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- Caitlin Clark was not included on the Women’s Team USA roster, and said “they woke a monster." Nick Wright, Chris Broussard, and Kevin Wildes discuss her omission and if she was snubbed.
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lmao. if she goes there she will really get beat up over there. she's complaining to the refs every 20 seconds like luka lebron and so on. she's a average playing rookie. they will demolish her over there too. popularity doesn't replace talent. air bud plays better defense than her.
@@lorenzotheman1 WNBA players and reps got on TV and complained about their failed business that has never had a profit.
They can keep their product sorry - they are the joke. CC has attendance at 17k and the other games are at 7k 😂
This is jealousy and hate. Taurasi and Stewart made the team as rookies with worse stats than CC now they jealous coz Caitlin is more popular and a much better player at that same age
were they really shooting in the 30s and turning the ball over like her? double check that
🤣😅🤡
Same with Magic too lol it was based off what he did in college. Clark would’ve outsold the rest of the team in Jerseys 100%😂
STEWART AVERAGED 18 points, 9 boards and 2 blocks as a rookie, safe to say so far that Stewart has had the better rookie season. DT averaged 17 4 and 4, that's pretty comparable. I don't think Clark is one of the best 15 at this time, but wouldn't be mad if she was on the team.
And it’s stupid & short cited. It would have been big business if Clark had been in the Olympics
There’s no discussion about this. They came out and said “due to how our veterans player feel we decided to keep Caitlin off the team because of how her fans would react to the games” so they even came out and said it has NOTHING to do with her game and purely the hatred from the players and league is what kept her out
EXACTLY!!!!!!! I don't get why other shows are NOT stating that they LITERALLY BLAMED Caitlin C's fans for what might happen if she was on team!!!!
But you can still make the argument that other women deserved it more. I have no problem either way.
@@vincegonzalez6804 this
@@vincegonzalez6804that’s irrelevant when you literally stated your motive tho.
That's not how the language works. "Was a factor." That doesn't mean it was THE reason.
Tairasi is 42. The fact that they are still building the team around her is hilarious. They deserve to lose for that alone.
Bro what’s worse is they are “professionals” and I have no idea who that is. But I know high school recruits every year.
BIRD was 37
She also set to break the gold medal record, a swan song, she deserves those flowers
@@SkinnyJay but it’s not in something competitive. It’s in something meaningless.
@@allcartoonchannel4715 Stupid comment bro its a personal achievement not meaningless at all.
Im from Serbia and you know how basketball in my country is important. I follow NBA for 25 years now actively and never and i mean never once wached a WNBA game, and I would buy Caitlin Clarks jersey for my daughter. If that is not cosmic impact on basketball I dont know what is🤷
Exactly, it is going global and creeping into the mainstream now. It’s crazy that they aren’t positively reinforcing and propelling that for the betterment of women’s sports in general
Why buy your daughter a jersey of the 20th best player in a league? Thats weird
@@mikedison7081- why be a fan of any team, in any sport that doesn't win the championship, that's weird.
@@mikedison7081 you're clueless
We don’t care 🤣🤣🤣
It is really hilarious that so much of the WNBA seems to think the arrival of a superstar is like, an insult to them.
I couldn't help but laugh!!!! 😂 You are SO right!!!!!!! 👍
Because women only know how to be bitter and jealous of each other.
I will make an exception for Aja wilson who is clearly heads and shoulders better than Clark right now. Someone like Wilson would be offended by CC claiming to be better at this point.
She was a superstar in college. This not college. She has yet to prove that she is a superstar on the pro level. So far, this is Tim Tebow all over again. When he got to the pros he fell flat on his face. Let her prove herself on this level before making judgements one way or the other.
@@rollerphoneit’s not about whether she’s better than any of them.. it’s purely about how many viewers she brings.
She wasn't snubbed, women's basketball was. You can set up a concert for the 12 most technically sound bands in the world....and then if you have the chance to bring in Taylor Swift, you invite her. Maybe she isn't as technically sound a musician as the others, but the eyes she brings in benefits everyone else more than enough to make up for the 'unfairness' of it. Don't think people are overstating the eyes she would bring, Fever is setting records for WNBA attendance and viewership and they are the second worst team in the league.
Wrong. She was snubbed.
Except CC isn't Taylor Swift. Taylor is a way bigger figure in her industry than CC
They purposely didn’t put her on the team because they’re all a bunch of jealous idiots
@@ghd4044 that can be debated. Music industry had massive stars for a long time, they came and went, but wnba never had anybody even remotely close to Clark in regards of her bringing attention to the league.
@@petrsidlo7614 true, but until more than 12 people watch the WNBA I think the comparison is weak.
That statement about her millions of fans being angry is wild. Better to have millions of angry fans tuning in than deciding not to watch at all. They pretty much saying we don't need her fans. News flash: YOU DO!!
