Caitlin Clark is her own economy and market right now in the WNBA | Dan Patrick Show | NBC Sports

[@pi7804]

When the moms and dads of young CC fans across the nation realize they don't want to expose their children to their hero getting assaulted and can't explain why, they'll turn off and the WNBA will suffer.

[@meiosys]

Dan Patrick, did you just say, "Caitlin is also responsible for how this escalated." WTF? Are you saying she deserved it? I thought you were a little more self-aware than that.

[@WORKSbaby]

Yea she a lil b like Carter said

[@dennis2782]

YEAH WHAT??? The ball was to be thrown it and gets hit..........Are you Crazy???

[@greenderp]

apparently CC elbowed that chick in the head the play before and talked trash running down the court

[@natureredux1957]

That is not what he stated. But sure, makes stuff up.

[@VeraxMusic]

You can't trust people like him, he's woke, so he's going to always make sure he says just enough to slightly appease/not infuriate certain crowds. So he says this so he doesn't fully appear to be a villain to that/my crowd (yes, I'm part in that demographic, for what that's worth), and it just comes out basically being a non-statement, and a total clown show when you make statements in a way to play politics.

[@stevenwhite2123]

without Clark.....no one watches the WNBA

[@TheCryingMystic]

Don’t watch.!! Turn the channel. In the end they don’t care. Just play ball.

[@VeraxMusic]

@@TheCryingMystic They clearly care, A LOT.

[@DerekLaugann]

Commercial Flights, Empty gyms ( not arenas ), zero tv coverage, and NEVER MADE A SINGLE PROFIT !!!! That's the WNBA before Caitlin Clark. 'NOUGH SAID!

[@timmongan1747]

trashing talking is part of the game but a cheap shot without her knowing it wasn't coming.

[@ilgtcfzt6pk]

You are so wrong here! Ive been watching this close. Why didn't the ref call a flagrant foul?? She is targeted..

[@zealazax6287]

When Angel got smacked a flagrant foul was issued and the player was ejected but in caitlin's case it was called a common foul and not a flagrant foul. The refs turned a blind eye in caitlin's case and that's the problem. And on top of it the ball wasn't inbounded yet. That's not a basketball play and little kids are watching these games now.

[@natureredux1957]

The Refs have been also turning a Blind Eye to all the offensive fouls Clark makes. So maybe we ought to change that also.

[@prakashp2450]

@@natureredux1957Literally everyone and their mother does a push off, the refs don't call it on anyone. But I guess hipchecking with the ball not in play is your brand of basketball. Get out of here 😂

[@natureredux1957]

@@prakashp2450 All I am saying is be very carefully what you ask for because you just might get it.

[@prakashp2450]

@@natureredux1957 To call fouls? The NBA has had this problem far longer than the failing W. We're talking about straight up flagrant or unnecessary plays. Two very separate things...

[@thewolfofwallstreet627]

@@natureredux1957 To call the game fairly and consistently for both teams? Yes please.

[@LavaKimo]

Dan is missing the point. It wasn't physical play that got a little too rough, The ball wasn't even in play. it was a blindside cheap shot. Carter has been thrown of teams because of her anger and cheap shots in the past.

[@CharlieBrown-qd8vc]

Give me a break. No, targeted thuggery is not sports. Play her tough, make things as hard as possible, but play basketball. Caitlin has continually been the target of hard, unnecessary fouls that refs just ignore. Officiating has been abysmal. Rebecca Lobo pointed out in the Liberty game that the refs were FINALLY calling fouls where defenders were reaching in and impeding Clark's movement. If you don't consistently call fouls being committed, then things will continue to escalate.This latest incident just ignited the frustration fans have been watching since her first WNBA game.

[@jcliu]

This is what professional basketball used to look like. WNBA is fulfilling all my 1990s NBA nostalgia.

