I'm DISGUSTED Sue Bird called me out.
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If more women showed support, they wouldn’t be crying like this
What makes you say they don't? Where are you getting this idea?
@@raoulthedutchBecause statistically more men watch the WNBA than women.
Lies..
If it was a WNBA in Philly it be a packed house @@raoulthedutch
Their is a lot women that support the W with their words. But not in a tangible way that will actually benefit them. Like spending money or watching the games outside of highlights. At that point they are no different than a politician says thoughts and prayers to your plight while doing nothing to help you tangibly.
I swear this sport has more unnecessary drama then any other sport…
Women being dramatic??
Its a womans league how are you surprised .
@@AlexanderTullis sounds normal
@@AlexanderTullisNo a lot men being gaslighters, misogynists, and homophobic
Facts
Sue Bird’s comment is an example of the issue we have with people demanding censorship as opposed to facts.
Sue might know basketball but she don’t know how to grow a business 😂
Damn Sue Bird ain't ready for this! Stephen A Smith smoking on the Bird pack today. Wooooooooo
Lmao 😂
😂😂😂
She was right though.
@@keeks8272 lol Right? I'm a huge Clark fan she's my favorite player, but he acts like he actually covers the WNBA. I don't think he has talked about the WNBA one time that it wasn't somehow related to Clark. Which is fine, but to act like she's just making stuff up is incredibly disingenuous. Which is what makes me the saddest about the WNBA. There doesn't seem to be anyone in the media that actually cares about it enough to not just use it as a way to push their own narrative.
@@keeks8272 no she wasn't because they're being funded by the NBA and the league is hanging on a thin rope
Ouch, Sue Bird, repeat after me, "I'm so very sorry, Stephen"😔
you'll never hear/read an apology lol
Women’s basketball is doing better than ever and they’re more worried about who gets the credit. They obviously can’t deal with attention.
instead of growing the pie to a huge size, they're trying to fight over how to divide it while it's small and not fully baked.
Bingo. It's mind boggling.
Exactly
They're not ready for true superstar
That was Sue’s point though. She wasn’t talking about credit. She said women’s basketball is doing better than ever and that the media should be covering the growth of the league. Instead of that SAS hasn’t been talking about the record breaking numbers instead he puts the women in the W down just to lift CC up.
@keeks8272 you're delusional if you don't think this is happening because of clark. Most people barely started watching womans basketball this season, and it's no coincidence it just happens to be CC first season. You can look at a bunch of comments under clark videos saying something like "clark made me watch my first wnba game" or "can't beliving I'm actually watching the wnba" .
Sue Bird aint ready for this. 😂
Ain’t ready for what? Nobody is scared of SAS. All he does is yell and scream for no reason and throw tantrums every time he is called out. I watched Sue’s podcast and what she said about him is correct.
@@keeks8272 ready to have a logical conversation
You sound emotional 😭 @@keeks8272
Girl if you don't go read a cook book or something 😂 Stephen A Smith is that dude that'll not even let you breathe in the same room as him....
@@jamelleeddins5919 Man, be quiet. Like I said no one is scared of Stephen A Smith. I can assure you of that. All he does is whine and complain any time someone calls him out. He talks so much shit but can’t take any criticism back. What Sue said about him was right. He hasn’t been talking about the league.
Legitimate criticism isn’t “hating”. If you can’t take criticism you will never grow
Sue bird pushing 40 and she talkin like that
She will never grow at all
That's the problem with this generation, they can't take anything!
Unfortunate we live in a world where ppl don't like to be called out, challenged, corrected, re-directed, etc. we have become a sensitive culture. Soft!! Iron is supposed to sharpen iron.
I agree, Sue Bird didn't disrespect Stephen A. Smith at all.
This. The sisterhood of the WNBA can’t take criticism and want to ignore reality. They are doomed to be small time.
Facts don't lie. Steven A . Thanks for keeping it 💯 🎉🎉🎉
These ladies are hating when Clark is involved
Stephen A told Sue Bird to grow a wing and stay the f in her lane.😂😅😂😅
Stephen A hasn't said anything bad about her. He was telling the others players to back up off her, she's helping y'all get more money.