You don’t for the Olympics
Maybe they'd rather not take the money from the millions of fans than sell out. It's a choice many have to make. What's the price of your dignity.
@LGMS2S tell that to the Dream Team in the 90s. That team helped make the NBA a global sport and, in turn, drummed up billions. The Olympics are on the world stage, and star power sells. The WNBA was flailing before CC showed up, and now is the time to capitalize on her stardom when our whole country and the world are watching. How many times have you heard the WNBA in headlines or the women's national team talked about before her?
Nick killed it as he usually does on these very charged topics it’s only a problem on twitter how can the us olympics team be run by what twitters going to say abt them get tf off your phone people do what’s best for the team and stop being terrified of the internet
@@dubnation1360 Nick killed it? You mean he talked out of his a$$ and was ultimately wrong!
Whoever made this Business decision should already be Fired...Seriously
Hey! They woke a monster!
I mean isn't this reminiscent of the WNBA as a business, and an example of how poorly it is run?
Why. They want a winning team. This has nothing to do with business.
@@latonyanewsome0lol if they put u in the team they still won by 50 😂😂😂
Snubbed is the wrong word, self sabotaging is more like it.
Yarite
Womens USA basketball just wanted to bring their old friends along, Low Ratings and low merchandise sales.
Woke prevails at the cost of winning
Clark USA Olympic apparel would have sold like crazy.
Bingo 😂😂
@@captainchaosxx3866 fr
The WNBA is showing that despite all the complaints about not getting eyeballs, the league is clearly not prepared for this much attention. They legitimately don’t know how to act
I wonder what would happen to the WNBA if Caitlin moves to Europe? There are reporters all over the world wanting to watch her play.
That would be the biggest twist ever
The truth of the matter is that veteran WNBA players did not want her on the team. Period. These are the same people complaining about not enough people watching the WNBA but then they go about doing something totally idiotic such as this.
She has to earn it. What part don't you understand? A rookie playing 10 games, whereas others put in years of work. Add a medicore 35% from the field, turnover prone.
@@imoretullv243Exactly! Her fans (these comments) are delusional.
exactly. these vets are going to be jealous because CC will have all the attention. lol and to the other comments here, she is averaging the same as the 42 yr old vet, who already played for USA for like 4-5x.. the other is still injured and still made the roster... give CC a chance, they'll have more viewers, more money, more endorsements everybody wins eventually, and yes, they most likely win the gold anyway...
Chelsea Gray hasn't even played in a game for a year and she's on the roster. Diana taurasi is 41 now and has already been to olympics.
DT will get picked as long as wants to go. That's just the truth of it.
Dinosaur turasi
Taurasi has the same stats as Clark just about but is more accomplished. If lebron wanted to still play they would take him over any current star. Just a fact. Taurasi is one of the greats.
Taurasi is 42 today.
GTFOH. Chelsea Gray played in the wnba finals last season, which weren’t a year ago. She’s missed 9 games this year. She put in years at USA basketball, and so did DT, they EARNED their spots, unlike CC 🤷🏾♀️😂
If you’re correct then why is Brittney Griner the starting center? She’s clearly not the best center in the league, nor the 2nd best or even 3rd best.
She is the most physically gifted plus Taurasi chemistry.
Because Brittney Griner has been in the league for how many years now? Make the BS make sense and I wish y'all would stop acting stupid like y'all do not know the reality of this. It's pathetic how all of you are acting over Caitlyn. Yall dare to act like she has been in the league for so long that she is well-deserved. Please be real, because some of you are insane.
@@manemane4735 You're not even smart enough to get a little bit of data correct.
@@LisaJoB2024agreed
@@LisaJoB2024 "y'all... y'all... y'all"
Peak black fragility. Taurasi played in the Olympics without ever playing a single WNBA game.
Not surprised "y'all" didn't know that. Also, "y'all" didn't know Taurasi is 42 years old and Brittney Griner has only played a single same this year due to injury. How can "y'all" not know that? Simple: black fragility.
This is the most I’ve ever heard the wnba be discussed
Which is why Caitlin Clark should be on the team. She is the biggest reason more people are paying attention to women's basketball
CC absolutely putting the sport on the map, but the WNBA is doing everything it can to ruin that.
They don't discuss baseball, hockey, or golf.... so what is your point?
The only reason people talk about the wnba is either because they are getting put on blast for stupid comments about their pay or because of Clark. So the only positive discussion is because of clark. Poor business decision to leave her off. No one cares if the they take an 8th straight gold if it's without clark. No one cared about the other 7 for sure
@@w00deey12 Since you're not smart enough to understand that point, they're talking about basketball.
I’m from the Philippines and the only reason why I was reminded that the WNBa still exists was due to Caitlin. Let go of that jealousy and be smart, take advantage of her popularity. Fans/We are not dumb, in the end we will know who can play and who is best in your league.
Use her popularity, in the end it is a win-win for the majority except for that one roster spot.
