күн бұрын

CC didn’t win a NCAA title 😂 she had two tries and came up short in both so not the same thing

@dutchberry

21 күн бұрын

@@thehills8724never watch WNBA😂😂ONLY WATCH CC's highlights😂😂😂

@Jukeboxster

21 күн бұрын

@@thehills8724 what does winning an NCAA title have to do with anything? how many players on this squad have won an NCAA title? You guys said she didn't make it because she didn't practice. get yall's story straight at least

@thehills8724

21 күн бұрын

@@Jukeboxster you said it was the same as Stewart and I’m telling you that you are wrong because she didn’t win a title and Stewart did so we have not seen this story before duh 😂, CC didn’t even try out like everybody else so therefore she didn’t earn it, pathetic yall just want people to hand her a spot on the team because she’s popular that’s not how it works everything is earned and she didn’t earn a spot on the team maybe next Olympics she’ll be on the team

I will continue to support Clark and watch her play. She’s fun to watch and will only get better. Taurasi is old and not as good as Clark right now. Griner probably should not be representing a country she detest. Lastly there is a player on this roster who has been injured since last season and hasn’t played a game this year. Imagine Caitlin Clark playing with Aja Wilson and Breanna Stewart. She wouldn’t have one bit of a problem or struggle and would be open more playing with players of that caliber. To think she is not ready is absurd. As for credentials?😂 really?😂 Caitlin may be the single most impactful collegiate athlete man or woman ever. In any sport. I think we can agree that no one should be surprised. Caitlin could score 50 pts tonight and someone would take a shot at her. We all know it’s true.

Taurasi, Stewart and Parker were all on the Olympic team fresh out of college with lower stats than Caitlin had in college as well as in the W. They selected 2 or 3 players from some teams and none from others?

They are TERRIFIED Caitlyn Clark could go off for 60 points in a game in the Olympics!! Put Caitlyn on the floor with 4 other All Stars and Caitlyn would be a BEAST!!!😱💚🍀

Newsflash she didn't try out for the Olympics 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

@Phizzo4real

21 күн бұрын

Yeah ppl forget that important piece. You think Cameron Brink wouldn't have been fantastic on this team? Especially considering their lack of depth at the forward and Center position? Yes, she would have. I don't see out cry for her. The selection committee clearly went with experienced vets and players that would mesh well together.

@iubitnunes

21 күн бұрын

Chelsea grey hasn't played in 8 months, & her return date is unknown.

@robertwadas

21 күн бұрын

Newsflash, she was playing for a national championship. Do you know how many people were invited to workout for the usa team ?

@alatrese2817

21 күн бұрын

She still probably wouldn’t have made it just because AO is definitely getting picked over her. I still can’t see how she didn’t make it herself.

@Jukeboxster

21 күн бұрын

and? Brianna Stewart didn't try out either and she was picked for 2016. And as someone said Chelsea Gray hasn't played in months. At least get the right narrative in order, yall are all over the place.

When the Dream Team with Jordan and Bird and Magic went over to Europe for the Olympics that ignited a huge influx of basketball throughout Europe that shows in the NBA today. If the WNBA is so concerned about it getting interest in their sport, then why would they not have Caitlin Clark on that team. She's the one that's going to spark interest. What the problem is the WNBA is a racist league and they don't care about expanding their interest because they're racism just overwhelms the right decision.

@vangie2sing39

21 күн бұрын

🙄 stop comparing CC to Jordan, Byrd and Magic, she's not that good. Put the crack pipe down😂

Fifty rebounds Fifty assists one hundred and fifty Points , three games thirty points . plus . Now kicked off the bus ? . another team from the world globe needs her help

Chris Canti is NEVER CORRECT!

The second they made this about anything but basketball, they opened themselves up for criticism. If she wasn't good enough, they shoud've just said that, not make it about her "fans" being disappointed about her not getting a lot of game time. I don't know what they're trying to prove.

Remember when they put Christian leather on the men’s Olympic team.

They’re not looking at it from a business standpoint. They’re going to take what they think is the top players, so they can when another gold medal. They are not concerned about the millions of dollars in TV revenue that they will lose..

At first I was skeptical that there was a jealous angle among WNBA players with Caitlyn Clark. This definitely proves that there is. Rookies have been playing for the Olympics for years and some are not even that good. I remember the original NBA 1992 Dream Team included Christian Laettner, who represented the NCAA, he was definitely a rookie and had no contributing factor to the team. Caitlyn however is a pure shooter and will definitely contribute and not including her does not make any sense. This was also a missed opportunity for other players in the league to bond and get to know Caitlyn even more.