Exactly. Some of these players need to get out of their feelings and look at the bigger picture. Caitlin spoke up about how bad it was that they didn't have chartered flights like she had in college and a few days later, the WNBA said all the teams are getting chartered flights. Who cares if you've been fighting and scratching for that and more pay for years before Caitlin showed up. The fact is now you getting it. You don't hate on someone who is helping to make your league better and more lucrative. You embrace it and try to leverage all the new eyeballs watching your league.
Hence telling the other players to treat her with kid gloves, no player in history has ever gotten special treatment
Yes, she's the golden ticket.
No OTHER players were pressing up on her anyway so again wtf is this narrative from Stephen A
I started watching WNBA because of Caitlyn Clark
Same I haven’t cared to watch at all since she got eliminated
I started because of Cynthia Cooper
But you can't even spell her name right😂
I am watching the WNBA since the beginning, since Cynthia Cooper, Rebecca Lobo, Sheryl Swoops, Lisa Leslie. I am quite annoyed with SAS when he said or implied that CC IS the WNBA & that the players should basically disappear, defer, give up their place or forfeit their games so CC can be playing (for the sake of marketing, like in the Olympics). It's NOT CC's position or claim; I find her very nice & very talented. It's the position of some men at ESPN. It's the most absurd thing I have ever heard.
I started watching because of sports betting
I can’t even watch the WNBA, they treat Clark like crap and act like children. I hope they change their attitudes.
Who treats her like crap?
@@keeks8272 lol. You never watch the clips?
@RaffyMaBoi the clips of them playing the game of basketball?
Seems like a lot of women are just jealous of Caitlyn Clark it’s kinda sad
These players are finally getting the things they've been asking for (thanks to CC) and instead of making the best use of it, they'd rather argue about who should get credit for it... embarrassing.
The woman literally gave her high praise before she made her point, which was simply, instead of taking a moment to applaud a record game 1 of the finals and 54% growth…all of the attention went to “ratings have nosed dived since Caitlin is not playing, which they have been talking EVERY game since she got eliminated. You already made the point, so when you keep making the point, it leads you to question the motive.
SOME women just can’t be happy no matter what. Even if they got everything they wanted, they will find a way to complain 🤣
💯💯
Which she said about him was right though, he just doesn’t want to hear it.
@@keeks8272why you in everyone's comment speaking bs? You side with women with no knowledge of what they're talking about with no facts
@@jamelleeddins5919 Uh because I want to and because I can. And I actually watched her podcast so I know what she was actually saying.
Because she is correct and I agree with Sue 100% and aim a man. I like Steve A and have watched him for years. He is tone deaf on this subject and hasn’t taken the time, like many, to understand the context of what these ladies are saying.
Even during his harshest criticism of Bird, Smith was still able to give more props and respect in 10 minutes than Swoopes has shown Clark ALL SEASON.
Actually Swoopes had more glowing praise for CC in one sitting than Stephen A did for Bird here.
@JasonWalkerJamaica lol what? That's so not even factual!
Swoopes was better and the original clark..i understand how she feels robbed of chance
Bro cooked her in 11 minutes 💀
He did absolutely nothing because she bird told the straight truth
@@mario6150soft
@@mario6150 Every game Caitlin Clark has played this season has been watched more than the WNBA Finals. If Caitlin had played three-on-three basketball at the time of the finals, we all know which game would have been more watched. Half of the people who follow this year's finale are Caitlin Clark fans, and I'm just one of them. I don't have any reason to boycott the finals, even though there are a bunch of jealous basketball players in it.
10:55 "Let us all get paid. That's the game. And, it's a game I love to play". This summed it up perfectly. SAS, well done sir!
He's right. Bird needs to realize even though Clark is gone, she is still here.
What SAS and Shannon were guilty of saying, is the truth.
Stephen hit the nail on the head… Caitlin SWELLED the interest in the sport! Period end of story 🎤
I started watching the WNBA cause of Caitlyn Clark
We all did.
@@adarious2326 not me...maybe you and the person that posted this but not me...I like to see elite play...not 10 threes per game at a low percentage with a high turnover average...Sabrina...stewie...aja...phee...alysaa...ELITE
Good for you!
@adarious2326 Not me. Las Vegas Aces who has one of the best players in the wnba Aja Wilson is what attracted me. Not hating on Caitlin Clark.
@@jricks92921 Given that CC has quadrupled the WNBA ratings it's safe to say you are in the minority.