You ladies will still dominate for that gold.
I'm from Canada 🇨🇦 & live in Canada!!!! Its BEEN the EXACT SAME for me!!!!!!
Forget the U.S for a min. Caitlin has reached viewers on the international stage!!!!!!
I started tuning in when she broke that college record, it was something else and I became a fan. I'm from the Philippines too.
You have no idea what you're talking about. There's no jealously. This has all to do with winning. You shouldn't care, this is not your team, you're not an American.
It manifests itself in non-veiwership for WNBA... unless it's a Fever game. That's how the fans manifest their displeasure .
Its like that anyway they arent fans of the league they are fans of one person. So it doesnt matter
@@mikedison7081a million extra viewers matter when you're trying to sell adds on tv
Personally, I think she could use the break. She's not needed for a win, and her response was what I expect of a professional athlete. If she is as good as she seems to be ( I think she can be), she'll be the freaken captain of the next Olympic team.
@@mikedison7081this is what the media and CC’s delusional fans fail to realize, her fans will not be crossover fans for any other player, unless they’re on the Indiana Fever
@@brianhall6792 This isn't really the question though. Will CC still be this popular in 4 years? Who knows, nobody knows the future. Right now is the time to lock in tbh.
Uncle Collin was right from a business perspective this was a layup and they blew it.
But on the other hand "They woke am monster"!
She doesn’t win games. They are 3-10, could easily be 1-12, were it not for a one point win and two point win. Use facts and logic, not emotion.
@@anthonyriggins5281 lol well aint that a mistake never assume not winning games when a season isn't over.
Who ever run the USA Team business perspective for WNBA needs to get fired, one job they had to do put CC in
It’s very clear the WNBA is not ready nor prepared for people to start paying attention to the league. They legitimately don’t know how to act
You're delusional. The USA team and the WNBA team are too different beasts. Your comment is ignorant.
Wnba knows nothing about marketing
Simply aren’t used to the eyeballs and don’t know what to do with all the new attention
They certainly haven't taught their players how to give interviews or be marketable. Do they even have PR spokespeople? It's insane how the whole CC thing has spiraled out of their control due to a lot of bad planning.
WNBA didnt choose the team, same way NBA doesnt choose team USA for men
Or business in general.
The best marketing strategy is to win games, which the Fever are not doing.
The USA Today reporter got it totally wrong. If she thought giving Clark only a few minutes of playing time would make fans mad, how does she think the fans will react to her not even making the team at all?! Clark was totally snubbed!
She didn't think it. She reported that she gathered from sources that that was the reason why CC was left off the team.
It would have been the biggest marketing event for women’s basketball ever
And these idiots passed on it
Not to mention the jersey sales
Lmao nobody in other countries cares about a Clark what does she bring to the table that people from Europe say wow
And it would have killed the sport like all white hype jobs
You are 100% right.
I'm a basketball fan living in Europe, I watch every men's basketball tournament.
I have never watched women's basketball.
If she was invited I would watch the American team.
Not inviting her is a huge mistake on their part.
She wasn’t gonna play
@@levonverrett6052I dunno they must like it pretty well in Russia at least since players make a lot more over there than the US.
I think people are interested in novelty and the ‘latest sensation’ as well, so that would be a draw here for the general public as well.
they have 2 injured players on the roster. take one of those guys out
If a black player was getting snubbed and targeted, Nick wouldn't be so quick to dismiss it as "culture war" nonsense.
Because there has been a 400 year culture war in the history of this country 😂
Yup
@@jaden5843Ppl fail to include the pre-British arrival. Add another 200 years to that 😅
@@jaden5843
You could always leave. And let us members of Western Civilization improve what you ruined.
@@jaden5843 As long as you dont blame the average citizen. The average citizen did not inplement the 13th amendment.
If it's truly about her not being good enough and NOT jealousy, then they won't cry if she shows up to watch and gets all the interviews and people wanting pictures and autographs.
EXACTLY!!!!! They LITERALLY said why they didn't want Caitlin Clark there!!!!!! It wasn't about where she ranked!!!!!!
@@tammyboon6259 They can't stop her from being supportive and making them look even worse. lol
That is what she'd be doing if she was on the team. She would not play, lol. You stans are on her so bad it's starting to look ridiculous. I wonder if you were the same people complaining about Taylor Swift being talked about during the Chiefs' games.
@@JusSick24 I don't think Taylor Swift thing relates. What's a "stan"? I'm a fan of Taylor Swift. Do you think all things cross over like that? Guess you have the whole world figured out. Not. lol
@@j.j.4228try harder trolll
Now, everyone is a marketing major? How do you grow a game when you only focus on one player? When the only way to satisfy the new audience is to basically let one player do what those fans tuned in to see her do? Let Clark's team win the title.. Let clark win the ROY and MVP and finals MVP. All those things would (according to the current logic) "grow the game," right? The narrative now amongst these new fans is clark vs. the WNBA, so how does that grow the game?
