FIRST TAKE | Because of race - Chiney & Andrea on why Caitlin Clark isn't on the USA Team in Olymic

FIRST TAKE | Because of race - Chiney & Andrea on why Caitlin Clark isn't on the USA Team in Olymic

[@oneliouswright3533]

Shannon not only was Jordan the most popular player. He was the best player in the world.

[@843Keen]

No comparison period..he kills me

[@TaiyouArt]

what about the 144 players in the league that deserve higher salaries but can’t achieve that because of bad marketing decisions like not sending the most popular and highly decorated asset the league has to a global marketing platform like the Olympics? Clark doesn’t need to go, she has plenty of money , but her boosting the visibility of the game on a global level increases the viewership and salary cap for the average player in the league some of which make under 80,000$ a year.. Diana Taurasi or the other less known players on the team do nothing to boost the global revenue of the game and the wnba.

[@samefightdifferentround9416]

Exactly..cc ain't did shit yet she just getting started let her earn her bones.

[@rickpcp]

Larry Bird couldnt walk! And they added him!

[@acetaste5491]

Hate will always hold u back, my dude!!​@843Keen

[@brianchu3317]

Nobody can predict what’s going to happen in 4 years, but we know she’s HOT right now. Strike when the iron is hot.

[@williamdaniels4013]

EXACTLY ✊️🤝👏

[@myapatterson8228]

Best comment by far

[@Blackbolt-411]

So was TIm Tebow and Honey Boo Boo .. this is fools goals

[@phenomenal_0015]

💯

[@Blackbolt-411]

No DAS you said she was the most marketable bruh

[@Flatbush4Life]

The problem is that the WNBA is still not the topic. The topic is all about Caitlin Clark.

[@malnorfleet4925]

That's the WNBA fault. Nobody wanted to watch them. Why didn't they have a marketable product?

[@legion24100]

Nobody cares about the WNBA

[@TeranRealtor]

Changing the Women's Welfare Basketball League into the Women's National Basketball Association IS the entire conversation. They are in their 28th season right now - and NEVER has been profitable. They have been handed a golden ticket, to MAYBE grow the game out of the toilet, and turned her away! They are acting like a fourth generation welfare recepient saying that they won't lower themselves to cleaning houses or flipping burgers to make a living. Even Budweiser finally realized after shooting themselves in the foot, to not re-load and do the other foot. If the WNBA++ league doesn't learn soon, they are going to miss this opportunity to get off welfare.

[@TaiyouArt]

what about the 144 players in the league that deserve higher salaries but can’t achieve that because of bad marketing decisions like not sending the most popular and highly decorated asset the league has to a global marketing platform like the Olympics? Clark doesn’t need to go, she has plenty of money , but her boosting the visibility of the game on a global level increases the viewership and salary cap for the average player in the league some of which make under 80,000$ a year.. Diana Taurasi or the other less known players on the team do nothing to boost the global revenue of the game and the wnba.

[@dillonsparks115]

​@TaiyouArt again nobody gives a damn about the wnba because they players are booooorinng af like easy ass layups get missed all the time there are no exciting dunks because there pride won't let them lower the rim why do u think cc is popular she makes exiting plays and shoots the three crazy well nobody els in the wnba can do that

[@alancaparas8633]

Nevermind CC’s snub. Why wasn’t Arike Ogunbowale selected?

[@alexandermoreno-bw3vs]

Only proves the point no one cares about woman basketball till Caitlyn Clark got there and that’s a fact

[@to4316]

who?

[@angeiang7006]

Y is griner on it?

[@angeiang7006]

@@to4316 lol I think ur joking but Britney griner

[@ronniejohnson196]

@@alexandermoreno-bw3vs Seriously?

[@ksololive376]

Shannon is out of his wheelhouse. Comparing her to MJ.. REALLY!!! Isaiah had a track record of success in the NBA. These two gents sound like clowns comparing this to the Dream Team... GTFOH!

[@zertexz574]

Box office

[@grichkatayou7558]

you're the one sounding like a clown because you do not understand CONTEXT. they compared her to MJ in terms of POUPULARITY!! its ovious learn how to listen without emotion or BIAS.

[@zozochichi]

She is BOX OFFICE bruh. They failed

[@mikedebruyn]

I don't think so. Was the reason they called MJ first because he was the best or because he was the mos popular? MJ made basketball global he brought eyes to the game. If MJ had not gone to the Olympics then the whole dream team marketing that went around the world would never have happened. A lot of people did not watch because of the player MJ was, they watched because of the hype he generated with his team. The whole NBA is still benefitting of that. Now CC won't be able to bring that amount of hype because its the women's game but you had the opportunity to show off to the rest of the world, to your home base to all the marketing people the value of the brand, and they failed it. Now the narrative will be again that the league is prejudiced, half my timeline if full of it. Don't let your daughters play parents your pushing her towards.... that is the narrative they are spinning now.

[@RickNelms-ge7gu]

apparently you didn't get the comparison oh well

[@davidnguyen7373]

Molly needs to shut up

[@Vader-tm5lm]

you shut up

[@bousk123]

how is she still working there and have a job

[@chicaliqc]

Dem tittys

[@coolkid5924]

NAHHH U NEED TO SHUT UP

[@coolkid5924]

DRAFT BUST

[@enzogonzales3038]

bruh these ladies are buggin

[@carlosjean8075]

You got that right Bro 😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@LaFlare5600]

They're logical unlike then men who think they know more than them

[@clav3284]

Pure jealousy

[@LaFlare5600]

@@clav3284 jealous of what? Lmao yall don't know basketball at all

[@levonverrett6052]

@@clav3284🤡🤡🤡

[@tbcoachniblick1208]

The window to grow the " Game" is very small but haters can't stand the breeze and noise coming into the house.

[@eporter8213]

What’s Shannon talking about? MJ was not only the most popular player but coming off back to back championship. He was the best player in 92. Caitlin Clark is not this.

