Matt Barnes & Jim Jackson DIDN'T HOLD BACK In POWERFUL Caitlin Clark Defense!

[@BasketballTopStories]

Do you agree with Matt and Jim? Thanks for watching!

[@bonnieherrington1803]

that is their fault before cc got there

[@ClaraTrujillo-re5hf]

Yes

[@marcusross5874]

💯 % agree...

[@EASTSIDERIDER707]

@@BasketballTopStories Same thing with a new player who gets attention for her superior skills that they can't match. Vanity is the handicap that many women exhibit

[@sharronjones1017]

Thank you Matt, for stating the truth so eloquently!😂👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@edstryker7745]

Wow first they denied her of an Olympic opportunity and now they want to deny her of her recognition of Time’s Athlete of the Year? There are a lot of pathetic people in the WNBA.

[@tbam994]

Pathetic is the correct term😅

[@craigr8468]

I totally agree with you two. I agree with Charles, too: Petty jealously!

[@SteveKaye-yl7te]

She broke 63.records in her rookie year. Take a moment to let that sit In

[@argeshagan7407]

Its WNBA bruh 🤣

[@EASTSIDERIDER707]

Remember in high school when a stunning new girl transfers in? The boys were welcoming, but the girls?...

[@stevep4236]

Exact same thing 😂

[@PedroDeAlvarado81]

Perfect analogy

[@alsoknownas875]

Perfect.

[@ramonaspencer3973]

I only watch the Fever

[@mt1paqman]

They forget the first part of the year she took an Iowa team back to the NCAA championship game.

[@michaelyip324]

Why jealousy? CC got WNBA more publicity in one year than the WNBA got its existence so far. and more

[@JonathanGooch-cw7ls]

Absolutely 💯 agree!!

[@clarkd1955]

Who brought in more money from ticket sales in 2024, the NBA Pacers or the WNBA Fever who play in the same arena? Pacers average ticket sales was 16,550 and Fever was over 17,000. The average ticket prices were also higher for the Fever over the Pacers. This has never happened to any team in the WNBA ever. The reason has a name and it is Caitlin Clark who raised the Fever ticket sales by over 400% from 2023 to 2024.

[@nancylaw2213]

Yeah, it’s not like her Mystics are on the upswing!! You fire your coach, and your GM after you just barely miss the playoffs, and had Sykes on the sideline. And then you hire someone who the only experience as a head coach has been at Fairfield university for men, maybe women, and three on three?I question Johnson’s judgment way more than swoops.

[@BasketballTopStories]

And her star player (Delle Donne) didn't want to play for her and she doesn't even know her own rookie when she mentions "other rookies"

[@heinleinreader]

​@@BasketballTopStoriesAmen!!!

[@SteveKaye-yl7te]

Name a rookie who broke that many records? 60 plus I’ll wait

[@EASTSIDERIDER707]

The fans determine the style of play they want to see.

[@girlinred273]

Caitlin Clark, Step Curry their attitudes they are nice friendly, the whole cabang that why !!!!!! to all the CC haters sorry not sorry

[@themightykahn24]

Giving the Athlete of the year award to everybody in the league defeats the entire purpose of the gesture. It's a singular title, stupid.

[@jamesgoforth1606]

As usual, the elephant in the room isn't even mentioned.

[@graemeellis8537]

Did anyone else break these records . They won’t be happy till they drive her away .

[@porterbrass]

Women hate seeing other women succeed.

[@AldiAldiFPen]

You men like Men's soccer team did Freddie Adu. 🤔 It is weird how people conveniently forget how he was treated, and USA Men's soccer still sucks. At least the WNBA players are actually good.

[@Carlospjr]

So Johnson thinks that CC winning awards should be spread around the league because other players came before her 😂😂😂😂 Johnson they had a head start, the league started before she was even born. And it took CC getting on fire 🔥 in the NCAA, going straight into the WNBA and breaking every record imaginable as a rookie. CC has brought millions of fans, dollars, corporate sponsors. She carries herself on and off the court like a professional. Why doesn’t the WNBA elevate her, why doesn’t NIKE and other companies. I’m a basketball fan, UConn Huskies, NY Liberty and a Caitlin Clark fan. I’m NY born and bred. Basketball is my passion.

[@terrykyle2746]

None of them are gonna share with her

[@terrykyle2746]

These players had yrs to win awards but couldn't do it Leave Cc alone

[@terrykyle2746]

Johnson need to share the wealth

[@Roadghost1969]

At this point I was hoping Caitlin would just play golf let the WNBA go belly up.