Exactly!!!
Perfectly said
🔥🔥🔥
How are her fans be worried about minutes. She's already won 3 international golds and the best shooter in there with sabrina lol. It was a big dumb mistake leaving her out🤣
So DT gets in twice for being "D frickin T"? Once as a rookie and now once as a senior? That's the logical fallacy about that argument.
Brou is 1000% right. Nick needs to stay off twitter bc he thinks that has any merit.
THERES A PLAYER THAT MADE THE TEAM THAT HASNT PLAY SINCE LAST YEAR DUE TO INJURY. WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT
Stop yelling
They won’t say that though lol
I AGREE, BUT ITS WOMEN HATING IN WOMEN!
EXACTLY!!!!!!!
But is she better then cc?
I played Women's basketball in the late 80's. I will not watch the USA Olympic Women's basketball team this year or buy USA gear...based on their poor decision. No other words need to be said.
I appreciate your words!!!!! Because as a woman, I DON'T JUST get these women speaking out whether players, or Hosts on Shows?!?! I'm actually embarrassed, by what they are saying & how they are speaking. I honestly don't get it?!?! We are around the same age. Not sure if age has anything to do with this?!?! You'd hope wisdom & maturity, but I also know age only does not guarantee wisdom!!!
So you're mad because one player didn't make it. 🤣🤣🤣 You have problems. It shouldn't matter who's on the team or not. It's about winning. TEAM USA!!! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
@@latonyanewsome0 Hmm, so I'm mad huh. Didn't know that. Thanks for letting me in...on my so call madness. Have a blessed day. Lol.
The sports league that talks about inclusion/understanding/compassion/ and love. God do they seem miserable
When talking about the stats, who else is being guarded and denied the ball full court? And as a rookie.
You know, my girls play basketball I want the WNBA to succeed, but these idiots are difficult to root for.
Fans are going to be upset without enough playing time? Well, aren't they more upset now?
I have never seen a sport get handed someone who can clearly take it to the next level and all they have done is try to tear her down and stop her every single step of the way.
I know!!!!!!! That's what just UTTERLY BAFFLES ME!!!!!!!! I think there were many of us, who can see very clearly that this THIS WOULD BE IN THEIR BEST INTEREST!!!!!! Caitlin fans are their fans, it's a WIN, WIN!!!!!! But it these women who will lose out. I've NEVER SEEN anything like it, putting down fans & viewers.
@@tammyboon6259CC’s fans are her fans. They are not supporters of anyone else in the WNBA besides Kate Martin lol stop being delusional.
@@jtaylormade87 Once upon a time, Jordan fans were just Jordan fans. Same with Kobe. The point is getting your foot in the door.
She hasn’t taken ANYTHING to the next level, they are 3-10, could easily be 1-12, were it not for a one point win and a two point win. STOP with the silliness.
@@the_cogito5170no. Nice try tho
Good Luck trying to attain good viewership Team USA.
they're competing to win, not for clicks, likes and views.
@@jb44448they're gonna run no matter is Clark is there or not. & She could play either way. She's good enough. Team USA is winning regardless lol not like CC being on the team is a disaster lol
Facts I ain’t watching
@@jb44448 I guess that's a good thing since they'll only be getting a dozen or so views.
Yeah ...because NOBODY watches the Olympics. 😂
I would've actually watched if she was on the team cause if they were up 30 in a game, she would get playing time. Now it's just the same thing as every other Olympics, so there's no need to watch. I'm sure many ppl feel the same way.
What no one is discussing: Caitlin Clark needs a rest. She had a punishing college season. As soon as the season finished she went to the Draft. Two weeks after the draft she started pre-season & has played an insane amounof minutes as a rookie. She needs to decompress
Are you her doctor? She's 22 or something years old. At that age, all this is nothing. LOL
If she gets hurt the the narrative will be “the black women “ ran her into the ground and robbed the league they suddenly claim to care about.
You have a point but thats nots the reason she isn't on the team and we all know it
She wouldn’t be playing the same minutes she did in college and is now in the WNBA. The Women’s basketball tournament at the Olympics is a vacation for the US team. A free trip to France to play some no pressure basketball and get an easy Olympic gold medal.
@@missioncodez I play high intensity sports for 30 years and coach. At that age they can recover within a quarter practically.
This is nothing but hate. Can we just stop the jealousy? PLEASE 😭😭🙆🙆
Let it take its natural course…it’s better than having to pretend we care about the WNBA.😂
What jealousy? The woman just wasn’t good enough.
@@xionxxx3359she’s got better stat than other players on the team 💀
@@xionxxx3359Did you watch the segment before you commented?
They’re clearly keeping her off the team out of jealousy/racial bias from veterans. We’re going undefeated, like we always do, and less people will be watching…because CC is the only reason the sports getting any coverage.