[@keithknox5829]

And she’s not Magic or Bird either. I don’t think the WNBA wants a sideshow. Cuz that’s probably what you would get. Christian Lattner had one two NCAA championships and was put on the dream team and by all accounts was lost out there. His college career never crossed over to the professional player.

[@BlackSkins-il7ch]

@@keithknox5829U must be young Bird was laying on the floor and only played garbage time…Magic wasn’t even in the league he retired due to HIV. They risked him getting cut and being exposed to HIV just to sell bball😂

[@keithknox5829]

@@BlackSkins-il7chNot that young but thanks. In 92 both Magic and Bird were on the team.

[@mrgotwhatuneed]

​@@BlackSkins-il7chyes magic did play on the 92 dream team in 48 and I remember that clearly.

[@rshirley23]

​@@keithknox5829 What? He had a long and productive career. TF you talking about 🤡

[@stephenwilliams812]

I can’t wait for this hype to go away I’m tired of this wnba drama

[@malnorfleet4925]

The wnba will go away 🤣

[@killerkiller8329]

Caitlin Clark is getting more views than the NBA finals that's crazy yoo shit is getting annoying

[@coreyh4097]

It’s here to stay and it’s just getting started

[@NC_SUGAR]

Yeah, I'm going back to watching Men's basketball. WAY LESS BS.

[@ronniejohnson196]

@@coreyh4097 Exactly!!!!!

[@chrisheadley1222]

I've played ball and watched it for 30 yrs... I was interested in the WNBA for about 5 mins when it first started...the biggest highlight of that league for a long time was the first in game dunk by Lisa Leslie 😐 Somebody tell me I'm lying... Don't worry, I'll wait.

[@alexandermoreno-bw3vs]

Yup Caitlyn Clark made it

[@ronniejohnson196]

@@alexandermoreno-bw3vs Made What>Another Great White Media Hype for Ego-Tripping?

[@michaelbarnes9699]

I agree. I watched the first 5 seasons and the quality of play just wasn’t and isn’t there like 30 years later. Clark is a really good player to help promote the WNBA.

[@ronniejohnson196]

Well thank you for your memories Mr male ego in charge👏👏👏👏👏

[@michaelbarnes9699]

@@ronniejohnson196 male ego???

[@josephhernandez-ri7db]

Women can brutal! The only reason I’m here is because of Kaitlin the only reason I watched NBA was Michael!

[@sd21z]

Facts

[@twilarussell183]

I can not watch this any longer!!!✌🏾

[@AVAXII]

why?

[@WolfamongSheep626]

@@AVAXIIToo much truth from Stephen A

[@Rebel_care]

We don’t give a fuck about wnba. Just play her and bench the rest

[@Rebel_care]

They still don’t get it

[@5starathlete804]

The world don’t care about WNBA.

[@jamalscott3706]

The World cares about WNBA games. the US don't care about the woman's game. That's why US woman players are going to oversees they get more respect and better pay in other countries.

[@fredragland8280]

Not when they are acting so ignorant

[@5starathlete804]

@@fredragland8280 lmao. You got a point. But was just saying taking CC to France ain’t gonna change a damn thing ain’t nobody know her overseas. She ain’t Jordan

[@Ac3Badger]

@@5starathlete804you have to use critical thinking. Jordan wasn’t a household name his first Olympics. The NBA wasn’t a global brand when he first went. Him going was marketing himself to the world. That’s how you grow a brand. You and the WNBA clearly don’t get that. She’s proven to be marketable but the price and feelings of the veterans is being put before growing the league they complain so bad is unfairly treated. Literally being lemons to make lemon juice and yall are complaining cause yall want orange juice.

[@AVAXII]

@@5starathlete804 I know about her. And HVL cause she is hot. That's about it. I do know about that player talking how she would beat Boogie 1vs1, but idk her name. Looks like she is a great representation of WNBA players tho.

[@karenvondermehden5054]

A'ja Wilson is the best player in the WNBA .

[@Joyce-zl4qd]

Well she needs 11 more players to help her.

[@89five3five]

No one is disputing that.

[@RonhozZ]

She is ... no doubt , but she also only has a nike deal cuz caitlin got one (def not the same money) , still doesn't sell out arenas , doesn't sell has many jerseys , see the point ?

[@Joyce-zl4qd]

@@RonhozZ cause she's not fun to watch

[@zozochichi]

Yes, and Catlin is BOX OFFICE and will let USA wipe the rest of the world in an extreme dominant fashion. Dream Team could’ve done it with Isaiah and no MJ. Yet the added MJ and dropped Isaiah. SA is right.

[@vlong5710]

First Take sucks for this reason not keeping it real😮‍💨Clark didn’t win in college but somehow the runner up is more important 😒com on man leading in turnover shooting under thirty percent

[@Dylan-nq9yg]

Just cause she didn’t win in college doesn’t mean she’s not a winner. She took a subpar program and made it a national powerhouse to back to back champ games. A lot of athletes never even get to 1 let alone 2

[@daddywalker6133]

Yeah but with all that she still bring the most money to the WNBA yeah you’re right she was a runner-up twice in college she has horrible turnovers yet the attendance and viewership is up tremendously because of her that’s what they’re talking about Wnba for years has been quiet Caitlin is bringing eyes to the game despite the negatives

[@ronniejohnson196]

@@daddywalker6133 Right. The female>great white media-hype. No disrespect to Clark; She Is Exceptional!

[@rjay1jx]

Brah plenty legendary nba players didn't win in college or the nba and they are huge stars , it about striking while the iron is hot

[@hapishuco.2446]

Attendance and viewership is up on most teams not just the Fever or Sky it's a false narrative. I think they helped but not totally responsible. There are actually some great players in the league already.

[@jaybavis5896]

AJA WILSON IS A BEAST AND ITS ABOUT AN ROOKIE THAT AVERAGE AT THIS POINT SMH

[@snirkohavi]

Who ?

