Sheryl Swoopes Under Fire for Controversial Comments on Caitlin Clark

go ahead and put Caitlin name on the the rookie of the year. Yeah, go ahead and put her name on. She did get her career high of 31. So you said So you said no, no. Who what this is what Cheryl. This is what Swoop is talking about here. This is the reason why she hasn't been on the bandwagon like everybody else, well, we're going to move on to the WNBA because there was a very big game. Caitlin Clark got her career high yesterday when she blew out the yeah, the Chicago Sky 100 to 81. Just go ahead and put Caitlin name on the the rookie of the year. Yeah, go ahead and put her name on. She did get her career high of 31. So you said no, no. Who else? Angela Reese. She still leads. She still leads it in WNBA for most double double. Yeah, but you just y'all just got y'all just got. And Reese broke a record. Didn't she break who? Whose record was it? She breaks. She broke up the other night for most double doubles. Sylvia's file. She's one of the most decorated NB WNBA greats in the game. But we hold head-to-head play as president. So she Kaitlyn probably has. She has a leading up in the head-to-head matchup. But the difference is, though, which I failed to realize, right? Kaitlyn has the ball in her hand. She's supposed to. She's a guard. So that means she gonna have more opportunities to score, to do assists. She gonna do all other things. How Angel has the opportunity to get all those rebounds, right. And she's doing her job and she's doing it. And she's doing that, doing what they're supposed to do. Exactly. So that's what I'm saying. I I'm not gonna just give Angel Reese. I'm not just gonna give Kaitlyn Clark to now. Rookie of the year because she had one game and she had a career high. She had one game and got busy. It says she needs six more points to surpass Tamika Catchings for the most points scored by a rookie in franchise history. Yes, she used to be a ball. Tamika Catches used to drop off. Again, I'm not saying Caitlin don't have game. She got game. Of course. She definitely got game. My. We have a lot of other WNBA players are just as great if not better than her and I just want the spotlight is on it. Yeah, she got a spotlight on it. No problem. Do your thing. But what we're trying not to do is push her forward past people who's well established. Nobody's pushing her forward past people that are well established. But yes, they are. But you have to give Caitlin her, her, her. No, she's getting more than she's getting her dues, trust and believe. But it's a little bit. It's a little bit repulsive to where you're trying to which you mean it's repulsive. Go ahead. You're pushing her like as if she's the savior of the league. She's not. She's not the savior of the lead. The lead last been around for 25 plus years for a reason. It been around for a reason. That's the reason why Cheryl Swoop is in the in the damn conversation now because she's sitting here like why y'all trying to make she got ganged. Who's that chick from is it UCLA? Juju Bates. Juju. No, she's from USC. That's Juju. She's gonna. She's the next up. That's Kobe right there. She is next. Hold on, hold on. She's gonna want to transfer. No, no. What you call is going to transcendence. Stop it. Oh, yeah. What is you doing? Stop it. Like you acting like like our girls ain't gonna be crazy this year. Juju. Juju was just a freshman. So they're both going to come in at the same time. They're going to revolutionize the game. So look, I'm gonna say this. OK, back up. Magic Johnson on flesh. We was talking about Cheryl Swoopes and the reason why she's been in the news lately because one one of the segment that they was. Commentating, talking about the game. Her co-host was talking about Kaylin Clark and she goes silent for 50 seconds. So of course everybody picked up on that. And she called out Stephen A Smith as well because she's like, hey, listen, you know, she's a good ballplayer. Can't take that from her. But you're not going to sit here and eviscerate and and and misrepresent the women who actually who've been doing this before her. Her, for instance, the GOAT of the WNBA, the the the original Houston comments. They won three titles. You feel three chips. The only team that done the three-peat. You feel what I'm saying? Cheryl. Cheryl and Tamika Cashin, Tina Thompson and all of them. So and Cooper, yeah. So the thing about it is. She's sitting here like, hey, all you male monkeys who just now getting on, getting on to the WNBA because of CC, you feel I'm saying this league was here before her. This, this league was here. This is the reason why she's in this league because of the goat, her Cheryl Swoop. And that's all. Well, you know what I'm saying? We're not, but. CC brings a huge fan base and that that that's a part that I I think kind of gets discredited. Like you know what I'm saying? Like you're not going to you're not going to see her make me believe like her and Angel Reese aren't a big reason why the popularity of the WNBA has increased to the way it has. So you cannot sit here and tell me this. The commentator, the media, the media is pushing her as the sole reason why the WNBA is the way it is. This is nothing new. Let me let me throw this term out here for you. Great white hype. Of course. Boxing. But when do we start? But when do we start celebrating losers?We celebrate Trump all the time. What are you talking about? No, we don't. OK, but when it comes, you keep calling Caitlin Clark a loser. No, she's not. No, she's not. She lost twice in the championship, bro. Did she not? Check who? Yes or no. Did she not lose in the championship before you get loud with me? Just check. Just check who's the all-time NCAA scoring leader of all time. She not loses to the championship twice. OK, but yes or no, it's not. You're trying to make it light because none of us that's corny. She scored the most points in women's college basketball. This is the reason why. This is the reason why Cheryl is Cheryl Sweep is talking about you want to bypass when the. We started celebrating second place winners. It's a team game. When did we? It's not like Caitlin didn't do her part. When did we start celebrating game? You don't want to answer the damn question. Is it not a team game? She got so much. She got so much hype that she overhyped her newsworthy. Overran the undefeated team that bust her ***. The