It’s a great thing though. Let them sabotage the potential growth of their sport. It’s not going to hurt anybody when the WNBA become irrelevant again(because everybody can stop pretending to care…when they come to realize that the players obviously don’t)😂
If Caitlin Clark was Black she'd be on the team. We all know it
Nick made a good point if those quotes are true. Leaving Caitlin off a team because you're afraid of how her fans will react due her not playing much is hella dumb. He's right, like what is the outrage going to be? Angry social media comments...that's it, and that's what they are afraid of??
😂😂😂they went from maybe having a million extra eyes who are angry clark isnt playing to a million extra eyes that just wont watch women's Olympic basketball now. 😂😂😂great job, ladies!
@@johnwayne9828yawn trolll
1992 DREAM TEAM....Best Ever YET Duke College kid was on the Team. He was probably the 98th best......Did he play NO But it comes down to common sense and USA .......WNBA They Just don''t GET IT !!!!
Yep!!!!! 👍 They just don't get it!!!!!!
Try harder smooth brain
First Things First, great content I loved it
Cait isn’t better than any of the girls in the roster or Arike.
She’s better the DT if we going on this year and that’s a fact
@@myapatterson8228 sure to a casual she 100% is. If you’re googling stats and not looking at playing time, efficiency, turnovers all against a comparable schedule with someone who is literally barely behind Cait in some stats even though she’s in her 40 all while not watching these games - you would totally be right.
@@DeeRosa I don’t even watch Clark like that lol stop with the bs
DChosen One Caitlin is pure class.. willing to wait for 4 years for an Olympic stint. Racism and jealousy at work.. boycott this Women's team
As she should. Others have oh but because she's white she is entitled, right?
Neither is at play. Team USA is basically taking the same team that won the world championship.
Stop with the racism nonsense.
5 white players are on the team... Try harder.
Some of the WNBA veterans should be ashamed of themselves for acting the way they did towards Clark and fueling more jealousy and hate.
I will not watch one minute of that team just because Clark is not there.
I'll watch every minute for the same reason.
@@donferg0Exactly lmao this MF thinks the game will stop because he isn't gonna watch😂😂😂OHHHHHHHHHHH
Same.
@@donferg0 exactly 😂
@@donferg0 Jealousy is an ugly trait
Wrong genius, NBC viewership.
I'm watching.
@@bobby12348im not, couldof been 2 viewers instead of 1. Now multiply that by millions. Lmao
@@leitberatch6160no one cares
Only 4 players have gone 15/5/5 in a season? And people are supposed to care and watch this sport? lmfao
You watch her because she is white and like you. Just be real here. She isn't top 10 best players in the league yet.
USA Women's National team winning Gold without Caitlin Clark is the equivalent of being Valedictorian of a Community College 😂
Won’t be rooting for team snub CC.
You never watch anyway. So stop the bull in watching like always.
🤣🤣🤣 So because one player didn't get it, you're not watching. It should be about winning. 🤣🤣🤣 TEAM USA!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Bad marketing move! Millions of CC fans wont be watching now. If she's in, those same millions of fans will be buying USA merchandise and talking about the game.
Nick. Bad take. Just look at sold out Arenas. No one cares about the Wnba
Attendance = CC#22
Olympics doesn't give af about viewership.
Appreciate you guys having legit takes. BROU’s right. I would watch Olympics with Caitlyn. Not without.
Was anyone else snubbed? Clark isn't the only one left off, this is not hate, others were left off 🤦♂️
Arike, who was even more deserving based on play, was not included
The others are not like her though.
@@randalthur8304It's not about her.
They talk about her being snubbed, I don't hear them talk about Angel Reese who in fact Won a College Championship & CC is 0-2 in the finals.
This right here!
Def arguments on both sides but come on,. I’m not even watching anymore because she got snubbed so it’s not helping women’s basketball.
No one cares
She did not try out for the team. These tryouts have been going on for 3 years…3 YEARS! She could participate because she was in the Final Four last 2 years. C’mon people, wake up.
Next time Brou says he wants someone to earn ‘old school’ just remember this conversation.
Thank you!
Wouldn’t it mean her millions of fans would contribute to the ratings?
Ratings have nothing to do with wins. The Fever are 3-10, could easily be 1-12. She has not yet proven that she can make a team better.
The Olympics has nothing to do with ratings. Why do people keep saying. People have no idea what they're talking about. Also she didn't try out for the team. She was still in college.
Next olympics, the youngest player with olympic experience will be 30. Nobody will have olympic experience in their 20s. That's reason alone to include some young players, to balance the roster and develop experience in the program. IMO Clark over Taurasi, for that reason alone. Prepping the program for the next generation. Most programs do this.
Let’s ignore the TOs and the fact she doesn’t win. She averages 13 shot for 16 pts while shooting mainly 3s.