[@b-gamer340]

Snd nobody watches. Hell, the women barely watch themselves

[@JayL8899]

Because nobody watched her like they did CC

[@ransom6892]

“Average” 😂😂😂 get real

[@Blackrain7920]

2 of the top Buck Dancers Smith and Sharpe

[@EricK-ir8np]

How are they buck dancing ?? 🤡🤡

[@kyle-tp8om]

@@EricK-ir8np Haven't you heard? If you are black anything in support of anyone white in any way no matter the reason makes you a sellout and a buck dancer.

[@christophercomitini8619]

​@EricK-ir8np because they refuse to bow down to the left and the narrative that everyone deserves "equal and fair" marketing when one player is CLEARLY moving the needle at RECORD numbers

[@MrSmoove73]

💯

[@okthen5566]

They big time slaves

[@fallingjeff]

I remembered this and came back... I just found out the USA women’s basketball team won gold TODAY WITH the lowest ratings in 16 years. Every argument has been lost by leaving her Clark off the team. Ladies, if you don’t pivot now, the WNBA will be a footnote of the past.

[@davidwarzecha]

I’ve seen enough of this bullshit for me to run the other direction! Good luck CC you’re going to need it!

[@JediTiga]

If the WNBA was thriving you could make this argument. The reality is that the league has been on life support since its inception. Ratings matter way more than a gold medal in women's basketball.

[@MaxineShaw-ck7uu]

The gold matters more than ratings in my opinion when it comes to Women's Basketball. People keep talking like Caitlin brings the ratings maybe in college you could argue that however what ratings is she creating in the WNBA across the league that suggest she would bring all these numbers in the Olympics. No one player singularly carries a sport especially one who isn't a transcendent talent as some want us to believe. Caitlin would literally be the worst player on the roster if she was added and would see limited minutes because of it. At this point in her career Caitlin is more of a hype job than a reality please let this young lady breathe and mature into what she's suppose to be her time will come if she's really that girl but until then let the real stars of the league carry the torch for the US and bring home another gold.

[@user-ys1lp2hh6l]

Thank you

[@bmsuperfly3286]

@@MaxineShaw-ck7uu The WNBA needs the marketability she brings to thrive off of. Strike while the iron is hot even if she is the 12th spot and plays spot minutes. The WNBA players had to argue for years for flights they just got, they want better wages. Yet when the ability to market that shows up, they only care about the pettiness of keeping her off the team. Also the wake up call for them is that the most marketable player in the WNBA will ALWAYS be a younger player who by resume status is undeserving because college basketball gets more eyes purely off the bracket than the WNBA does. In the clip Chiney talks about 'setting her up for success when people will watch'. Give it 3 years and no one will watch regardless because they didn't strike while the iron was hot. You're right no 1 player carries the WNBA because the NBA carries the WNBA by fronting their bill of a failed league to keep existing while running millions in the negatives every year. Want better treatment and wages? Maybe turn a profit would help? Maybe the way to do that would be to be more marketable as a league? Who knew how business and sports work. WNBA missed the mark on leaving CC off the team.

[@MaxineShaw-ck7uu]

@@bmsuperfly3286 so Caitlin being the "12 spot" on the roster is marketing the WNBA? Interesting concept. Key words "arguing for years for flights" so what does Caitlin have to do with that her presence didn't provide these flights the players who helped form the foundation of the league determination did that, wages are a product of the market value as a whole Caitlin can be the "savior of the WNBA" but no sports league is built off of one player. Players don't get to pick whose on the Olympic team they have a committee for that and the most marketable player in a league is the best player in the league and that would be Aja Wilson whom I might add is on the Olympic roster. Also let's be honest the WNBA will never be a ratings juggernaut because of racial and sexist bias in this country the response to Caitlin struggles in the league shows us this. I also don't understand how the WNBA is going to suffer because Caitlin isn't on the Olympic team I guess viewers watching her from the bench is going to be box office somehow it's going to be the most electric 5 to 8 minutes a game the world has ever seen. Note to all you newcomers the ratings for the WNBA has been going up in recent years and get this Caitlin Clark was nowhere to be found in other words support the d**n league and not just one woman especially if said woman is far from the G.O.A.T that some in the media oversold her as.

[@bmsuperfly3286]

​@@MaxineShaw-ck7uu Yet somehow despite all the ratings going up the WNBA is on pace to be in the negatives 50 million for the year. That is after the growth by the way. I think people just refuse to accept that CC has so much mainstream attention right now that her name alone generates more interest than the WNBA as a whole. Now like typical women driven things the pettiness and the bitterness comes forward and instead of accepting that the WNBA has done a bad job they must attack CC to bring her down to their level instead of using her to elevate everyone. Angel Reece was mad that she wasn't the one in the spotlight. Shocker Reece is a good young talent. So was Ionescu. Yet outside of the Steph shootout no one tunes into the WNBA games to drive a profit. Wilson has been in the league 7 years and has been great the entire time she's just on a MVP run this year. Still no one tunes in. The fact people refuse to accept is the WNBA should not continue to do their same cycle over and over because it hasn't shown results. Given a chance to capture a spark of social media attention with talent to back it up (lets not act like CC will not be a top 5 player in her peak) they choose to let the spark pass and not capitalize. Yet they still constantly complain about their situation in terms of compensation and perks when they run as a negative from a business standpoint. WNBA loves to be inconsistent and tear any chance they have of success down because none of them can put their ego and pride to the side for the betterment of all the players as a whole. Oh why do our top stars only make 1-2 million and why did we have to beg for flights for years? Idk try not losing 50-100 million a year. Legit the NBA G-league sells out more regularly. WNBA wants the prestige and perks of the NBA, but none of them are willing to make the sacrifices to get to that point that the NBA had in its very early years.

[@drewoke5046]

Nobody has ever fell in love with women’s basketball

[@ThePhenom72586]

Lmaooooooooooooooo

[@bloodhoundstanbloodhound]

If you say so

[@mekemeke8497]

Maybe her White fans. Dawn Staley, Sheryl Swoopes came from the WNBA. Real fans of the WNBA have been playing.

