JuJu Watkins Is Being Set Up to FAIL By the WNBA Media...

[@Logo3_22]

CC not playing for Dawn and Gino was the best thing that could have happened for her development as a player

[@kenfreeman7780]

I am sure Caitlin didn't realize it at the time but she dodged a bullet not playing for Geno/. He would have kept her behind Paige as the solid number 2 getting about 6 minutes a game.

[@BlancNoix14]

Yeah. They would’ve curtailed her. Thank goodness for that!

[@josephhuston7590]

She kept,and gained a lot of respect,Not playing in Unrivaled. Not to mention any chance of injury.

[@scotthamp8540]

People need to cut JuJu some slack. Let this young lady develop at her own pace. She will get there!

[@JayAli-u3x]

Exactly … Clark was doing crazy stuff early on but it wasn’t until the ncaa tournament as a junior, especially her back to back 40 point games and dismantling undefeated South Carolina and her range that made her a generational talent

[@squash1010]

Yeah. She has great NBA moves that I haven’t seen before in WCBB. But I can see in her face that she might be pushing too hard. She doesn’t look like she’s having fun……..yet. Just wait. Mick and all the JuJu haters will see how great she is. Give her a year. I can hardly wait to see Mick’s headlines.

[@JayAli-u3x]

@@squash1010 well she ain’t been doing any nba moves this season as of yet.

[@Houston123ABC]

Certain people are wanting JuJu and Paige to live out their imaginary CC hate-revenge epic.

[@markredford84]

yeah we cant say it but we all know they want someone to outshine CC and it has to be someone that doesnt look like CC. Blatant racism

[@ericMT]

Not going to happen. They all like and respect each other.

[@Savethepandabears]

Well they tried to to use Angel reese to Outshine Caitlin and when that failed they went to the next colored girl they could find😂

[@paulstrouth]

I was thinking the same thing, I feel sorry for these girls. They should have the chance just to play ball without these petty distractions

[@angelalebo4040]

It’s called “Generational” for a reason. Only 1 !!!!!

[@henry7486]

there can be more than one generational player - Bill and Wilt, Magic and Bird, Kobe and Duncan, Bron and Curry and even KD, there’s probably another example that I’m forgetting

[@JayAli-u3x]

⁠@@henry7486I’m sorry but she hasn’t done anything that is generational

[@MoneyF4]

these clowns dont understand that CC keeps on you on the edge of your seat wondering whats she going to do next and she delivers

[@ericMT]

No they know. They are doing this on purpose because they don’t like CC being the face of the league for some reason.

[@ElleC271]

Juju is not going to fail. She deserves to be allowed to just hoop. She's not trying to compete with Caitlin, and the media is TRYING to have a rivalry going like they did with CC vs. ANGEL, at least in the media

[@ElleC271]

And Mick just wants clicks, like all the other podcasts. Helping pay that mortgage, right?!

[@JayAli-u3x]

The media are the problem with everything.. all the vitriol angel faced was because of how the media portrayed it and comparing her to Clark during their rookie year..

[@BrianScott-l9d]

The media isn’t pushing a rivalry, they are pushing ratings. So the media is just supposed to stop promoting women’s college basketball because Angel and CC is gone? No.

[@JayAli-u3x]

@@BrianScott-l9d course they should promote bball.. but they are anointing juju as the biggest star.. when that’s not true… YET.. she need to grow organically through her game.

[@urmassepp8913]

JuJu's coach reached out to CC for advice on how to handle the pressure. Wouldn't it be ironic if that advice helped JuJu lock out the pressure from media to be the next hope and build a successful career anyway.

[@JymboSlice]

Flau'jae is my favorite college athlete right now. She has phenomenal skills and a cool personality. Happy to hear you say she's the top player right now even if you took it away immediately lmao

[@nina_6789]

The media needs to give Juju a break and time to grow.

[@GOLDKW-bl4gp]

Hidalgo is a very good player. 5'6" is a tough sale at the next level playing against 6 foot guards. Cannot see her getting her shot off in the midrange game she plays.

