Charles Barkley has hit out at WNBA media personalities for his or her damaging messaging surrounding celebrity rookie Caitlin Clark.
“These girls – and I’m a WNBA fan – they can’t have f**ed this Caitlin Clark factor up any worse in the event that they tried,” Barkley mentioned on The Invoice Simmons Podcast this week. “Folks imagine what we are saying on tv. Simply because individuals don’t such as you or your character, they will’t get on TV and slander you. It’s simply whole bulls***.
“When you obtained individuals 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 executed. This woman is unbelievable. The variety of consideration, eyeballs she’s introduced to school 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 really like about her, she by no means says a phrase. However these girls, who I really 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 downside 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 might 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. Referred to as me an f***ing coward?, Smith mentioned 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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