[@ericgrant657]

I love the WNBA

[@dcironman2k973]

The world should care about women basketball!! Because, these women ball!! Don't cry or complain! No holdouts! No big heads! Just blood, sweat, and tears into the sport!

[@ctbt1832]

In other words, clark fanbase and her flopping stopped her from going to the Olympics. She can’t handle it. That 30 points she made was because she was not being guarded. Put that to the other time where she only scored three points. Nobody was talking about that. I’m tired of seeing men act like this.

[@cicij1022]

When Lisa Leslie was promoted all eyes were on WNBA, they stopped promoting WNBA

[@AVAXII]

why?

[@MM-do3pt]

We know why

[@AVAXII]

@@MM-do3pt I don't. was Lisa Leslie selling out arenas?

[@JudgePhilosophical]

Moments are brief periods of time, and there has never been an instance where a moment has lasted as long as a marathon.

[@thisoledad1946]

It will not be around if they keep doing this crap to CC

[@The803Hitman]

Seems to me like they are treating the wnba like it’s a marathon instead of a relay… pass the baton and get tf off the track!!!

[@lisathor6098]

Don’t care for Shannon’s comments outside of football.

[@MrSmoove73]

💯

[@RonhozZ]

no one cares about yours either

[@afrodemon8629]

Don't care for your comments... anywhere

[@Dir24MM]

92' Jordan was 6 years in . we can say 04 with melo & bron they was on bench & lost. she not the best player in wnba so it would've been unfair to the girls that been winning & ballin

[@iubitnunes]

Bro you missed the whole segments point.

[@larrybarnhill329]

Sa SS stop that bull shit I hope you don't lose your money you two because you're going to be fuck up it's about respect fuck money

[@damonhooper9193]

She wouldn't be the worst player

[@Dir24MM]

@@iubitnunes I didn’t, they trying to get gold havin cc in there doesn’t increase they pay, Jordan miss the 88….she literally lost 2 ncaa championships. Put the work in first cause it players that’s better that didn’t make it

[@Dir24MM]

@@damonhooper9193 she don’t even avg more than taurasi

[@jim7995]

You pick the best players. Period.

[@TheXGrandXFinale]

You must hate affirmative action 😂

[@whowawoo]

Nobody cares

[@ld4974]

Haven't seen McNutt for a while.

[@Waves-bf2sx]

That will probably be her last time on first take 😂

[@Trivial611]

She was on again the same week her Stephen A went viral

[@georgeclay6329]

Good don't like her

[@kasypaks7263]

MJ was better than everyone on that dream team, Caitlin is not better than Aja or Taurasi or Griner or any of the other players

[@mzprince4139]

Shes not better than any of the other guards selected.

[@WISHBONEL7]

The. Conversation is more about marketing than it is about basketball .

[@verdaleonard2728]

Clarks is y'all valuable player, but she is not the WNBA valuable player. You have more better players in the WNBA then Caitlin Clark. These girls been winning the USA championship Olympics without her, and will continue. Caitlin got to get more experience under her belt. This is not college this is WNBA 👑💪🏾🏀❤️💯

[@reallife0728]

REBECCA LOGO EXPLAINED THIS SITUATION PERFECTLY!!!!!

[@tzu2146]

With a lie. 😂

[@courtneywilson2515]

Lobo. I’m a big fan of RB but she went straight from college to Olympic Team with no pro experience (as did several UConn players) so she’s in a poor position to contextualize.

[@kfmeighty9]

​@@courtneywilson2515Diana doesn't need to be on the team this year.

[@babygoat12]

Shannon right though lol 😂 all this talk about the wnba now is about CC like it or not no shows ever had this type of segments let’s b real

[@paulaguenon1660]

@@courtneywilson2515 -The Olympics and international competition are different from the WBNA.

[@doreenpierce2555]

Please Steven A Smith you yelling over C. CLARK and Shannon Sharp engaging two sell outs!!!!How much are those guys getting paid thru the station to promote this rookie.

[@chappellebrogdon1012]

It is crazy how different men and women see the Caitlyn Clark Olympic snub, hate and jealousy. Women are trying to say Caitlyn Clark is not deserving, physical enough and been playing long enough. Men are asking what are these women talking about. Facts Caitlyn Clark by the numbers is having one of the best seasons ever for a rookie while being one of the most fouled players in the WNBA. Facts not feelings Ladies! History will look back on this and ask WTF! According to the ladies they want more money and eyeballs but the player that averages 17k in attendance versus 7k should not be on the team for feelings not Facts. Their game, salaries, and people paying attention, when Caitlyn is not there should wait 4 years to grow! SMH ... WTF Women are out of control and their own worst enemy!

[@morecontentatlanta2441]

What they're saying makes no sense because they're using facts to rationalize their feelings. And it obvious when they say things like "we don't need marketing" or try to make us think the WNBA could lose if they don't put together the best roster.

[@chappellebrogdon1012]

@@morecontentatlanta2441 but there not using facts ... it's all misinformation... the facts are when Team USA won 7 straight gold medal.... 1 of the few reporters covering them said there was no coverage ... she also said reporters from other countries could not wait for the Olympics to cover Catlyn Clark and are now dumbfounded by the decision not to have her on the team. The facts clearly show Caitlyn Clark is must see basketball. She had a higher attendance than the Boston Celtics had in game 1 of the finals this year. This is going to kill the WNBA on so many levels and don't even talk about the Olympics, which people are talking about now boycotting. This is one of the dumbest decisions ever!

[@SuperflyReactions]

The saying men are from mars women are from Venus has never so true

[@budchewning4790]

I think any rational person can make a case for both sides, not these women.

[@angeiang7006]

@@morecontentatlanta2441 lebron james had a shoe deal when came in the league. Did white people hate on him? Simone biles comes into womens gymnastics. Everyone in the sport embraced her and no one doubted her greatness. Cc comes in a league as a minority with records like biles that beats men and is hated. Smh.