[@sstewart44]

Like Pat McAfee said today, its Caitlin Clark, not this rookie class!!! So get that straight and quit saying these other girls have anything to do with the popularity!!!🎯💯

[@tomburns4187]

"...not gonna let you get away with what you got away with in Iowa." WTF are you talking about? And nice try with, "Rivalries." Really?

[@DavidStewart-v5e]

I love Clark for the passing, the shooting, the Basketball genius. I loath the WNBA. and especially loath the Coach of the Indiana Fever, Sides should be fired immediately.

[@Joel-kw9tj]

"I didn't say anything". Well that is a lie.

[@stevedesio7433]

Im dissapointed with ya Dan. It has become more than being physical. Clark does have that trash talking mouth. But the cheap shots are crossing the line recently.

[@mariatassoni3781]

I don’t care what CC said. That was NOT basketball. She did not deserve to be assaulted. And..that was not a “nudge.”

[@madtown_images]

Wow. Disconnected comments. NHL got rid of dirty play. NBA got rid of this. NFL does not tolerate this. It should have been a have been a flagrant 2, a fine and a one game suspension. This is on the biggest stage for the “W” and it’s not a good look. WNBA should figures this out, pretty obvious this is different and it’s just playing dirty. A flagrant foul is not trash talking. If every trash talking event leads to this then I guess logic would mean it’s ok for anyone to act this way regardless of the moment. That’s just dumb. WNBA and all the “established stars” mean nothing without more eyeballs on the league and paying the bills. People will turn this off if this continues and the WNBA will go back to roller derby status.

[@shawnsherwood2025]

I generally like DP but I am not sure ANY previous player has been “roughed up” as much as cc… but even further to be this roughed up without OBVIOUS fouls being called as fjb would say common man

[@natureredux1957]

Other WNBA players literally have Blood running down their face but Clark barely with a mark is being roughed up. Okay then.

[@PoeMore]

Huh? 😂😂😂You must be new to the WNBA. KZbin is here for a reason 😅

[@shawnsherwood2025]

@@PoeMore I don’t care abt the wnba nor the nba nor the nfl I follow players… and sorry but if you have rules and supposedly sanctioned then the rules need to be evenly applied

[@PoeMore]

@@shawnsherwood2025 wait so you don't care about sports which means your not even watching the game... So why are you commenting like you actually watch the sport.. you literally said "I'm not sure anyone has been roughed as much." Your the definition of a hater..

[@shawnsherwood2025]

@@PoeMore I have watched every single game cc has played last 3 years sorry to burst your bubble

[@gualbertogarcia305]

Chennedy “CHEAP SHOT CARTER” is Turning Viewers OFF to Her games.

[@terrylynch4407]

Dangerous. Uncalled for. Not dealt with properly. Refs, WNBA and others not handling it correctly at all. The foul on Clark was 10 times worse than what was done to Reese and that player was ejected. The rivalries are good. Nothing would be out of line her except the cheap shot.

[@Lyaworski123]

The girl who has a history of aggressive behavior!

[@terrylynch4407]

@@Lyaworski123 I love all of it except the cheap shot. The fever won’t take that again unfortunately it’s going to lead to aggression becasue the league and refs didn’t deal with it.

[@sulleys1929]

@@terrylynch4407 Caitlin can't afford to be aggressive she already has 3 technicals. Too many more and she will get suspended. Caitlin and all 140 lbs of her is the toughest player on the Fever team.

[@terrylynch4407]

@@sulleys1929 that’s my point. You don’t think CC can throw down and play that type of ball. She can’t do it because the refs treat her differently and she would t do it anyway.

[@willawentertainment]

Angel was clotheslined in the air, Caitlin was hip-checked. Those are not the same. 🙄

[@carloslozada470]

Wnba is jealous of Clark and when Clark figures it out she's dominant the league

[@hanselbeckfordjr7530]

“Dominant” with losing 104-68 and scoring 3 pts v the Liberty? Ooooookkk 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chrissinclair4442]

​@@hanselbeckfordjr7530 her stats are still dominating the rookies, and Chennedy. Chennedy obviously doesn't know how to act and has gotten kicked off of two WNBA teams for it.