[@stevep4236]

Let her "retire" for one year and let's see where how the WNBA does that year

[@steffenlorcher9321]

Why CC is hated? She shows how "bad" the hole WNBA is. 😁😁

[@SunshineJohnson-g3n]

None Of Us Gave A SHITTTT About WNBA Until We Watched 👀 Caitlin Clark, & The FEVER ,

[@zeaferjones1404]

I used to get Stephen Jackson and Jim Jackson confused. They both scored around 18 a game and could play great defense. So when I saw this video I had to do a double take like "that is Jim Jackson" because normally it is Stephen saying things with Matt Barnes.

[@WilliamPolovina]

Name another player who has accomplished what 'Catlin has done. You cant

[@Kal-El08]

Mystics owner is delusional. He/she probably did not get the memo when the Fevers play the Mystics in Washington. They have to move the venue to accommodate the people who want to watch the game. Other Mystics games are averaging just 4K attendance as compared to 20k when Clark is playing.

[@EASTSIDERIDER707]

"Equally as talented" is worse than inaccurate .

[@RADThird1]

Yeah, if they are/were just as talented why didn't they break all of the records before CC came along?

[@EASTSIDERIDER707]

@ I think the question answers itself.

[@mwjohnson2857]

In starting a BRAND new team in the wnba and NO player from all other teams is protected to be chosen, WHO is chosen first? Enough said

[@heinleinreader]

I do believe the first player the Valkyries took was Temi Fagbenle from Indiana. She was certainly no later than 2nd or 3rd taken. The Fever came off the list of available teams to rob quickly, as they were allowed only one player from any team.

[@AlexSomers-d2n]

That opening clip was one of the best clips that i've ever seen.

[@jasonsperry2293]

I haven’t seen Jim Jackson since he was playing in Dallas back in the way day. Crazy to see him I love all the 90s players

[@GeraldAntkowiak]

The difference in calibre between Caitlin Clark and the entire WNBA is like comparing a b.b gun to a 45...No one is in her league or on her level. Period.

[@mikehall4517]

You're wrong. She's a cannon😊

[@chriscook215]

Yep

[@WilliamPolovina]

You eould think the others would work on stepping up their own game

[@jimvalkenburg4017]

That would be too hard on these prima donnas.

[@GrantWebster-w7v]

Thank you Matt: Caitlin never asked for any of the awards. They where given to her. If there were other people that fit the criteria she wouldn't have won. Because she won the first or second award it probably made others take notice and if she qualified for the criteria it was was given the award.

[@relshdan191]

calling racism "jealousy" is funny

[@johnallevi4068]

Thank you Matt. You are so pure.

[@jasonsperry2293]

I freaking love Matt Barnes he’s so real and genuine and just a damn good guy! We need more guys like him in this world!! One love from Utah! Keep up the good work

[@rolandovasquez5542]

So why does the Whole wNBA League deserve to be on Time Magazine...and why have THEY (wNBA LEAGIE PLAYERS) NEVER BEEN ON ANY TIME MAGAZINE THE PREVIOUS 25+ YEARS? Because they never have DESERVED IT! NONE OF THE wNBA players HAVE EVER BEEN EQUAL TO , BETTET THAN OR AS GOOD AS CC!. NONE! PERIOD. Go CC.

[@robertmccaw4247]

Love watching your show

[@EddieWatson-og2vw]

304's gone be 304's. 🤦🏽‍♂️😂😂

[@sheilajondle5998]

SJ who is bringing in more money? Athlete of the year , ,means one person ! Nothing about color fool !

[@QuiChiYang2]

Her parents are Zeus & Helena. She was born on Parridise Island Themyscira. Innately competitive & gifted with Achilles kinesthetic awareness & physical attributes. Greece & Rome had seen a gladiator in men form & we witnessed it here in woman form. A true state of women strength, beauty & graceful status. As she improves herself, she enhances her teams status, WNBA, and societies understanding of "women-female," that's leadership. Our country capitalizes on truth & and the American way. It has stood the test of time, competition has hammered out the best swords, and we are happy to watch Caitlin Clark work hard & weld it proudly.

[@WilliamPolovina]

The media doesn't want to have shade thrown at what they want to narrate

[@johnnealon8570]

That 50 mill they gave the wnba looks kind of stupid A lot of people need to be fired starting with the league president. Teferees need to be strongly tre-evaluated with more than half gone. fines and suspensions to players that endanger other players. The overall product is subpar at least fix what you can fix

[@raystaar]

CC is a generational talent. If there was ever a player in the WNBA with her skill set, black or white, we would have heard about her. We didn't because there wasn't.

[@AldiAldiFPen]

What... You clearly never watched the WNBA prior to Caitlin Clark. Marine Johannès was called the WNBA's Steph Curry before Caitlin Clark was even at Iowa. 🤦‍♂

[@stevep4236]

Bro nobody gave a shit about the WNBA before CC

[@jrwspanstock]

Yep he is correct. Athlete is one person not the league. Silly owner

[@robertofrancisco4872]

If TIME magazine feature WNBA, is it worth and sales rise, is TIME magazine never know what they are doing,,, but if they feature Caitlin Clark there's an impact on sales or tickets that could see their most adored of....