[@ph34poker73]

SAS AT THE END HAHAHAH (LEGEND) Best take he has had in 15 years 😆

[@davidjohnson3354]

She didn’t win anything in college no championships, but you want to complain about why she’s not on the Olympic team. She needs to pay her dues just like any other person in the game.

[@willemkuiper6074]

Bullshit. She is the best now

[@WISHBONEL7]

The conversation is more about marketing than it is about basketball .

[@ShamikoTruss]

​@@willemkuiper6074no she is not. Look at the stats.

[@shawaniamarshall8127]

Facts! These are my sentiments exactly! Clarke needs to earn and pay her dues!!

[@MrAhuapai]

She would of if she went as others did to super successful colleges like UCon etc. She didn't. She went Iowa who were basketball nobodies. Despite this shot more points in her college career than anyone else in history. There is nothing hype about her stats . The US has a long history of taking rookies and first draft picks. American womens basketball has been complaining about the lack of money, poor salaries and conditions for years despite never turning a profit in 26 years . They had a window of opportunity to get the worlds eyes onto US women players because of the global interest in Clark . And what do they do. Drop the ball because they are not governing for the betterment of the game. US women have won nine gold medals, seven consecutively. If they win again no one cares . If Clark was involved there would be a real chance to migrate Olympic viewership to the WNBA. Its a shoot yourself in the foot moment. One of the best Ive seen.

[@ajx5231]

Shannon sounds stupid comparing MJ to CC we wanted a GOLD MEDAL that’s the reason , it had shit to do with popularity

[@dillonsparks115]

If that was the case they could have told Mike ok and let him go home and get Isaiah on the team they still would have slammed the world and gotten gold without Mike and that's a fact like lets be real Mike at the time was the most popular player in the wold if it wasn't about marketing and popularity they could have said that's fine mj go home we building the best team they didn't need MJ when the rest of the roster was good enough

[@mzprince4139]

Agree.

[@JSJ2427]

We really know what this is all about....the HUGE elephant in the room....read between the lines

[@boston1283]

Them boys use to roast wnba under espn comments I miss them days 😂😂😂

[@jtaylormade87]

LDE from you and them boys 🤷🏾‍♀️😂

[@KByrd80]

Ngl they was funny 😆

[@timotheewilliams9086]

Shannon it's not about bringing eyes to the game at the Olympics, it's about a GOLD MEDAL 👌

[@angeiang7006]

Y is griner on it then

[@timotheewilliams9086]

@@angeiang7006 Maybe because she has experience and she's 100 feet tall.

[@angeiang7006]

@@timotheewilliams9086 she has twelve points this whole year! I thought it was best players

[@timotheewilliams9086]

@@angeiang7006 As I stated she has experience and she's a giant, now begone ✌️

[@dillonsparks115]

​@@timotheewilliams9086bro tye wnba bitches about not getting viewers better salaries bla bla bla bit every time someone gives a great idea like when shaq and tmac suggests lower the rim so u can give the fans excitement dunks they take it personal there's a reason outside of tennis most women's sports pale in comparison to the men's side unfortunately and they gonna win gold regardless so why not put cc in over the one pg who hasn't played yet all year ifs like common u wanna get better financially getting cc on yhe team is a good start

[@bryancooke6513]

This shows how much work these ladies need to do in the industry

[@mrobitwice77]

Straight up!!

[@rmstark1966]

was just thinking the same thing watching this.

[@LaFlare5600]

Stop it lmao meanwhile you can't expound. These ladies were 100% right ✅️

[@bhossast]

@LaFlair5600 I agreed with the ladies too. Stephen A was so off when he said they chose Jordan for marketing when NBA players were saying he was the best player.

[@peter69215]

​@@LaFlare5600they are completely wrong unless they want the league to remain the anonymous failure it has been.

[@sargekl1]

Does everyone believe Angel Resse, Collegiate Championship Winner is just some "other" player and she doesn't have an impact on the WNBA viewership? Where's the vitriol, though it can all be explained, for Angel Resse not also being selected for the Olympics if we're going to use the same calculus.

[@ransom6892]

Clark (who retired Reese from college play in the Elite 8) has appeared in 15 of the top 17 most watched WNBA games this season. When does Reese appear in that Top 17? Whenever she plays Clark. What an impact 😂

[@samdavis8765]

Shannon has lost his mind. This is getting out of hand. You have got to be kidding me with the way they are pushing this girl forward. It is embarrassing.

[@NC_SUGAR]

Cause she's good and she's bringing or was bringing public interest in. Jealousy is so ugly.

[@NC_SUGAR]

They aren't going to let CC build anything with them. I'm not watching shit to do with WNBA!

[@NC_SUGAR]

There's gotta be a team out there that would accept her better.

[@NC_SUGAR]

NOBODY is gonna watch this BS now!

[@NC_SUGAR]

I'll watch men's basketball. They're not so trifling

[@digimagic3288]

Shannon Sharpe the only reason you are talking about the CC drama is for ratings purposes only! As soon as the next store comes along its jump on the bandwagon you go. SAS stop comparing the NBA to the WNBA, Isiah would’ve been a detraction to the Olympic team just like CC would be.

[@aronmusejr]

Hey Caitlyn Clark has gotten me to watch KZbin sport cast clips about professional female ball.. at this rate I will be ready to actually watch a game in about 19 more years

[@gforce55]

Putting Caitlin Clark on the Olympic team is like putting Christian Laettner on the dream team. Laettner shouldn't have been there either.

[@styner3]

Not even close to the same thing, the Dream Team were rock stars at the games. Until CC nobody watched the WNBA, they need all the eyes they can get.

[@malnorfleet4925]

TERRIBLE analogy. Not even close to the same dynamic 🤣

[@Jason-ep4ps]

I have to disagree with this comparison. Christian was in college when he played on the dream team and Caitlyn is about to win rookie of the year. Caitlyn also has the most ncaa points in college hoops history between both men and women. Caitlyn has already proved she can hang with the pros and then some when Christian had not. Plus the dream team was absolutely filled with the greatest of all time when there’s already talk about Caitlyn being the goat in a few years .

