[Charles Barkley] You woman out there, y’all petty, man… Y’all should be thanking [Caitlin Clark] for getting y’all a*s private charters. All the money and visibility she’s bringing to the WNBA.
by A_MASSIVE_PERVERT
@National Basketball Association
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Caitlin Clark could legit be the WNBA’s version of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. People tend to forget that the NBA was STRUGGLING until those two showed up.
I don’t know much about Caitlin other than that she is a really good basketball player. Always professional when she speaks and seems like she can easily be the face of WNBA. Someone help me understand why she gets so much hate?
She literally changed their bum lives. They went from flying commercial to charter flights. If they take her out for a season with an injury they’re going back to flying Spirit
Pro athletes being petty????
A rising tide lifts all boats and CC is the tide.
That said, I understand the pettiness. It’s only human.
Lmao at Shaq proving Chuck right in the moment
This probably doesn’t help Clark
Like when golfers like Sergio Garcia and Shooter McGavin were mad about the new fans Tiger Woods was bringing to the game. The purse at the PGA went from $2 million in ’95 to $5 mill in 2000.
Don’t like money much I suppose.
WNBA is crazy because she just got done playing a whole ass NCAA season like 5 weeks ago, and now she’s starting a whole new season at a higher level, I’m guessing on a not very good team, against pros who have been there before.
I don’t know, seems tough.
I mean people should see some of the posts people make on the r/wnba and their perspectives on this.
Holy shit are people still mad at what Taurasi said? She didn’t even shit on Clark or anything. All she said was that Clark (and the rest of the rookie class) probably won’t be putting up their college numbers straightaway and that there likely would be an adjustment period.
This is doing everyone a disservice.
Caitlin hasn’t been badly treated by her peers. All this does is send bad will to CC for being overprotected, and more hateful messages to other WNBA players from angry new fans demanding she worship at Caitlin’s alter.
*they gonna come after you Chuck*
*they cant do anything to me..*
lol i fuckin love chuck
Im kinda of confused with the CC discourse? CC is not some make a wish kid they aren’t playing dirty or anything its not their job to let CC win. Her team is bad and she is having rookie struggles. Let the process and growth occur naturally
The media and the public chose a Messiah for the WNBA, and a lot of them are probably thinking, why not Taurasi? Why is it this college kid who hasn’t proven shit other than she can beat college kids?
Charles is right that they should be happy about this. If the momentum continues, it will lead to most of them getting a fat pay raise. But I totally get why this would feel wrong to them.
The end of this is almost better than the rant on Clark
**”They can’t do anything to me! That mailman better be at my door on the 1st and the 15th!…for another year huehuehue”**
[Former Sparks player, Chiney Ogwumike, responds:](https://x.com/chiney/status/1793444831613927496)
>Charles and Inside the NBA team are the GOATs of the industry, so respectfully I’ll offer my perspective with love. ❤️
>Every WNBA player I know supports this rookie class and are grateful for the spotlight & money that Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and co. are bringing to the W!
>There are 2 key incidents where CC was criticized. Sheryl Swoopes was wrong on major facts and she apologized to her privately.
>Diana Taurasi pointed out that ALL rookies struggle in the W and no one is immune. It wasn’t hate, it was Diana being Diana. If you know, you know. 🤣
>Also, charter flights were actually first deployed last year during the W post-season because:
>1. Safety with increasing number of star players
2. Revenue trends are starting to support it. W has quickly gone from $60M in 2019 to over $200M in 2023 on a billion dollar valuation.
3. Ever since teams got in trouble last year for trying to find workarounds for charters, this was likely in the plans for this year, especially as owners and players presented a united front.
>(Our amazing Commish is very methodical, the right things happen but not overnight.)
>Expansion has also been in the works the past few years. But again slow & steady wins the race. (I used to get mad at the NWSL bc they move way faster than us. 😂)
>We desperately needed more teams and roster spots, but more importantly – we need the right owners to sustain them.
>All of this was the perfect storm for women’s basketball.
>The W is rooting for Caitlin and the rising generation bc when they win… we win! Rising tide lifts all boats.
>BUT these women are pros & also have a job to do. This will bring out the best in em. Just keep watching. 😉
Anybody who is surprised at this discourse has been living under a rock for the last decade.
A white woman walking into the WNBA being proclaimed as the savior and getting all the media attention and multiple brand deals straight away was never going to escape the obvious discourse. Rightly or wrongly.
Barkley has said for years that current players should thank Magic and Bird any time they see them. They saved the league, brought in major $ and laid the ground for the big contracts they see today
I think Barkley sees similarities with the attention that Clark has brought and in return their league starting to see those benefits
That being said, there’s a time and place for praise. Start of the season where players are laying the groundwork for competition? She’s a rookie and pros want to get any edge they can
It’s almost like real life isn’t a state farm commercial.
It’s not like Chuck has ever worried about getting in trouble for what he says, but him knowing Inside the NBA only has 1 year left is going to lead to some all time Chuck rants.
May god have mercy on them big ass women in San Antonio
man – woman
men – women
this is not difficult
Extremely unsurprising to see a mass influx of unflaired comments on this specific thread
Chuck’s emptying the clip because he knows TNT is coming to a close lmfao
Charles needs to stop lying about these women. I know most of you are going to agree with him, but you need to understand that the majority of WNBA players have been welcoming to her. At least LeBron handled this alright, but Charles calling these women jealous is disgusting. Let me know which WNBA players are hating. If you mention Taurasi, I won’t take you seriously.