Perfectly said. I’ve been saying this the whole time. BRAVO MY FRIEND.
I honestly think the only people mad are people who want something else to add to her resume so they can continue with the "greatest ever" bs. How are you more mad than Caitlin? She isnt retiring anytime soon she will get a chance. If she uses it as motivation, she will be an even better player. Win win
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That was dumb will not be watching because she’s not on there
So it's not about TEAM USA winning? It's all about a player? Ok. The Olympics is about a country winning, not about one player.
She has the fan base, doesn't matter if she is better or not. The NBA is paying for the WNBA, so leaving CC off is like saying we don't want more fans or money.
Team USA has nothing to do with the NBA and the WNBA. The (W)NBA does not choose who goes to the Olympics. They're two different entities, so your comment is irrelevant. Also she didn't try out because she was still in college and the team was formed, so your comment is even more irrelevant.
I don't think a rookie should be chosen for the Olympics, generally. But the #1 overall pick has been chosen in the past.
But if Taurasi and some others with similar or worse stats are on the team, then CC should be on.
She's not a rookie, she's been an American all her life
@@remyfee8120 I've also been an American all my life yet I'm not getting picked.
@@TheCapn23 Taurasi played in the Olympics without ever playing a single WNBA game. Now she's a 42 year old dinosaur and still playing in the Olympics.
Like Gilbert Arenas said…those millions of fans that would be complaining would’ve been millions of people watching! If they were blowing out a team in the early rounds of the tournament and CC got the garbage minutes, those millions of fans would’ve paid dollars for her USA team jersey cheering her on and tweeting her plays even if they didn’t matter to the win!
So who are they going to blame when CC gets hurt due to overuse this year in a 10x more physical environment? Some folks are just so dense. Specially when you have non-athletes analyzing the elite.
Who is they? And she’s an athlete. If you would have ever played sports you’d know she wants to play and it’s a crazy honor to compete in USA basketball now rather than wait four years. Even if she sits the bench and learns.
@@allcartoonchannel4715 That’s an easy question, the “they” are her dense worshippers.
@@anthonyriggins5281 And who is that? Some people just listened the WNBA players cry on TV about advancing the game and pay. Now the average person can see the irony. 😂
Can you not see the irony? Or are you just dense?
Just stupid. Caitlyn and Angel should have both been on the team.
Just shows me wnba doesn’t want to grow the sport plain in simple
Team USA is not the WNBA. Two separate entities. I'm a Caitlin Clark fan.
@@brianfreeman197 You're not smart. Below average at best.
@@FrankDrebbin-de3te Aw, I promise I try my best.
@brianfreeman197 just give up now
@@carokann4397 But I want to keep trying. How about a little support!
That’s bag fumbling by team USA.
If Clark was Black she'd be on the team. We all know it
Maybe she should paint her face.
There are 5 other white players on the team.... Y'all are hopeless lol.
If people don't watch will still not affect their performance; they will still perform well and win the gold medal.
Watch/ or no watch, it doesn't matter. They will still win.
She doesn't have to be on the olympic team to promote the league.
Currently, the league is being promoted and do not need the olympics to do that. So putting her on team to promote the league is not true and doesn't make any sense. The league is being promoted as we speak.
There are many more olympics in the future and she a long career ahead of her.
Media should stop pushing this topic about snubbing her and promoting the game.
Nonsense !
I’m so tired of this conversation 🥱
Right, the fact that this even needs to be discussed is sad. Choose teams based on who the best players are, not their skin color
Imagine how CC must feel.
Ditto
@@johnnybaxter1953Skin color? Most of the best players on the team are white.
@@QuanstarTheRapper I guess racism doesn't exist when lots of blacks are in a particular environment right?
Brou is on point.
Brou on point.
Well said, Brother Broussard!
YEP!!!!!!
Laetner caught a stray for nothing lmao
The 41 year old Taurasi should give up her spot ion the team and give it to Caitlin Clarke.
Brou spitting facts lately
Yeah when he riding CC jock I guess he will be spitting facts
This is so bad for cc moral. Ever conversation is about how she should be pushed to the forefront because she’s popular and not because of her skills. Then when she has a bad game like today everyone’s point it out. Leave the girl alone and let her play and learn like every other rookie. I’m sure she wants to EARN her spot.
CC would be the Bronny James of Teams USA highlights. I would only watch due to her lol I don’t care how many minutes.
Unlike Bronny James, CC can play.
@@FrankDrebbin-de3te bro I don’t think you get it. Even if CC played 2 mins she’d be the only reason anyone would watch. i.e USC basketball.
@@allcartoonchannel4715😂😂😂
@@allcartoonchannel4715 this is why no one likes her fanbase. People like you
Chelsea Gray hasn’t played ONE SECOND this year and is on the team!
A full college season, followed by a very congested WNBA schedule, then right into the Olympics in July… let the woman rest!!!