[@Ona-sf3kk]

​@@styner3The best players deserve to be on the court..cc is not one of the best yet..maybe in the next Olympics

[@coachkinection400]

⁠@@Jason-ep4ps CC is great and will continue to be great, but no one has ever said CC will be the goat in a few years. not while A’ja and stewie are walking the earth.

[@snowyshaw1968]

The amount of pressure on this girl from both sides, the people who want her to succeed and the people that want her to fail is so intense. I don’t remember anybody having to deal with this kind of pressure LeBron James may be the closest thing to it.

[@michaelvaughn6178]

Isiah was left off the Dream Team because he was messy, funny how no other players came to his defense when he was left off, it’s about team chemistry

[@godusopp2752]

Bird and Magic were on the dream team purely for popularity , Birds back was cooked at that time but a lot of the worlds basketball fans had grown up watching and idolizing them the players on other teams would basically bow down to them, do you want to grow the game or not

[@levonverrett6052]

U think people from other cares about the wnba

[@cel4403]

Clark and Reese are the Bird and Magic for the WNBA.

[@HogNDaGame]

She not ready for that hand. I respect CC game, but y’all complaining about the WNBA. Imagine what she’ll go through in international play

[@rickjohnson2299]

She has already been in international play, twice.

[@LoisStCyr]

If CC was black all this would not be going on.

[@helloman3676]

🤣🤣🤣So she's gonna be there alone? She is THERE with the BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD.

[@HogNDaGame]

@@rickjohnson2299 not as an adult

[@karimamin2]

@@HogNDaGame and what? You think she'd play 30 mins? She'd be fine in short spurts so stop the cap

[@colinjames7569]

Angel and Caitlin prove that their chemistry ⚛️ is magic when they teamed up. Good things in their future. Amazing things

[@sbran2779]

I stand with these ladies. Y'all hollering males are truly disrespectful to these ladies!

[@normanball612]

7000 vs 17000 and opening NBA arena's. Yall can go on emotion all day, but the word "facts" is a math vocabulary word for a reason.

[@samefightdifferentround9416]

She has more white eyes on her that's wat it is.

[@westchristina38]

And they don’t want to get massa upset

[@westchristina38]

@@bossalini27 🙄

[@nickelmanful]

Wnba has prior to CC had very few black or whites on it

[@sean45m67]

@@bossalini27I’m Black and I’m from Jamaica and I’m here to watch cc

[@bossalini27]

@@sean45m67 she go hard

[@icemanred]

The problem as I see it is that the hype train for CC in college has yet to translate to results at the pro level. This was all media and people wanting to believe that something great was about to happen within the WNBA. The target painted on her and high expectations for CC was more media setting the expectation. You set people up to fail because if they don't come out the gate with that same level of productivity, here comes the critics. The players are not going to make it easy for her because that is not their job. Because the media spotlight is on her, everything is magnified. Her successes, her struggles, everything is magnified. Marketing is good, but you can't really ask people who are highly competitive to lay down for a rookie when they have just as much, if not more, talent than the one that the media is promoting. CC will adapt and get better because she is a competitor. But people need to stop forcing others into the spotlight with the weight of an entire league on their shoulders when they are not yet ready for it. If she were to go to the Olympics and not get the play time that her over-zealous fans thinks she deserves, then what? I can hear Stephen and Shannon now saying "why is your most marketable player not on the court for the majority of the game", "or the team should be working help CC shine" and on and on. And I can't believe Shannon had the audacity to bring up MJ as if that is even remotely comparable given that MJ had already proven himself at the pro level. Let's not forget, that MJ got beat up too and had to go to the gym to handle that physicality.

[@Maria-ru9qc]

I get what everyone is saying about CC being popular, but if the other players don’t care for her as a RESULT of how the MEDIA + Stans have overhyped her maybe it’s best she not be on the team where they’d probably bench her and draw more backlash.

[@juandavilaepoxymagic7975]

Yo lol😅😂😂😂why do they wanna move backwards. They finally got the needle moving

[@JamieJ1936]

But she not moving the needle she just brought temporary racist fans how is that moving the needle?

[@JayL8899]

@@JamieJ1936such an uneducated response from an imbecile standpoint. They literally came out with the numbers and CC accounted for 33% of the WNBA growth.

[@hikidunm1582]

Stop treating CC like some goddess. Whom do you take off the squad?

[@BFM770]

Anyone off those broads. Won 7 gold medals. They will 8.

[@normanball612]

We can start with the player old enough to be a Grandma.

[@levonverrett6052]

@@normanball612do you taking of the leader for a choke artist to win silver ok

[@normanball612]

@@levonverrett6052 DT is not the difference between Gold and Silver against the world.🤣🤣

[@levonverrett6052]

@@normanball612 she won’t choke like cc

[@sheliabrownlee4773]

It's not about marketing, it's about winning the gold medal, and that's the bottom line

[@chrisarmas5672]

Shay Shay lost his point comparing CC to MJ…MJ also had just won a NBA championship. CC will get hers one day just like MJ

[@tomyoung249]

Arguing who any of us fans think is better is pointless. The selection committee has justifiably the right to choose whoever they want to be on the team. But we do assume the selection committee is choosing their players based on merit. The committee admitted they were influenced by the reaction of fans rather than going 100% off merit. This is the ONLY reason why CC being left off the team is a controversial matter

[@adolfoorozco8498]

true, USA TEAM IS THE BEST!!!.. YOU HAVE 7 ALREADY.. FOR THE FAN CC BRINGS IN WOULD BE alot better for WNBA!!!! NO ONE CARE IF YOU WIN 8... TALKING ABOUT CC/usa team is more interesting, then watching USA womens TEAM!!!!

[@sheliabrownlee4773]

Why is nobody not talking about Catilyn not showing up to tryouts.