[@milpas]

😂 3 points

[@amtgmedia6295]

@@hanselbeckfordjr7530 carloslozada470 wrote "when" she figures it out, she will dominate or be dominant. Is English not your first language? With all the emojis, you're like the person that laughs at his own joke and doesn't notice that no one else is laughing.

[@koolflows7581]

💯 and all the other WNBA players are jealous smh

[@lindajohanson9131]

Chennedy Carter of the Sky was kicked out of her last WNBA team because she had a physical fight with her teammatr .And, she was kicked out of her foreigh lleague too. So, shes the problem ‼️ theyve coved her past on other podcasts.

[@naviv2054]

You can tell DP was bought by NBC 😂, now he talks like them smh

[@alwaysoutside4960]

This is not “what sports is.” It has been going on for a long time - doesn’t make it right. It’s not physicality, it’s poor sportsmanship. I for one, don’t like it and won’t continue to watch.

[@rogerhartman5629]

Where is your evidence that Clark precipitated this? I’m sure she trash talks sometimes but show me how she precipitated a blindsided knock down.

[@kilduce4423]

You must have never played sports before. Clark hit her with an elbow the play before.

[@tuckerj456]

Dan Patrick seemingly has something against CC. Noticing a pattern.

[@BabySpit]

Not really pretty unbiased

[@travisk352]

I'm not saying that Clark wasn't talking smack but even then what Carter did was uncalled for and also her track record is not in her favor either. When you get kicked off a team for threatening a team mate no one is going to be on your side. Also when Carter said what does CC even bring to the league besides thee point shooting well news flash lady she is only one of two players to reach 150+ points 50+ rebounds and 50+assists in her first 10 games I think she defiantly brings in more than just Three point shooting

[@pjw1016]

Clark is in Carter’s headspace now. Should be good for more Carter technicals next meetup.

[@dmcdurmon]

Mr patrick is completely out of touch with 99% of the new basketball fans that realizes the wnba is TRASH! Sports are so much better when u play with rules and regulations. It equalizes the baseline and exposes the real truly talented.

[@rickfobes5386]

Dan: "Being Physical" is a lot different than committing a flagrant, thug-ish, assault on someone..Disappointed in you Dan. "Nudge????" What game were you watching????

[@lisavandiver7971]

Don’t make excuses for outrageously poor sportsmanship! That was more than a hip check and talking trash! It’s also not a compliment to do something that could possibly injure another player, on something that was clearly not a basketball play! You should be ashamed of condoning this reckless behavior!

[@davidbutgereit5145]

This is NOT what sports is. I disagree.

[@kilduce4423]

You never played then

[@timmcclain-yf8er]

You're telling me that it's normal play. You're obviously not watching these games . So therefore you can't see the officiating either. I think you should do some more homework before you even speak on this subject.

[@eastcove9104]

Carter’s been knocked out of so many teams for the way she acts.

[@carloslozada470]

Everybody loves Clark

[@TheCryingMystic]

Thanks. Finally a totally objective assessment of the situation. But it still went over their heads. If I came to your job and was competing with you and your co-workers, i’m sure things would be said and done to let me know, hey, you have to earn your spot here. Nothing he said was out of pocket.

[@Syzygy88]

More over if you got elbowed high, trash talked, and pushed in the back. You’re probably going to get physical in return. It’s sports. Bad foul, but part of the game and human nature.

[@sulleys1929]

@@Syzygy88 I watched the play - Caitlin elbow was only high because Carter was behind her and had Caitlin in an arm lock. Caitlin was just trying to get her arm free so she could go after the ball.

[@Syzygy88]

@@sulleys1929 I didn’t see malice either, but all three incidents in succession caused a reaction. I don’t agree with that flagrant foul by any means, but it’s just a bad emotional foul. I don’t think the sky is falling like many are making it out to be. Next play

[@NeilMatthias]

Not cool to blind side anyone. She gets hurt lots of fans go away. Bad commentary. I don't think it's good for the W to kill the golden goose.