Nah we gotta appease the crybabies who want to throw a tantrum.
No
yeah those 30 WNBA games are real taxing. Dinosaur Diana could use the rest, no?
This was a much better back and forth than nightcap... ocho gave literally nothing to argue the other side
Calm Down! Caitlin is being elevated to a superstar playing status prematurely. Let her grow in her sport naturally. There are a few other WNBA players that you could argue being snubbed too. Caitlin's purpose is PR or marketing only. That will not satisfy me if the ladies can not bring home a gold medal from a very competitive worldwide competition. Stop misleading your audience of Caitlin's rookie basketball playing worth and the competition as being significantly inferior.
"Calm down! Racism doesn't exist anymore becuz Obama was president while being significantly inferior."
There gonna win regardless she could have been the 11th/12th player on this team
@@Kbtrey4 Sorry, my crystal ball doesn't work like that. You forgot there are a lot of WNBA players that play overseas. They are the ones that are saying it is not going to be a cakewalk! Retire your crystal ball!
it should have been decided by rational minds instead of jealous emotional ones. Want the league to succeed economically? let men rule it
Brou as always gives the correct adult take. Nick as always gives the stupid woke take. There isn’t an argument…she should have been on the roster. Imagine the example you set that someone who breaks the law and kneels for the national anthem makes it on the team but you don’t include the player who has been a national inspiration for both men and women. Just crazy
It's so funny how jealousy is such a huge factor in such a huge business like the Olympics Women's basketball
Brou nailed it
You could have 100 Clark's in the WNBA, and it still be horrible to watch
It's not a pretty game. Most teams struggle to get to 70 points. It looks very unathletic. It's not but it appears that way. The players look like they are glued to the ground. Most of the player barely shoot 35%. Clark at her best isn't going to make this ugly game look any better. It's not anyone's fault. It's the way the game is played and has to be played. The woman's game is falling into the trap of the NBA letting every great player's stack on teams. It makes the product look worse overall. NBA new cap rule is correcting that problem. The WNBA would be wise to do that as well. Stacking teams hurts the league.
Clark is the best thing that happened to Wnba ratings and everything going up...keep this woman in all the feuds and storylines..she is what's best for business
Two biggest factors in the Caitlin Clark saga (leaving out the race and culture war aspects):
1) CC is a rookie, and needs to improve her game to become Great against better competition, like all rookies in every sport with few exceptions.
2) The WNBA is revealing a remarkable level of Immaturity in their handling and treatment of CC. Everything from the jealousy of current players and them taking it out on her with out of bounds (at times) physical play, former players who now cover the sport who appear to be reveling in her struggle and not offering her support in their coverage of the sport, her teammates not sticking up for her when she gets cheapshotted, and her own coach leaking personal text messages in a press conference.
For #1, Guess what? Taurasi made the US olympic team in her Rookie year back in the day. Also, Caitlin's numbers this year practically matches Taurasi. Therefore, #1 is not a good enough excuse.
If they continue to mistreat her, she should just quit and play in Europe or something.
Mistreat? CC has been handed everything up until not being placed on the team in which she did not try out for. Many rookies get pushed around in the W and nobody bats an eye. Angle Reese got choke slammed and....... nothing. Clark gets a shoulder bump and all of a sudden she's being targeted and the women are being racist. Which is wild due to the fact that 5 of the players on the US team are white. Let this woman breathe, lol.
On the topic of Caitlin Clark & the U.S. Women's Olympic basketball team today there was a "trifecta." Stephen A., and Colin Cowherd disagreed with the decision -- and their thoughts on the Caitlin Clark situation were echoed on the Rich Eisen Show, by the great USA Today writer Christine Brennan. She's been covering the women's USA Basketball women's team, and Women's Olympic Basketball, for literally DECADES. Stephen A. made a point about Duke's Christian Laettner making the Olympic squad one year that was well-taken, and don't forget another Blue Devil -- Emeka Okafor -- was once put by USA Basketball, on the U.S. Olympic Team. And were THEY one of America's best players that year? Obviously not. And one of the greatest of all time -- Magic Johnson -- was put on the Dream Team by USA Basketball...after he had retired from the NBA. (I love Magic, and thought it was a good call.) But due to the fact that Magic was RETIRED from the game when USA Basketball put him on the Dream Team, we can dispense with all the absolute nonsense, about how "players have to EARN their spot on an Olympic basketball team, with their on-court play in the league." What is going to happen, is that all the momentum that's been building around women's basketball -- from the Women's Final Four, which this year had more viewers than the MEN's March Madness, and through the start of the WNBA season -- will be lost. And NBC & Peacock are going to lose MILLIONS of dollars in ad revenue, that they would have gotten from Caitlin Clark's sponsors, like Nike and State Farm insurance. And the worst part, is that the biggest losers in all of this -- are going to be the rank-and-file WNBA players...who are largely women of color, and/or members of the LGBTQ+ community. Whatever happened to, "A rising tide lifts all boats"? The issue is, that Caitlin Clark already got "the bag," so to speak. She's going to live out her life as a multimillionaire, either way. But most women in the WNBA earn $50,000-$75,000 -- and what about THEM? And what about "growing the game"? USA Basketball had a chance to "leverage" Caitlin Clark's popularity -- in the way that Tiger Woods' popularity allowed the top tier professional golfers' net worth grow exponentially, and the way Michael Jordan's popularity helped make it possible for today's NBA stars to earn $50 million per year. And so the "biggest losers" in all of this, will NOT be Caitlin Clark and those around her. Instead, the biggest losers are going to be the ultra-talented women of color and/or the LGBTQ+ community, who've been putting in the work to make the level of play in the WNBA what it is today. In order to "make a point," and assert their "control" of the situation -- which is nonsense, given USA Basketball's history with Christian Laettner & Emeka Okafor -- the people who run USA Basketball have done serious harm to the majority of the WNBA Players Association. And Caitlin Clark? She'll get some well-deserved rest this summer, and will make the Olympic team 4 years from now...and she'll be a rich & famous multimillionaire -- every day, for the rest of her life. USA Basketball has really failed women's basketball.