[@trollbot0012]

She was not invited dummy

[@rshirley23]

@@sheliabrownlee4773 probably because she was playing the NCAA tournament

[@HudsonValleyVHS]

My favorite part is when they say "Other Stars the WNBA". The only other player with actual name recognition is infamous for a being exchanged for a man who suppkied weapons for war crimes in Africa and Eastern Europe. Honestly though, hating on Clarke will likely prolong her relevance and change nothing, nobody was going to watch her games and get hooked on the WNBA, lets be real.

[@johnpruneda53]

Didn't Caitlyn Clark and Angel Reese destroy team USA,I don't see there argument on the team had more chemistry without them

[@cw8134]

I love that Bill Burrs bit on the wnba just continues to be true...Women dont watch the WNBA why is it Stephens fault? The media talks about what is interesting and for decades the wnba hasnt been it

[@malnorfleet4925]

😂

[@user-ru8qn2kc8o]

If you're quoting Bill Burr, who is he to start with, you're already lame. Bill Burr😅😅😅😅😅

[@cw8134]

@user-ru8qn2kc8o wow, that's some sentence structure you chose. Bill Burr is a pretty famous American Comedian who has a great joke on the WNBA

[@ggusd-2008]

Andrea comments are bad.

[@ronniejohnson196]

Nope. Straight-Up On Point!

[@trevinhickman9022]

I personally believe that Caitlin and Angel Reese should have been on the Olympic team 🇱🇷. There were only two players that didn't have Olympic experience. Some of the other women had multiple visits to the Olympics. New rookie sensations need to play with more experienced players and broaden their development at an early stage in their careers! 🏀💯

[@maverick_mekko5174]

These women sound foolish. MJ rookie season in the nba was 1984. His first Olympic appearance was Also in 1984 during his rookie season. Grow up WNBA. Go where the dollars are.

[@Watchingvideoslikeu]

Team USA & The WNBA are two separate entities

[@ThaddeusDelay]

Shannon bucking hard for him...I mean Caitlin.

[@ForHim_orAgainstHim]

More people want to see Caitlyn play on the team than people don’t want her on the team. But the committees reasons totally make more sense ?????

[@smorillo8581]

Shannon Sharp smiling and laughing was pure ENTERTAINMENT and made SA’s argument 100%!!!

[@haqctrix]

Nobody wanna watch these old washed up aunties

[@BossMan-vl5cd]

DT and CC averaging both 16 pts and 5 rebounds a game so if DT is washed so is CC😂.

[@Joyce-zl4qd]

@@BossMan-vl5cd Cause we don't wanna se DT and if she is only as good as a ROOKIE then she aint that good. Or Caitlin is proven as good as a Vet. You cant have it both ways.

[@BossMan-vl5cd]

@@Joyce-zl4qd been in the league for 20 years bud and put up the same numbers as the biggest star of he league has seen. Impressive 😂

[@Joyce-zl4qd]

@@BossMan-vl5cd MAN WHO CARES!!!...WE DONT WANNA SHE THE OLD LADIES NO MORE...ITS TIME TO LET THE NEW BLOOD PROMOTE THE LEAGUE. IF YALL CAN'T UNDERSTAND THAT THEN GO BACK TO PLAYING IN EMPTY AREANS.

[@BossMan-vl5cd]

@@Joyce-zl4qd well that’s the thing. It’s about winning gold for our country. Not making you happy lol

[@shellhumphrey2622]

Coach and players are saying they don't want her because she is unproven. If these coaches and players can't incorporate a young FENOM into the system, then they are not the coaches and players to represent the USA.

[@blabberer8950]

Ehhh Clark is Illuminated/ House of Rothschild Member... She's. a chosen one. Her dad is the same guy who plays ESPN/ Disney/ Rothschild personality Jeff Goodman (Puts on the rubbery prosthetic mask when he plays Goodman). I am sure they will get her on the team in the end... Just watch.

[@Joyce-zl4qd]

Their mentality is Karen all day long. While the NBA holds camps for the "Diamond in the Rough" player to make the league. The W you gotta have 4 final fours 5 Olympics 4 National Chips. I mean its ridiculous. Their like the HOV lady in the neighborhood. Caitlin didn't win the Chip...well Reese and Cardoso did and they not on the team either.

[@dwilliams380]

@@Joyce-zl4qddon’t forget CC has been playing since the college season started. She’s had maybe three weeks off since then. Let her get some rest and finish the season string after the Olympic break

[@Joyce-zl4qd]

@@dwilliams380 You know good and well she will only get 3 minutes per game.

[@dwilliams380]

@@Joyce-zl4qd Then why go? She can rest here. Just being there is a series of press conferences and practices. I’m not saying it wouldn’t bring more eyes, but how are we going to tell them to put her on the team? They’ve been winning, they’ve clearly made the right decisions the past 7 Olympics

[@craft46will]

Stephen A is comparing men’s USA team to the women’s selection process when they actually do it the best way and is not tainted by money!

[@durandmason2983]

You ladies are being dishonest. We are not guaranteed time. No one knows Caitlin’s future or what 4 years will bring. Loss of truth, here. Nasty behavior.

[@melanatedgod7604]

The caping Shannon is doing is disgusting 😂

[@Joyce-zl4qd]

Cameron Brink should be instead of Brittny Griner too. Diana Taurasi taking Clark spot.

[@dariansterns776]

Wrong!

[@baliw33]

Brink is too skinny she would get pushed around,maybe Angel Reese

[@MissElaine121]

Brink is on the 3-on-3 team for the Olympics

[@DennisDiaz-yp6id]

Old ass Diana Taurasi should give her spot to CC. Already been to the olympics 5 times.

[@Dylan-nq9yg]

@@baliw33absolutely not

[@gradeafun]

SAS wanting to go last is soo cowardly so he can dump on the W. What a loser. 😂😂😂

[@tekenakaribiwhyte1948]

Shannon you are wrong, why compare her to Jordan of 1992 jeez Micheal was winning matches in the NBA .Catlyn is struggling right now as a rookie in the league. Why not let her grow and even become the captain of team USA

[@kerrytrufant1862]

Why you didn't make all that noise for the ladies that came before her.miss me with that

[@helloman3676]

They don't sell out arenas...its simple...why are people so dumb?