@vanhoot2234

21 күн бұрын

bingo

@Rose-zt1ld

21 күн бұрын

Better rookies have been going to the Olympics. The most recent to do so, Breanna Stewart (4 college championships) came under a lot of fire because they left vets off the squad to accommodate her

@vanhoot2234

21 күн бұрын

@@Rose-zt1ld true... but also she actually.. you know WON in college.

The players on the team already made negative comments about her, in public, and 41 year old Diana wants to keep her spot. They put up the same numbers so you would want to start developing the younger, future players

I agree with her. I would have been fine with any other reason but that one. That is ridiculous.

where are Nike NBC and the other sponsors, they will lose business with this decision. America adores 🥰 Catlin Clark and we demand she be part of the Olympic team 🇺🇸 1776...

"Is she one of the 12 best" is a dishonest question. There needs to be a mix of backcourt & frontcourt. There's room for 5 backcourt players on the team. She's a top 5 backcourt player in the league. Only Jackie Young has better numbers than her. Also, Diana Taurasi isn't even a top 30 player in the league. So this is all asinine.

@BSTVsports

21 күн бұрын

5 backcourt players? You need size against the rest of the world. More size is what you need. It’s definitely players that’s better than her right now.

@randywatson341

21 күн бұрын

@@BSTVsports Her stats are much better than Plum and Taurasi. And in the same ballpark as the other guards on the team. This idea that she's not qualified is a total joke.

@BSTVsports

21 күн бұрын

@@randywatson341she’s played 10 WNBA games in her career and Tyrese Maxey had better stats than jokic as far as scoring. Not taking Maxey over joker. She’s not worthy. It’s a pity party

@randywatson341

21 күн бұрын

@@BSTVsports Was Tyrese Maxey tripling viewership across the league? To be clear, that’s not her games . . her games get about 10x-20x viewership. She tripled average viewership across the entire league.

@BSTVsports

21 күн бұрын

@@randywatson341cool… not arguing her star impact. But the girl from Dallas didn’t make it and she’s 10x the player cc is right now. They need to put the best players on the floor when it comes to competing against the world. They won this years world championships by a buzzer beater homie. It’s not business with the Olympics it’s personal.

To the one sitting in the center.. Can you say 100% that when you add CC to US team that they won't have a chance at the gold medal...?

That was one of the reasons and the other reason their are better players @ her position

the woman was caught red-handed. Its a great team so put Clark on the team so she can rack up a Gold without major contribution. whose hearing? not one person has put their name behind any of this.

It isn't about who's worthy either. Bro. I'm trying to get the dub. Whoever gets me to that finish line put them on the squad. Period. #Win #forgetyourfeelingsbruh.

SHE'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO MAKE THE TEAM! How hard is that to understand??

@niv2516

19 күн бұрын

She's clas a player rank 12 on wnba 😂

The WNBA and USA basketball are frittering away the Caitlin Clark phenomenon, the most valuable opportunity for growing the game that has ever come their way. I think that one has to go back to football’s Red Grange to find any single player with the potential to impact a sport as much Clark. The NFL was founded in 1920 and struggled for the first five seasons with attendance of only a few thousand per game. The college game was king, filling 50-100 thousand seat stadiums every Saturday. Enter Harold ‘Red’ Grange from the University of Illinois, football’s first superstar. He filled stadiums wherever he played, from coast to coast. Upon graduation, George Halas of the Chicago Bears signed Grange to the most lucrative contract in sports history. He then proceeded to take Grange and the Bears on a nationwide barnstorming tour which packed stadiums wherever he played. NFL attendance tripled the next season and within a decade had increased tenfold. Pre Grange crowds of 3-5 thousand morphed into crowds of 30-50 thousand. The WNBA and USA basketball should be treating Clark like a once in a lifetime opportunity. Instead, they are pretending that she is just another rookie player to be harassed by jealous veteran players and ignored by referees, effectively trying to to kill their golden goose.

You might believe Grinder is one of the 12 best but millions believe that a person who has played ine game and doesn’t stand for the Anthem us better. No way no way. This is sick!