Gotta agree with Stephen a on this
For The ratings drop that much in the playoffs once the fever got eliminated kind of shows to me that this new audience are just CC fans and not WNBA
Bro, I'm from Africa and currently staying in Japan. I got hooked to the WNBA because of CC. That's just the truth!
Bruh these wnba players are some of the most petty women on the planet makes me not even want to watch anymore
As a woman myself, I must say, most women in general are petty 😩
Why did you ever start?
Then don't watch.
@@msummer6926naw majority are
People only watching because Caitlin Clark. Those people wouldnt even know who yall are without Caitlin Clark. The views have been up since she joined the league; it has nothing to do with how the other players are currently playing.
Lies
Numbers down without Caitlin point blank period 😂
Their actually up from years before even without her
@@therealmvp232 how do you not understand that they are up because of her
@@Screens74 she didn’t play in semifinals or finals and they still up
@@Screens74 How do not understand that Caitlin Clark didn't play in the semifinals and not playing in the wnba finals and they are still up
@@therealmvp232 They are only up from last year, but still less than CC last game.
Bruh I ain’t watch no WNBA without my girl Clark!!! Period!! Why? My girl shoots like Curry/passing like Stockton!!!! The rest gotta keep up!!!!
Lay off the pipe
She shot 42% from the floor Steph is a 45% career shooter just from 3
There are other girls in the league that are just as good
And she turn tha ball over like who? Cause she led tha league, and cant play a lick of defense 🤷🏿♂️😂
@@bird1072and broke 50+ records That's your only argument defense and turnovers but led the league in assit and scoring and assisted or accounted for scoring ANOTHER RECORD. yep she do need to turn down the turnovers, yep play better defense. Both of which is rookie numbers. But set or collapsed all the records the vets couldn't do in year one!!! Do better, you're debate is weak.😂.
You wouldn't want to go there. I'll crush on you the debatemabout her play style. Yea she reckless with the ball. And also teammates dropping passes or the other team kicked out out of bounds. You didn't take that into account for the turnovers. And she's a point guard. She ALWAYS HAS THE BALL most point guards will have high turnovers. And she's a rookie still smashed numbers!!
So your argument incomplete. Defense yea I agree she need to do better. HOWEVER not all players get picked up because of both sides of the ball those days are over. She's a scorer and facilitator
Ill never waste 2hrs watching a WNBA game.
Good for you!
Good for you. I never watched a straight two hours of a basketball game, even if I went to a game live.
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@@Obiamajoyisrmdtether putting ya cape on for becky.
You’re missing out. Watch the WNBA finals. It’s some of the best basketball, male or female, that you’ll see.
NOBODY WAS WATCHING WNBA UNTIL C CLARK AND A REESE SHOWED UP BUTTON ~~~>>>
Reese had nothing to do with it
I think Sue believed what she was saying but here are the points...If CC wasnt in the WNBA, then the viewership probably still increases but marginally, with CC it grows exponentially and the finals were bound to see the impact from that...just imagine what the numbers would have been if she was still playing...that is the point SAS and SS are trying to make...dont fight it just enjoy the ride but give credit where its due
Sue Bird is just mad because she never moved the needle the way Clark has. There is so much jealousy around this story.
Sue Bird you owe Stephen A an apology. He promotes female basketball all the time
I wouls stop promoting it because they dont appreciate it
No he doesn’t , you’re just babbling
No he doesn't, he has spent all season criticizing its current and former players for not falling to the feet of Caitlin Clark. He shouldn't cover the WNBA, instead leave it to folks like Monica McNutt.
@@raoulthedutch he doesn’t have to do anything. Again if they going to complain he should let them build their own platform
Cap 🧢
You see folks, when jealous players initiate noise by hating on Clark -> and unbiased reporters clap back with stats and facts to respond back to that noise -> those jealous Caitlyn haters then twist it around and call you out as the one causing noise? So reporters responding back with stats and numbers are the ones causing noise? So petty of them.
I’m glad you are not ducking and dealing with these women head on.
Sue Bird twisted the stats to make a point to favor her opinion against clark
He was not taken prisoner in Russia unfairly. Cannabis is against the law in Russia and she knew it and she went across the damn Russian border, with over 2 g of cannabis.
She got put in jail for trafficking.
that's all you took away from his discussion?