[@user-xn7tq1qh5r]

Dan, nobody is harping about a legitimate hard foul!!! This was a blindsind dead-ball assault!!

[@sulleys1929]

Sorry but this was a really bad take. Too flippant!

[@wbbrown6749]

You should get your facts right if you're going to broadcast. 22 days wtf.

[@chicotata]

Dan sounds like he’s auditioning for espn😂

[@starwarsnaomi]

Stop it this is not sports or competition it's not good at all trash talking does not equal cheap shots

[@ricardoa.aggabao8413]

hahahahahaha … an irresponsible attitude … Carter has to apologize to Caitlin Clark … or else … Carter has to be expelled … Carter is an embarrassment to WNBA …

[@kilduce4423]

Won’t happen. Grow up

[@willawentertainment]

If the WNBA starts to cater foul calls in Clark’s favor , it will do more harm than good. There are far more talented players that the league didn’t do that for nor should they have.

[@ronmcbride4474]

I just loss some respect for Dan. Talk is talk. This is BS, you guys defending the indefensible. Shame on you all.

[@JamesLouisWagner]

what a stupid conversation. No mention of class or character or sportsmanship for anyone involved. No discussion of the higher purpose of sports. Come on Dan Patrick, you can do better. You can help raise the bar.

[@Blacklist324]

I'm sure CC is aware that she's the only one who is being picked up full court, face guarded, blitzed and double teamed. Even when Mitchell or Wheeler bring the ball up it's not happening to them.

[@musky480]

Dan, I can’t believe you condone the hit Carter made on Clark. This is not “part of the game”. I have lost all respect for you as a sports journalist and as a human.

[@timmcclain-yf8er]

This is why I quit watching your show a long long time ago.

[@Lorenzojones46]

Sports are not cheap shots!!!! no matter the sport give me a break! .. Thats BS

[@mhhmmm33]

Agreed the foul was definitely flagrant/cheap. Her team definitely should have had her back but i am all for the physicality thats how the WNBA becomes more entertaining in part.

[@chrisk2734]

I think the issue is the media coverage and Caitlin teammates not defending her. Basketball players compete and aometimes fight.

[@RichardJohnson-d6t]

The whole team is trash cancer to the league. That includes their coach, who obviously put the hit on CC. as witnessed in her fist pump after the assault

[@EvangelismforGod]

Disappointed in Dan!

[@nm93932]

If Ex WNBA players in ESPN are going to be attacking the new fan base, we can easily stop watching the WNBA. It was boring before Caitlin and the rookies joined the WNBA. If they want us to stop watching WNBA we can definitely make that happen.

[@thomasbutler41489]

Dan is the only person with perspective thank you!

[@dm8189]

Dan you failed here. Complete fail. Tone deaf and it's obvious you guys aren't watching. This won't ratchet up views. This is going to drive people away. Nobody wants to see physical defense. We want shooting and scoring. The wnba is an abject failure. And if they don't do what David stern did with Jordan, then you will mute out the best player in her generation.

[@willawentertainment]

She’s not even the best player in her generation. Paige Bueckers at UCONN is a more compete player.

[@general330]

@@willawentertainment The All Time NCAA scoring record (for both men and women) begs to differ. You do realize she took an Iowa team that has gone to the Final 4 ONE TIME in their entire history, and took them to the Championship game, two years in a row.....right?

[@foodbeforepills8749]

It's like taking a shot at the QB way after the play is over.

[@johnmccormack-o2y]

Dan Patrick you are so dishonest ...sham on you

[@Syzygy88]

He actually hit the nail on the head. Perfect breakdown of the situation. Fake outrage at its finest

[@amtgmedia6295]

No he's not. His understanding of the situation is stupid at best. Why was Carter not assessed the same foul punishment as the player who fouled Angel Reese? That equal "treatment" of rookies needs to go both ways. Fouls should be called the same for everybody. Flagrants are in place in both pro BB leagues to protect against some (small-brained with poor self-control) players wanting to inflict serious injury, right? Caitlin, by her own statements, is tough enough to take it, but if she gets injured or has to miss significant games, the sold-out arenas will eventually GO AWAY. The charter flights will eventually GO AWAY. The new fans to the Wnba will eventually GO AWAY. This league, like other woke organizations thinks people are stupid and will just take it... no, we won't. So yes, Patrick is among the woke-stupid!