same team that last year that she waved a hand off at the girl, your girl that who wouldn't shoot the three. The same girl this year bust her *** shooting them straight. So the thing about it is when did we start celebrating second place winners?What I'm celebrating is the viewership going up. What I'm celebrating is these women finally being celebrated for them, putting forth their efforts and people watching them, regardless who brought them to the show. Stop. You do this again. You do this again. First of all, they play. They are known around the world. You can listen to the commercials and they'll tell you their viewership is up this year. You know why? You know why? You know why? Yeah, we're in agreeance. We're in agreeance. What?There's the old people, the older generation that was already there watching the stone cold diehard fans. But then you have a new generation of fans who just solely off of Caitlyn and Angel. I promise you. And again, and again, I'm not taking no creed. I'm not taking no creed from. What I'm saying is you have the other element of that is. She's the sole reason why the WNBA is popular the way it is. I didn't want to say that. That's just what this is what Cheryl. This is what Swoop is talking about here. This is the reason why she hasn't been on the bandwagon like everybody else, wrapping it all around. Well, they can stop with the soul. She's not the soul, but she's a reason. She's what? Like you're saying, you're saying soul. She's not the soul, but she's a reason, a big reason. So what? So what? Swoops is trying to remind the media and the likes of people. Right. Don't be so easy to take the easy way out to gravitate and be all up on her, right? She got her game. She got game that you cannot take away from. But there are a hell of a lot more talented women that's out here before her that's been doing their thing now since since you Caitlin Clark fans. Are just now coming on the scene that you are now paying attention to the league. Now you can see what the league got because there are clearly other women that's way better than her. Aja Wilson, Sabrina Inescu and that goes and that goes into the that goes into the now you have a bigger viewer that like you say are going to see that you have more women than just Caitlyn and Angel. You have Aja, Sabrina. Cause y'all know I love college basketball. So I know most of these chicks from college basketball. Yeah, I do too. The WNBA to me, it really just started getting excited. Even though it's been around for years, it really just started getting excited. And I'll take it. I'm not knocking it. I'll beg the difference. I'll take it a step. I'll take it a step further than what Buddha said until the girls from USC really got it popping. Once the Gamecock girls got there. That's when the WNBA really got popular. It was either. It was either UConn or Tennessee. Yeah, but once Dawn took over with USC, it was like and the Gamecock girls started going to the league. We're putting number ones in every year. So now I see where the growth is coming from. I'm just saying Kaitlyn's not the soul, but she's a big Regent and the WNBA. College to me is bigger than the WNBA. Well, because like I say, the the again the the the women that's coming in, their games are different from a traditional dribbling ball pass shoot. They're literally the fundamentals there. But So what? But women, women, hold on. Women basketball. What makes it so boring is because they they are excellent on the fun. No, I'm serious. What? What's the difference between women and men? The difference? The difference is that the fans are translating from college to the WNBA. No, that's not a question. The question is what's the difference between women and men basketball?Thank you. So. So women is is viewed is boring because they are they are Mrs. fundamental. They're going to shoot past, shoot past, dribble. Now you got the new age players they can shoot threes from from the logo. They can actually do actual moves. Your girl from South Carolina with the handles and stuff. They actually got freakish moves they can use with the ball. I know that I'm just giving an example of the reason why. He didn't stand up, but I'm saying that fans are now translating from college. They're actually following. They're actually following these players when they go to the WNBA. It's it's it's see, this is what y'all got to understand. This is what I mean by and it goes back to even the the earlier part of the show. Everything has turned into entertainment, right? So now. All your social media, now you got access. Now you're up close and personal. Now, now you got all the little chants and all the little rants in the locker room and all the little pre and post games and all that. It just makes it more and you're more involved. You have more access now. That's all it is, really, yo. That's all it is. Really. The chicks are more athletic. Yeah, how they say the the the kid, the boys are getting more. The girls are much more athletic now than they used to be. Yeah, like, you know, the knock on girl. I think what they used to think is they couldn't though. Oh, I can grab that. I could touch that bat boy. Let me try and grab this rim. The knock on girls when I was growing up was they would literally hurt you playing basketball. Now they will hurt you like your pride out there on the court, cause that's how much the women's game has evolved. But nevertheless, WNBA is is exciting. And like I said, everyone plays a part in that. You know it is. But college is coming. That's way more exciting. What put eyes on women's basketball was the interaction between you had a white woman going against a black woman and it became physical and it became personal and it became political and it became racial. All the above. All those dynamics came into play. And it's a perfect storm for business alike because they are, like I said, what I just mentioned earlier, division, you make money off of being off of division. And like I say, Kaitlyn, I ain't never heard Kaitlyn say nothing. It's her fans. You ever heard Kaitlyn say anything? It's her fans. I've never heard this woman talk, I don't think. It's her fans and media pundits. She's the Taylor Swift of the NBA. WNBA. Yeah. But I've never heard her talk. I don't think. No, she she she done interviews and stuff like that. But as far as all the records, it's not her. It's it's her fans. Yeah.