[@RushBig0786]

I love Juju but trying to put her on the level of CC is going to greatly disappoint. CC can go for 40 on any night in a exciting way. Juju isn't there yet

[@neoxsupreme]

JuJu is good but she's not near the playmaker and shooter that Caitlin was. Outside shooting is such a premium asset in this current era of basketball, JuJu may not reach the appeal that CC had because of her struggles from 3.

[@usveteran9893]

Let's talk about the great Paige Bueckers. 27th points per game and 24th field goal %. Okay, now let's get real; the season is way young. Too many people are panicking over something that will work out.

[@squash1010]

Geez Mick. Give her a break. What are you talking about? Juju has great basketball skills and potential- just like CC did . Remember, she’s only a sophomore. There are still a few things that she needs to figure out- just like CC needed to do. Why don’t we give her a chance to show us if she is that Goat - just like we did for CC. I love many things about CC. She’s definitely my favorite player. But remember Mick, she’s CC - not JC.

[@GOLDKW-bl4gp]

The more mainstream media elevates Juju, fewer people will want to watch. Most people do not want to be told who we should be watching. Seems like Juju and Kiki do not have a lot of help on USC. Could be a long year.

[@JayAli-u3x]

That were usc need a playmaker and a player who makes everyone around her better.. inatead juju tries to do it alone and that won’t work this year like last year.. the scouting reports will be a hell of a lot different for her

[@juliemohler8922]

Caitlin was setup too! If she is a baller she will over come, plain and simple.

[@CC22ball]

Juju is a great player but she's not entertaining to watch

[@GOLDKW-bl4gp]

Great no. Very good. Great goes to the best to ever play the game.

[@MarcusHolbert-s4r]

He is not entertained!

[@user-co7tm4xq2x]

lets just let Juju be her own player

[@youngtrapper7458]

Hidalgo is the best player in the country right now, better than Paige too! MSM stopped promoting her because of her views lol

[@johnbrady1500]

All JUJU needs to do is ignore all the media and social media. Tune it out and focus on her game.

[@user-co7tm4xq2x]

USC got a lot of great recruits coming in tho

[@placeholdernamefornow2160]

The only player in college I think has a chance to be better than Caitlin is Hannah Hidalgo. She has the potential to guard Clark out of the gym. I'm not saying she will do it but she has the talent to give it a go. Hidalgo has a motor that at least equals Caitlin's. She can score from anywhere and scores a ton. She also averages 5 steals a game. The media is hyping the wrong sophomore.

[@CC22ball]

Hannah Hidalgo would have to be a complete player to be better than CC

[@BigJasonHenderson]

Delusional. Facts don’t support this.

[@Bryant-b6o]

Another commenter hit the nail on the head: Caitlin is just more interesting, and fans can smell that out themselves to the tune of record setting attendance numbers. JuJu is such a lovely lady and wonderful baller, but she isn't interesting like Caitlin. Neither is Paige. Hannah *might* be since she's kicking ass on the floor as a 5 '6er and saying some interesting, heterodox things OFF the court, whether you agree with her or not. Fans crave fiery outsiders and so-called revolutionaries.

[@seamus6666]

JUJU IS A GOOD BASKETBALL PLAYER BUT SHE HAS A LONG WAYS TO GO , ITS UNFAIR TO COMPARE HER TO CLARK , CLARK IS GENERATIONAL, GENERATIONAL , JUJU IS NOT , PAIGE IS NOT EITHER , ITS PURE BS , IT NEVER STOPS

[@Mirror_of_the_Soul00]

Jujiu's freshman year was not organic at all. Her name always came up as someone we needed to highlight INSTEAD of Caitlin. Hannah Hidalgo and Flaujue are GENUINELY being praised without an attempt to diminish CC

[@fry5family]

So today USC played Seton Hall. The game was very lopsided except for one player, Faith Masonius, who scored 25 of Seton Hall's 51 points. Eclipsing JuJu's 20 points with the same two and three point percentages. Yet the four cackling TrueTV clowns could only speak of one player, JuJu in beatific terms. The game in Palm Springs was played in front of mostly empty seats.