[@ricardotamayo5939]

Let's talk about Miles and Hidalgo

[@ClaraTrujillo-re5hf]

These guys are awwwwsome,like what was said, unfortunately wnba stepped all over everything that is lifting their $$$ cash flow, viewership,and popularity,shiela Johnson is swooped up into a new hateration,sad sad situation, how pitiful grownups are being, failed from top to bottom.

[@robertcampbell9992]

If not for Catlin, I wouldn’t watch that shit.

[@shirleyroaden7917]

I can’t stand Johnson. She is only jealous. She ought to appreciate Clark.

[@uptoti81]

Remember the flak about the attention lin was getting during linsanity?

[@boosuedon]

Drives me crazy whenever I hear that too much praise and attention towards Clark may cause hurt feelings on bruised egos. If that is the case then it is way past time for the arrogant Diva WNBA childish players to put on their BIG GIRL PANTS and become mature adults! How ridiculous that whole argument is! These are paid professional athletes, are they not? They are being paid to WIN, not WHINE! Did the NBA ignore a young kid name Michael Jordan? NO! How about the young players Larry Bird or Magic Johnson? NOPE! Were there NBA players that were jealous? Damn right there were! Did it matter to the NBA? Not at all! Again, they were paid professional athletes and expected to suck it up and play the damn game! The fact is that those three men influenced the whole NBA to get better in order to keep pace.

[@AldiAldiFPen]

Caitlin Clark does not deserve to be in the same sentence as Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and Larry Bird.

[@eduardoante5581]

They could not accept the "Caitlin Clark" effect, period. Wake up people, stop the jealousy, hatred, pettiness and whatever you might call it. A fan from the Philippines.

[@josedimasvillalpando-gomez7932]

Name ONE black player who has done what Caitlin Clark did last season; 62 WNBA records with some being All Time Records! Compare the past & present MVP’s statistical performance to Clark and CaitlinBEATS them all! Never mind their many mediocre seasons! Parker comes the closest and she was GIVEN Rookie of The Year plus MVP! CC’s rookie statistics were better than Aja Wilson’s statistics last year! Clark DESERVES everything she has won because EARNED it all. Please list all the rest of Women of Color who OUTSHINE Caitlin Clark and deserve the attention given to Clark!

[@toddmarryatt443]

The W is done for me when CC is gone. It could've been different. I followed James Worthy, MJ into the NBA and I was a fan for thirty years. W is making me contemptuous of the league. Not the players or the physical aspect but that final game was fixed and the management is playing a weird something. Plus I am white and don't give a f*** about the narrative about poor me. I don't feel guilty about things my ancestors did. Every country is built on top of the people who used to own it. Fact! Sorry got on a rant.

[@jhardyjr415]

WNBA is ruining a good thing!

[@travishancock2302]

Facts…!

[@Pler1978]

Its straight up garbage either way Shes rhe best they got but still unwatchable

[@Ken-m3c]

I wonder if Jordan had to put up with this kind of crap. Or Tiger or Serena Williams or Gretzky. There will always be great ones so to bad if people are jealous.

[@ThomWilliamson-i2e]

Johnson should have a seat on "The View", with her stupidity, she would fit right in.

[@reelgriot]

I wish Clark cud jus up and leave for at least 1 year to go play abroad (no pun intended) as we wud watch the WNBA fold, and then beg Clark to come back. That wud be soooo AWESOME.

[@jasonsperry2293]

That’s the biggest laugh I’ve heard all day.? What are the W gonna do next? They haven’t done squat all year what makes you think they’ll do anything? They need a new commissioner so badly that will actually step up

[@250miles2]

Uh... what person of color is as equally as talented as CC? She broke the assist record AS A ROOKIE... She's 2nd in the most 3 pointers made in a season AS A ROOKIE (with Sabrina being 1st and Diana Taursai being 3rd), she's already broken most of her team's records, even with Kelsey Mitchell having a 7 year head start... She's the ONLY player in the WNBA that's top 20 in 7+ categories (even turnovers 😅). What's wrong with this lady???