@Ivanblock757

21 күн бұрын

Brittany is a center and not a guard

No one heard of the dream team and Christian laettner I guess... They made 2 HUGE mistakes. Not including clark with all the heat shes got. It could be a huge pr opportunity for the old dawgs of the league to improve their optics and on board her as one of them instead of the bad optics and pr nightmare they currently have. Number 2 they included Britney briner on the team and it's well known she doesn't like, maybe hates, the US. I for one do not want someone that feels that way representing my country. No thank you. They went full rapinhoe and everyone knows you never go full rapinhoe.

CC is the third best player in the WNBA right now yeah I said it. Only A'ja and Stewart ahead of her right now. And none are getting doubled and triple teamed like her. If they play her one on one they know what will happen

@Rose-zt1ld

21 күн бұрын

You made this up 😂

Needs a break 😂😂?? I want deep 3s and crazy ball handles. We want CC!

Womens sports is not "here"/// CC is Here. Nobody cares about going to or warching any teams or games CC is not playing,

@Rose-zt1ld

21 күн бұрын

There’s women’s sports outside of basketball, you know that?😂

@robertwadas

21 күн бұрын

@@Rose-zt1ld Dont see any on tv. Dont see merchandise, dont hear about any on the news. Ther only women that have any coverage is skaters,tennis and the golfers who are non white.

So in essence they're saying they would rather have her fans be upset because of the snub of the century than her lack of playing time. Totally dis--ingenuous. Anyone with a pulse or a modicum of logic thinking skills has done the proverbial eye roll. Also Gray hasn't played a game all season, Grinder one game all season, and CC's stat line eclipses Taurasi's. Plus Grinder hates America and kneels at the National Anthem. Huh?! As to Reeves comment saying she hasn't seen fire; absolutely ludicrous; Four years at Iowa coaches designed defenses in attempts to shut her down; largely ineffectually, and during the W season they've tried but same result. Handle the physicality is pure malarkey, CC has proven time and time again she can handle it and dish it out. We all know why she was excluded, for it's the elephant in the room. The w has shot a torpedo into their own boat. All in attempts to push their activist agenda which has failed for 26 years. Pathetic.

Good discussion. CC DESERVES to be in discussion BASED ON MERIT ALONE. Just FYI. She is ranked 14th on wnba stats for 2024 and Taurasi is 15th. You can argue about whether or not to include her, but you can’t argue that she can’t be in a discussion based on merit alone.

As a non American Caitlin Clark fan, the advantage of putting her in the team is to attract more non American fans to the wnba. They're expected to win regardless, but despite all their olympic gold medals, they've failed to bring in new fans and eyeballs before Caitlin.

Maybe you need a break, How do you know what she needs. She would've loved to be on team

I guess the coach can't do her job to incorporate a phenom into the roster.

Simple question. Ask all 12 women on the team who has scored the most in college and efficiency. Clark has more points and assists than all of them by a landslide.

@ilykepink

21 күн бұрын

no one cares what happened in college, this is pros.

@bricklyny

21 күн бұрын

​@ilykepink if no one cared, people would stop bringing up she didn't win a championship......

@AlexanderRodriguez-nc8yu

21 күн бұрын

​@ilykepink are you for real?

@fauxbro1983

21 күн бұрын

lol bruh Caitlyn clark never won a championship and her numbers aren't transferring to the WNBA level at the moment.

@bricklyny

21 күн бұрын

@fauxbro1983 no other rookie has made to 200 points and 75 assists in this short of time, is that a joke

I am an avid sports fan and NEVER paid attention to the wnba until Caitlin Clark. I doubt I'm alone. Something other than "business sense" and "love for the sport" caused this poor business decision. I wonder what that could be?

@Rose-zt1ld

21 күн бұрын

It wasn’t a business decision, it was a we want to win gold decision

@KewonJackson

21 күн бұрын

Well angel is the reason am watching because she's a college champion she's beat y'all great white hope, we'll to the seed of esaw the edomites going by the scriptures the last shall be first and the first shall be last. Now y'all already acted like y'all are the Israelites and the Jew's Even though y'all put ish so called Jewish but what tribe y'all from am from the tribe of Judah a straight bloodline of Christ himself and am not Jewish it's Jew not care of but Christ spoke about y'all lying like y'all God chosen when they hate Christ God son and his mother the sat he's in hell but He's in heaven with his father the one in TRUE God.and I like all the Rockies.