[@philipmtran05]

Too much from WBB media to "Manufacture" Juju instead of just letting Juju to be Juju with her organic growth. Juju is grabbing all of the NIL money available from Brands from Nike, State Farm etc...

[@ReaganCollett]

You know, people "set up" CC to fail according to pundits, I say we just stop worrying about it and let the ladies do what they do. Juju is not CC and CC is not Juju. I hope Juju becomes a superstar as well. She's a hard working young woman who's respectful and stays in her lane.

[@petercena9497]

Aja will be jealous of JuJu.

[@Nightcappers]

Paige was not the face coming into this season sorry mick it truely was juju. Paige is 23 😂 juju is 19 and broke the scoring record as a freshman, ive been trying to watch juju games and hannah games havent even tried to turn on a Paige game 😂

[@dark-boson3697]

Give Juju & Kiki some grace

[@darrylludwig4556]

The hype came to Caitlin Clark organically, with no effort needed. It happened in spite of media pushing the whole Angel Reese hype train. Reese should be paying for lunch for the media for the rest of her life for the push. The new hype is being forced onto Paige and JuJu again by the media and it shows. Hence the push back by the fans.

[@PutzNJam]

I am not mad at Hannah Hidalgo for her anti gay stance, even though I am gay. I lost all respect for her for being so stupid as to think that it was a good idea to take such a public stand. There is no upside to taking a controversial stand like that when you need to build a brand. When most of your salary is going to need to be the side hustle and not the sport itself. Why take such an alienating stand when basketball is basically a gateway for the commercials, appearances, future coaching jobs etc. Women's basketball pays like 75K for first three years and then a small bump after that and your "life" expectancy to play probably averages out to around 5 years for most. Hey this is America and she has every right to express her religious beliefs, I just truly hope that she doesn't have to pay a huge penalty in life because she chose to.

[@ericMT]

If she’s good, she’s good. I agree she shouldn’t have said what she did but she’s still a kid and didn’t realize the lasting impact it would have. Who knows? In a year or two she may have totally different beliefs.

[@PutzNJam]

@@ericMT Oh she is a very very good basketball player. I have seen several of her games this new season. And you are right, I really should have stated how so very young she was when making her statements. The only NIL I could find for her so far was with Topps. She should start getting the big bucks this season if she can live up to half the hype around her. I will enjoy watching her in the WNBA and I have no plans to hold her beliefs against her. For me, I'm gonna make it all about the basketball.

[@TheFreshTrumpet]

couldn’t have put my thoughts together any better than that. gay irish fan, haaaaate that it had to be one of our players who did something like that. i was under the impression she might have done that publicly on accident but idk the ins and outs of that platform, it for sure seemed like she decided to post/repost that publicly? wild

[@squash1010]

For some reason Hidalgo felt it was important for her to make her anti gay view public. She knew that it would upset and alienate many of her colleagues in the W, and she knew that it could affect her NIL endorsements. I think it was a stupid and hateful act.

[@josephhuston7590]

Anyone they expect to break Caitlin's records will fail. How much you want to bet she doesn't get attacked physically like Caitlin was.

[@masatanida9119]

The Melo comparison is so apt.

[@vanessafulton3190]

A good listen 👏 👏

[@jmikew1]

Angel Reese is no Magic Johnson -- her skill level is nowhere near Magic's. Comparing her to Magic is an insult to Magic. Plus Magic never went around waving his hand in other players faces, he had more class than that.

[@robertdelange2071]

gaslighting anyone??..

[@armathis2647]

Juju needs a Hannah Hildalgo to play with her. That would be a great duo

[@BMosby]

Hey Mick Talks keep a eye on Katie Dinnebier she's a bucket also she's a senior im curious about her progression into the W

[@danncorbit3623]

Walter Dinky Proctor was going to be the next Magic Johnson. Marcus Dupree was the next OJ Simpson. It's hard to predict the future,

[@tonyd579]

So stat padding by JuJu Watkins,,,,,,,,,, another Angel Reese.

[@kemosabe551]

Also, she is in the BIG10 now, and will face much tougher team and 1v1 defense than she faced in the old PAC12 league.