[@Syzygy88]

@@amtgmedia6295 it’s just a game bra, your political jargon and entitlement is showing. Relax and enjoy the show or go watch cartoons.

[@general330]

@@Syzygy88 Its not just a game. Should folks have told Jackie Robinson "its just a game"? Its a personification of the anti-white hatred going on these days. Be honest, your racism is showing.

[@Syzygy88]

Best take so far! S/o dan p

[@KaiOpua]

If CC gets a season ending injury, then we find out if anybody really cares about this league.

[@Napoleon-xp3sm]

To the Patton Oswald look-a-like who claimed "she has the worst mouth of anybody.....constantly shouting obscenities........cheaps shots are a sign of respect"...... Have you heard her use said obscenities? Constantly??? More than any W"NBA" player? What are your sources here Patton.

[@BroEdwardC]

Suspend Carter. No question asked. 😠

[@kazolar2000]

bad take, if Draymond did this to say -- Ant ( supposed new face of the league)-- he'd be suspended for 2 weeks. END OF ARGUMENT.

[@Collette-d9u]

Wow. How disappointing that what used to be essentially a non-contact sport that required immense talent to be played that way, is now hyped by the media to be "better viewing" with obscenities, intentional physical aggression, and ultra-poor sportsmanship. If this continues, my viewership, which contributes to viewer ad revenue, will go somewhere else. The WNBA, the officials, and the media are killing a golden goose.

[@jamesgoforth1606]

I would be surprised if ANY trash talk is intitated by Clark -- what's she need that for? It's the other players who have it in for Clark, right out of the gate. Plus the desire to make a name for themselves, like Carter just did.

[@WORKSbaby]

This was way better analysis than I was expecting I’m so suprised thank you ! This what the wnba needs

[@ronaldgundrum2174]

Caitlin Clark is awesome!!

[@ruyeliaslopez7783]

Really Caitlin Clark is a trash-talking consistently? Please do not say that if you cannot show videos of her with audio to prove your point. Otherwise, your NBC Sports show is not unlike all the other podcasts and social media.

[@urbanamerika7973]

horrible take

[@lanihill5471]

This is garbage Dan and you know it. The ball wasn’t in play and she just hip checked her and called her a B. Carter has a history…

[@BuffyNoir140]

Its great tv, nobody would even be talking about WNBA if this had not happened. Sports is becoming the WWF, even in tennis and golf is more theatre.

[@erocknd1]

Ok so let me get this straight. Trash talk can now be met with physical attack and thats ok? If that was a man you'd tell the person to toughen up, "what you cant handle trash talk".

[@RashaA-lm7jp]

Bs

[@biggamejamesjb]

Don't get me wrong. She's a great basketball player. She's playing with grown women's that the league 2 or 3 years before she's not in college anymore. She got adapt to the physical contact. With these young women's going. When you the number one player, everybody go at you. She should know that because the girl play center for she was number one player and they went after her last year. This what you go through playing sports, put on her big women panties and keep playing basketball. If they wanna punish people for physical contact, what about Reese, she got? Basically, body slammed. Did they do anything about that 1? No, they did not. Hey brush it off quit crying and keep playing basketball. I love watching the women basketball. Just like I watch the

[@sbgroen]

I could see it if Clark had delivered a cheap shot to Carter. Trash talking is one thing . . ., but the owners need to stop transforming the WNBA into the NHL, regardless of revenue, like the NBA has become. We don't need any more Darryl Stingleys before they hear 'I told you so.'

[@CorleoneSoup]

Finally people with sense , thanks Dan!!!!