[@BruceReynolds-xh5so]

When you have Athletes who stay silent when a player is continuously being targeted with illegal hits flagrant fouls by other players and when you have the referees allowing it to continue and the WNBA not even saying a word completely silent then the two commissioners encouraging it as welcome to the WNBA rivalry is good for the sport Caitlin Clark still was able to do what no one has done as a Rookie this is why no other players were considered to be named AOTY CAITLIN CLARK what she has done for women's Basketball and the WNBA a record breaking season not only for the league but herself as well breaking 62 records first in points generation per game 38 second overall between the WNBA NBA in teams season total points generation responsible for 45% of the points this is why CAITLIN CLARK WAS NAMED AOTY TAKING ALL MAJOR AWARDS AND THEIR IS NO PRIVILEGE OF ANY COLOUR WHEN IT COMES TO A SPORT IT'S ONE OR TWO THINGS YOU CAN PLAY OR YOU CAN'T RACE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT

[@iowamagicman]

Who tf is equal?

[@gatorade2366]

This lady is lying her butt off. Nobody in the wnba is like Clark. She is a once in a lifetime player. I didn’t see any of the so called stars didn’t help them get rid of that 70 million each year that they lose.

[@andyt1974]

Nice wig Trevor Ariza

[@JLU55]

Yes!... let's all take a moment to thank Shelley Johnson and the Whole WNBA for losing 10's of millions of dollars every year (25+) for a product that nobody, even Gay women won't watch.

[@mikehall4517]

Algorithm comment 😊

[@BasketballTopStories]

Happy new year! Hope you are having a fantastic start to the year!

[@gale826]

@mikehall4517 I frequently see you with this comment and nothing else, "Algorithm comment" What do you mean by that? Explain please.

[@mikehall4517]

@gale826 An algorithm comment is to give credit to a channel's algorithm, it supports the channel by giving it credit for the 3 most important things for the algorithm, a like, a view, and a comment. I gave them the 1st two, but didn't have anything to say about the video, but wanted them to get credit for a comment.

[@mikehall4517]

@gale826 If you want to support a channel and let the creator know that they have your support, like the video, watch it all the way through, and leave a comment, they get credit for those 3 things, and will appreciate the support.

[@gale826]

@@mikehall4517 Appreciate the response

[@sergiofontanez1184]

They are good player but marketing is another thing and nobody has the appel that Caitlin have the numbers don't lie get over it the sunner the better for the league future

[@Warlun888]

Lebron is the one causing the ratings drop lol

[@toddmarryatt443]

What 947,000 dollars for a few rookie cards? That is nuts.😊

[@DMAN-gc8nv]

Caitlin is the New Bus Driver of the WNBA, the Player are Benefiting from the Ride they just don't Like whose Driving the BUS. They want a Black Player with less Marketability.

[@MikeWilliams-ed1lb]

Its disingenuous to act like she only reason for interest in the wnba. I have always heard of wnba player in past ...im in h town so we 4 peated with houston comets to when college iowa/lsu game that put both angel and cc on the map in media... angel deserves credit also... it's actually to much too unpack when pertains to issue of only cc deserves credit and every else from now and past is nonexistent

[@joevi30]

WMBA is trash 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tremmclight6058]

Yes Madam ( 2:50) there are lots of black players who were also talented but they did not fair enough with the accomplishment of Caitlin Clark. Madam are you out of circulation? Your reasoning is purely focused on your era? We are already in the 2025 not 2000 or below.

[@SuperHenryVa757]

Sheila Johnson the Mark Davis of the wnba

[@brendancooney1741]

No one is as talented as catlin they all just rascit haters if these girls are just as talented why aren’t there stats the same????????

[@marcusross5874]

Fire Kathy Engleburg and hire a male...Matt Barnes...as commissioner..bet he will turn that shit around quickly.

[@PapaBee165]

Me and my family are considering cashing my 401K and buying tickets to go see an WNBA game just to watch Reese rebound. Great talent there!

[@ClaraTrujillo-re5hf]

Lol😂😂😂😂😂

[@gale826]

Is that you Angel?

[@kennethcook3127]

Lames

[@TheSuburbiaJonesEffect-wn4so]

Simone Biles should’ve been on the cover.

[@TheSuburbiaJonesEffect-wn4so]

Becky with the good hair strikes again

[@tbtsquad563]

She said equally as talented I’m sorry ma’am. Nobody’s freaking better than Caitlin 😂😂 not even shoe shoe or ju ju even page even ass j 😅😅

[@jaysmith7725]

Kaitlyn Clark is definitely the baddest B to play in WNBA. She’ll go down in history as the best all time they don’t even know what that girl’s doing she’s so damn off the chain. She’s the Michael Jordan of women’s basketball she gets down like Mike.

[@jaysmith7725]

Kaitlyn Clark is definitely the baddest B to play in WNBA. She’ll go down in history as the best all time they don’t even know what that girl’s doing she’s so damn off the chain. She’s the Michael Jordan of women’s basketball she gets down like Mike.😊😊😊😊

[@MichaelPerez-e8b]

💯 % REAL FACTS N TRUE LETS GO FEVER CC ☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