This was the best conversation I’ve seen about the CC/Olympics topic!
I thot the same thing, BUT sadly I realized it was ALSO b/c there was no woman on with them!!!!!! I haven't heard 1 woman Host speak in this manner about Caitlin C at all!!!!!
@@tammyboon6259 that is 100% true
@@tammyboon6259 not having women helps alot they way too much in their feelings about this... and just having the right ppl is important on "nightcap" ocho did a terrible job of arguing any side
Actually the turnover stat is very significant.
Rare Nick L
Nick has a bad case of White guilt, it's pretty cringe to listen to
He right tho,her fans are just gonna abuse the internet and nobody really cares
@@johnnybaxter1953i doubt it,Nick is married to a black woman,he's just neutral as he should be, HE'S not a CC fan
Nothing rare about it and he's actually right in this case egg brain
No one walks women's basketball... CC has changed that... she should be on the team.
Rookie of the month with that record?? Wow 😂
Certified clueless hater. Found you
I mean 6 Assists to 6 Turnovers ain't great lol
Most Rookie of the Months are always on bad teams, learn the game before posting ya rcistttt
Clark has fans all over the world, I don't think Nick was correct on that point.
Yea you're right!!!! I'm from Canada 🇨🇦 & am living in Canada & have become a fan. I've seen ppl comment on oth shows who are from the Philippines, Sarajevo, Ireland & this is from a tiny pool of fans!!!!! I had NEVER watched Women's Basketball 🏀 before Caitlin Clark!!!!!! I had NEVER HEARD of a player before Caitlin Clark!!!!!!!!
I'm a random guy in country Australia, and if Caitlin clark was playing i would of watched the games.
Now I won't even care to check the results.
I thought Olympics was about countries competing to win gold. Best against the best. If people don’t want to see the best then that’s their problem
@@BossMan-vl5cd
Best is subjective, plus it's also about the most entertaining. Caitlin clark game is exciting to watch, and the others are not.
@@rossmoodie8202 so is Olympics about entertainment or about bringing gold to our country ? It’s about the US competing against the best from other countries and winning GOLD. We’re not here to appease a CULT that didn’t care about wnba until their princess got beat twice in the national championship game stop it
@@BossMan-vl5cd STOP WITH the B.S.!!!!! The Women Basketball 🏀 players AT LEAST were HONEST when they LITERALLY SAID she wasn't on the team b/c they DIDN'T WANT to deal with her fans if she played only 2 mins!!!!!! No 1 is saying she's at the top, But there's oth players on the team who are not as well!!!! But I am from Canada 🇨🇦 & I've been watching WNBA b/c of Caitlin C. And yes, I did also hear of Reese b/c of the perceived rivalry w/ her hand gesture. But CER names do make ppl watch!!! PERIOD. Oth fans around the world 🌎 have bin tuning in due Caitlin C & that's a fac!!! In a very sm pool I noticed a dad from Sarajevo who's bin watching b/c his daughter is a fan of Caitlin's. Some1 from Ireland & the Philippines. These are a sm few. I didn't watch the NBA until Michael Jordan came along!!!!! I began to hear of C.C in her last yr playing College Basketball 🏀 & saw that she could really ball!!!!!
@@rossmoodie8202I hear ya!!!! Her last game was EXCITING TO C her shine!!!!!!! She finally got rest & they finally had been able to practice together for the 1st time!!!!!! When u watch that's how u learn about her teammates & the oth teams. But u have NBA Basketball players talking abt how she plays!!!!!! Steph Curry's been one of them. The Fever's last game had a bigger audience at the game than the 1st Final NBA Basketball 🏀?!?! I was shocked!!!!!