[@rayclark1994]

Thay don't have 32 teams like the NBA. Not that many roster spots.

[@kee7678]

WOW...never seen DAN so FAR OFF on something! Wow. This wasn't about "trash talking". This was a racist cheap shot on the white straight superstar. SHE DID NOT play a role. She does NOT "have the worst mouth of anybody". WTH ???????? You guys are WAY OFF on this one.

[@carllosh7577]

Thats why there are referees Danny and they need to do their job. The difference is this is the wnba's golden goose and they let her get too roughed up and get hurt bye bye W.

[@melval4135]

Where do they get that? Kaitlyn has the worst mouth of all of them?

[@general330]

Because she keeps getting techs for yelling at the refs. But what Dan and his crew conveniently didnt mention, is WHY shes screaming and cursing at the refs....is her anger for them not calling clear and obvious fouls.

[@natureredux1957]

Self aware is being able to understand it's not just one play. We see this in Football all the time when the REF sees the final ACT, but now what came before that. So I give Dan a Big Thumbs up for understanding that. Her Fanatical Fanbase will never get it.

[@johnb-u2l]

Smarter, better, and generally more likeable players in any sport, and in life really, don't have that final temper tantrum act. If you can't handle heat with better physical play and you need to take a dead ball cheap shot because your feelings were just hurt on the other end of the court, then yeah that's all anyone is going to see because you cannot handle yourself. Knock her down on the next rebound. Don't be a brat having a temper tantrum.

[@ericstewart5852]

People are petty and childish they need to grow up but everything dan said was true

[@nigeltufnel775]

Is Carter related to Sprewell?

[@TonyTruth-s9z]

The money that pays the WNBA tab will have its say.

[@patrickchristine9135]

Dan Patrick is senile

[@tonyadamis4171]

This is sports? That's something talking heads say but is not true.

[@RebeccaGutzweiler]

Talking is nothing ....you don't assault

[@willawentertainment]

Dan and his cohost are one of the few media people to speak with common sense on this subject. Everything they said was correct.

[@WORKSbaby]

Caitlyn is sneaky and flops

[@natureredux1957]

Exactly.

[@bet9898]

So does Le bum James , he flops like a fish but yet he's in the same sentence as MJ . Please

[@natureredux1957]

@@bet9898 So folks that have actually WON as opposed to those that have Won nothing.

[@tuckerj456]

I get a feeling you don't know much about basketball

[@nikeyrawhide2873]

You can mention previous college star players coming to the league and receiving same treatment, but NONE of them came to this sorry league and brought with her millions of fans and attention..take care of your pot of gold is what I say, but they don't seem to know what they have with Clark. Just may abruptly stop with shangrila life before they know it, it's coming//

[@almondshackleford3066]

Really Dan! Really do you know when you sold out.

[@elizabethsoro3421]

but dan, come on, trash talking doesn't deserve to be blindsided. and i disagree it's sports, it's fighting. not sports. bb should be about bb, not fighting. and i don't look forward to the next game, i'm thinking of quitting and i'm not. bb should be non contact, even the NBA isn't as violent. what thomas did to reese, and got ejected, that's not sports. this is street bb, not professional bb. it makes me sick and i'm disappointed in you dan.

[@ADM-nx8gn]

What a stupid take

[@kilduce4423]

Salute to Dan Patrick!!!!! Impartial journalism!!!!!

[@brianchamberlain7422]

what we don't know is who stared the back and forth, when you get physical is usually when you're losing the argument. Example- Carter-----You aint nothing but hype, I'm gona shut your skinny butt down. Clark--- by the way, when are your signature shoes coming out.------ You can see where this would go.

[@DavidLongo22]

WNBA's gettin' real. This is a good thing.

[@quinnosborn3441]

Stupid take, because the more it appears that jealous lesbians want to play yard rules hoops, the fans will stop watching. And the league can go back to begging men for money

[@walterjohnson2429]

Patrick is off

[@marke219]

Black History in the making!