@Jukeboxster

21 күн бұрын

@@Rose-zt1ld they'll win the gold whether CC is on the team or not

One of the best podcasts except the black guy. Caitlin not on the team is no way going the sport. It’s going to hurt the sport very bad. I won’t be watching.

Isnt CC putting up far better numbers in the WNBA this season than Turasi ???

She needs a break, sure. She's 22 years old not 42, so she can rest on the bench in Paris

Like Charles said, "Them girls be petty"

The Mystic had to change venues to use an actual NBA arena because there were 17,000 fans or more wanted to watch her...CC plays for Indiana and an away team inviting $$$ for the home team? Cmon now...Common sense is no longer common to this woke run league. Just stop it with the woke mindset, let common sense be heard and this WNBA league will spike up. They keep asking for salary raise and now they are getting the attention because of CC, then they destroy her. Argh what a shame.

The 12 or 15 best players currently aren’t on the squad Canty. Constructing a team unlike an individual Olympic sport is not necessarily 100 percent merit. 1992 Dream Team for example, Shaq was better than Laetner and Isiah Thomas was one of the ten best players in the world. Other reasons I’ve heard for the logic around this team are chemistry, camaraderie. Those are subjective. Caitlin Clark should subjectively belong on this team because she will increase awareness of women’s basketball and elevate everyone on that team in terms of views. Objectively she’s a top 4 passer, top 3 point shooter and is way above average in steals, rebounds and blocks for her position.

when USA b ball was practicing Clark was playing in the NCAA tournament

This is why I don’t take women topics seriously…it’s all emotional bs!

Old Diana, Inmate Griner, and an injured player!! 😬😂🙄🤐😳🤮

Gray hasn't played yet. Will she be at 100 in time for the Olympics? I do hope so

It's called jealousy and racist hate,sad

@kshaun84

21 күн бұрын

Ah racist huh? ... considering a good number of the players are white.

@fulanspeaks7319

21 күн бұрын

So a white led committee is against white women😂😂😂...I swear I've heard everything

@jamaarisquare979

21 күн бұрын

White people complaining about racism is so funny to me and there are other players on the team who aren’t black and are white😂😂😂stop yapping bro

@I.P.Freely2-yz1je

21 күн бұрын

White people are really tripping on this.

The lady gave the best argument, the men were just mental.

DT isn’t a top 12 player so there’s already favoritism selecting her

Bad business decision, and it's ALL business. Let Breanna call the game and take your BIGGEST BOX OFFICE DRAW to the largest international stage on sports; this is not rocket science. What, are they now afraid of TOO MANY people watching?

@Eye2Eye612

21 күн бұрын

Facts !!!!

@rudesword2852

21 күн бұрын

They're afraid of being outed as jealous and vindictive. They already been outed as horrible businesspeople. The only people more unsupportive of women than men are women. Listen to bill burrs comedy bit on it.

@vanhoot2234

21 күн бұрын

its the olympics they dont struggle to draw a crowd

@page8301

21 күн бұрын

@@vanhoot2234 They struggle to get viewers.

@user-nf7dv3od9e

21 күн бұрын

Okay who cares I watch I love it f views

Sad...Politics it's not her fault she's has the IT FACTOR....

It's a private club she's not allowed doesn't fit the narrative.

CC is being used for clicks & the suckers are infinite.

Didn't Taurasi also play in the Olympics in her first WNBA season? What had she done to be selected back then?

Brittney Griner only played one game this year. For the year look at CC stats against the players they selected.

@mlrogers671

20 күн бұрын

Different positions. No comparison

She Is the face o wnba a one of the Best playera inthe world corrupción AND racism

They are really going to get clowned if they go out and don't win gold.

What kind of chair will Britany Griner be sitting in when the US anthem is played after the US Women's basketball team has won the gold medal and the rest of the team are standing on the podium?

Its been an nba tradition overall to have a representative of college b-ball in the team usa... They missed the opportunity to having more attention on the wnba long term.. her fans being mad for her short minutes is a small pay off to the bigger picture

@AlexanderRodriguez-nc8yu

21 күн бұрын

Bingo

Building a team is not just about who can play at a high level its also about team Chemistry so if the fans could possibly hurt team chemistry than it is logical to keep her off the team

This woman’s analysis is perfect. Jealousy and envy drive women. How many times does Taurasi have to be on the team? If Bird said I want to play, she would be there. Let’s have no on the team under 30?

In reality, they made the decision and then tried to find an excuse for it. The hate is real.

They blew the chance to grow the game exponentially.