[@memir7]

It’s ashame for anyone to think Ms.Clark will impact the Olympics game . She isn’t better than 80 % of the WNBA WOMEN ! she has a jumper that’s it ! That’s not how basketball works. I don’t know how this one lady supersede the work and dedication . Many WNBA superstars has contributed over the years ! As good as MJ was . He lost for 7 straight years . Before , the Bulls finally got him help . Ms.Clark is exciting Caucasian people ! Not real Ball players .

[@iubitnunes]

What in the Dr Umar are you talking about!?

[@bobby12348]

​@@iubitnunesshe's right she not jumping to the celling. She no better than them but the whty they want to see her. I know you say I want to see her too. They don't care about what you want to see black man.😂

[@Gary-bk7wrm]

Wow, Andrea certainly has changed her tune after the WNBA All Stars beat the Olympic team. Now she admits politics was a factor in excluding Caitlin from the Olympic team.

[@marioiniguez7448]

I laugh out loud when they say that CC is not tough enough for international ball. She has played on two USA international teams (FIBA under 19 and FIBA under 16). They act like they don't have a weight room at Iowa and she's never picked up a weight before. LMAO😅

[@louiskwaku8879]

We are still talking about these women not understanding the moment. Unbelievable

[@GunninRebel55]

Sorry Shannon but MJ was 8 years into his NBA career, an NCAA and NBA champion when he went to the 92 Olympics, not a rookie who has never won anything. Some of these ladies won't get another chance. Caitlin will have plenty.

[@GregoryMiedema]

12 people selected for the Olympic team. 4 are from the Aces and 3 are from the Mercury.... 7 of the 12 are from 2 teams.... Is this weird?

[@tomwallenfeldt3139]

If I was in college exhausted from March Madness on that long fight while trying to graduate as a student, and then to move drafted within a month while being used over and over in public being on a WNBA professional team that sucks being new sounds so overwhelming during controversial discussions on sport shows too. Within three months where dusts does not even exist in her home to leave only play with seasoned legends in Paris where no one likes you as a marketing tool could actually destroy her as an athlete in the middle of her rookie career. She is not an Avenger, C.C. is a human where her time deserves proper flowers to bloom because the roots don’t even settle with the dirt right now. Let the young girl be before you destroy what she loves. What a crock.

[@JV801097253]

After all this hate, I promise one thing.. I will only watch Catilyn Clark games. That’s all.

[@KolaAlade-li5db]

Something about listening to smart black queens❤

[@AngMizziebo]

What amazes me is the males who comment about Caitlin Clark - USA have coaches that made decision it’s soooo sad that the tone of voice is loud to get your point across. OMG😂 so disrespectful - Olympics is about winning gold and putting the best of your country on the court not the best market. It’s disrespect to those who have made the team those who selected the team. What makes this worse is it’s the ladies who play who know how ladies function…. Caitlin doesn’t seem to be bothered so why is everyone?😅

[@johno.7016]

I love how all the zero's that Diana Taurasi, the WNBA GOAT, is scoring in these olympic games.

[@familymannnnnn]

Funny...I didn't know the woman won 8 in a row until Catlin Clark was in the news ..

[@ericgrant657]

That's because you're not a true fan of the WNBA. I couldn't tell you who's number 1 in NASCAR or hockey or golf or tennis because I'm not a true fan of those sports.

[@familymannnnnn]

@@ericgrant657 True fan ? What is that exactly? It needs a couple She/hims to make it worth watching. When it makes $1 get back to me.

[@legendary_purez8867]

@@familymannnnnnthat dudes a clown waste of time even responding to him 🤡

[@bobby12348]

What's funny because Caitlin shut if she was black doing the same thing and they were. We know why stop the bull

[@familymannnnnn]

@@bobby12348 wha ?

[@_papiichampu]

They wouldn’t be able to trap CC as much as they have with her on the fever. She’d have way more freedom playing with all those stars. Stop it.

[@reasedogable]

No she wouldn’t,she wouldn’t even get off the bench

[@iubitnunes]

Yeah it's a great point. Imagine trying to double team Caitlin leaving Kelsey or Sabrina or Stewie or aja free!? Easy buckets. Or double teaming Kelsey & Stewie leaving Caitlin free. That's be a night mare for teams.

[@ty195526]

The game is too physical for Kaitlyn Clarke to play in the Olympics.She needs to build a game up and get stronger.She's not ready

[@gregorylagrange]

Extremely valid point. Nobody who got selected faces the kind of defense that Caitlin Clark faces. They're not doing that because of popularity. They're doing it because they know she can go off if they don't. What kind of defense is Taurasi facing?

[@patrickwiley9498]

@@reasedogableshe would get off the bench on the fact that the women’s team would be blowing everyone out. They might have 1 close game and that close game they will still win by double digits lol . Everyone knows the women gone win gold , they missed on an opportunity to send they most watched player to one of the biggest stages

[@sheliabrownlee4773]

SAS is a 🤡. He is not going to mention his name because he is him 🤡🤡🤡

[@thatoneperson77742]

Clark’s stats for the year are the same (slightly better than) Taurasi. Why take a 42 year old when she clearly is not the future? Why is Griner representing a flag that she didn’t want to stand for? Even if Clark doesn’t make the team, Arike should be selected before Taurasi who is old and inconsistent at this point.

[@justinwilliams1117]

She wasn't snubbed molly

[@mikecurry8502]

This ninja still mad bout last week

[@BL3T4_GaMeZ]

These ladies talk like Caitlin doesn't know how to play basketball. She is cooking right now.🎉

[@veenom1979]

No one is saying she should start or play the majority of the minutes, i will agree with Shannon. This is like saying MJ not on the Olympic team