[@nono-mu9rw]

notice how they're not releaIng any viewership numbers for last the usc game? they must be bad

[@superbackyardbreeder1084]

Feel bad for Paige she shud be getting more hype this time.

[@suede789]

Juju does not have a bigger bag than Caitlin.

[@ITOROUWEMIKPE]

Hannah Hidalgo is better than Paige to Mick....

[@tonyd579]

I watched Hannah play,,,,,,,, yep she has a gift.

[@djthegoat4819]

Juju isn’t CC but she has unlimited potential but her team doesn’t fit with her rn they need shooting around her and she has to become a better playmaker.

[@joewilliekingdom]

but ya know she still bestest the whole wide world

[@ByronKeith-m6q]

Juju looks a little out of shape she is partying

[@joewilliekingdom]

she s working on that signature WNBA pot belly a lot of them have

[@ByronKeith-m6q]

Your 100 percent right hanah is better than juju

[@jdneely9939]

Nope, won't hear it. You n others crowned her GOAT before she even got half way through her career.

[@samjohnson1358]

I don't see anything amazing about her game, she don't have no special shot no kind of special move it basically a rerun from out from all the other players, all I see is a lot of gaslighting and fake height, if she was like slamming the ball I would be interested it's just another? Female playing basketball that's not hype and that's not exciting, the women's basketball league need to stop this fake hype stuff it's just really ridiculous😊😊

[@BrianScott-l9d]

Of course you don’t get the meme. You’re not of the culture 😂😂

[@Carlos-u6f6q]

You are so unhinged man…. I can’t watch anymore.

[@FuWoods]

You wanting her to flop is crazy because of her beliefs smh get a life she is a child

[@JayAli-u3x]

Hannah hidalgo has her own personal religious belief and has nothing to do with bball.. to say because of that she won’t be promoted is what is wrong with America

[@aden538]

You say that like it's some crazy concept. What someone says or posts or shares on social media, it all matters when it comes to being publicly promoted by an organization.

[@brianholleran6340]

she is also averaging 2.8 blocks and 3.2 steals... slow it down lol

[@chriskippa7881]

second from aussie mate

[@gonzo94000]

Pretty soon people will say CC is more popular than Jesus. Sad.

[@kenfreeman7780]

What on earth has led you to that stunning observation.?

[@seamus6666]

NO ONE IS SAYING THAT BUT SHE IS THE MOST POPULAR FEMALE SPORTS STAR ON THE PLANET,, PACKS ANY STADIUM, DID YOU NOT JUST SEE HER AT A GOLF TOURNAMENT , WHERE TV VIEWERS SKYROCKETED AND MORE FANS TURNED UP AT THE EVENT, GOLF ORGANIZERS SAID IT THEMSELVES , ITS ON TAPE

[@TheFreshTrumpet]

such a bizarre way to share your bias against her lol what in the world

[@joeykremple]

One thing no one talks about is that most Americans don’t find most wbb players INTERESTING! Either their game or personality. Paige and JuJu are cut from the same cloth that got voted out of office earlier this month. Yes, CC is fresh and an OUTSIDER

[@cjprince1]

Nobody watches basketball because of the politics of the players. Btw - Clark is liberal as well.

[@Bryant-b6o]

@@cjprince1 joey's post isn't likening CC's politics to Trump's. Or commenting on her ideology. He's likening her appeal to Trump's. She represents something different to the fans, and they've voted with their butts-in-seats to the tune of record setting attendance and unprecedented media coverage.

[@joeykremple]

@@Bryant-b6o well said!

[@SnoGo902]

This fool say Catlin Jordan and she 0-2 in. Champions games 😂

[@Bryant-b6o]

CC's two title game appearances at Iowa is actually more impressive than Angel's or Kamilla's championship wins with BLUEBLOODs

[@leasongordon6823]

Mick your a hater

[@talldreamyopposum]

I hate seeing her hair bun

[@AlexanderMoises]

first!!!!

[@EquidusRamalo-ny4wl]

Take a shot for every time Mick says “the reality of the situation”

[@TheFreshTrumpet]

never even noticed he says that but the second i read your comment it was in his voice 😂

[@kimguy4159]

JuJu is a bum