No one gets in their own way more than the ladies of the WNBA
8:00 "I kinda know news. And I damn sure know ESPN...we cover sports!" 👍
Sue is about "its about me too" movement
I never liked her 🥴
@@deejayy8303she married Megan rapinoe nuff said
Sue did go a lil too far !
Sue Bird acts like shes dumb. The viewership is because CC hrought them to the game. Duhhhh!!
Don’t simp for someone who hates you SAS. She ain’t calling you “wonderful”.
This is the first year I watched the WNBA! I followed Clark when she was in college. Excited to see her playing "professional" ball. I can agree, if it wasn't because how much we enjoyed watching Clark in college, I don't think I'd be watching the WNBA right now. 🤷♀️
Let's play ball ladies! ❤
Magic/Bird brought the NBA off tape delay before Jordan …but point taken.
You mention CC to an WNBA player and they loose their mind. 😂
Sue Bird also said NBA games without Curry and Bron have lower ratings but SAS or Shannon don’t focus on that the way they do negatively in the WNBA.
The NBA, with or without Steph and Bron don’t have a problem selling tickets or getting ratings. Of course bigger stars draw more viewers but the NBA still doing huge numbers
The WNBA was losing money before Clark
@@tonymcclendon3128Obviously we all know that… her point was that First Take focuses on that weekly
@@timtimbly2433But if it’s true then what’s the problem? And the WNBA is still losing money btw which speaks to his point in them supporting one of the ways to change that in CC instead of finding arguments against it??
@@akaspon1 Listen to Sue Bird original comments rather than SAS commentary
So Sue is mad at ESPN for covering the WNBA and promoting the sport.
Don't even bother. These women will always find something to be unhappy about and remove themselves from any accountability.
They are continuously killing their own chance to shine. This makes me not want to watch the WNBA for anyone but Caitlyn Clark.
Women react with emotion. You can't talk sense to them. It's their "truth" that matters
Man please, men are just as emotional.
@@keeks8272 says the woman that got in her emotions and had to comment....
@@scottjames7243 How am I “in my emotions” just because I commented. You commented too. You’re original comment said women react with emotions implying that women are the only ones that do this. Men do it too. Is this entire video not an emotional response.
Damn dawg no need to be disgusted😂😂😭 just bring Sue Bird on the show and chop it up
I stand with SAS 10 toes down! Keep doing your thing homie!!
speak brother speak, they watched Caitlin and stayed to watch the rest. That's the truth.
Last year, a friend introduced me to college women’s basketball pointing out that there was this phenom that can make three-point shots from well beyond the arc. Now all of a sudden, I hear of people I’ve never heard of before like Stephen a Smith and Sue Bird. Now hooked, I will be watching Hannah Stuelke, juju, Watkins, and Paige Bueckers. Caitlin Clark effect…
We stop watching when supergirl team was out ...but I only started watching this year WNBA and it was great viewing ...cheers from Australia.🎉
The black lesbian WNBA does not want CC in their club. 🎉🎉
CC is a liberal. The LGBQT community loves her….stop with the lies.
It's as simple as this..... If Clark didn't exist, the ratings would all be as low as usual. Even if she's not playing, SHE brought interest to the sport as a whole. It's STILL due to her.... NOT because the women are capturing interest on their own.
Great response
Never heard of Sue Bird until they showed her with her husband Megan Rapinoe.
Then you must be a new WNBA fan.
The saying no one hates a woman like another woman is so true. You have all these former WNBA stars who are just salty because they didn't enter the league when Social media was really big or when the interest for women's basketball was hot. Catlin has done the one thing the WNBA has needed for decades, its brought eyeballs. The WNBA finally has the star they have always wanted and they are wasting her. Perfect example is with Olympics, even if Catlin was on the bench she would of brought thousands of eyeballs. The rest of the women in the WNBA want attention but disregard the one bringing attention. And no Angel Reese is not bringing eyeballs or fans like Clark, it has nothing to do with race, with a sport where a majority of the young little girls are introduced to the sport by their fathers, fathers aren't probably gonna want their daughters supporting a loud fashion nova model like Reese.
Well said Stephen! Especially the comparison with Magic Johnson & Larry Bird non-resentment to Michael Jordan.
Thank you for the factzz,
True Statement
2:54 “unfairly”? What? She was on camera smuggling drugs. SMH. He’s upset sue bird gets the facts wrong but he’s so woke he thinks Griner didn’t factually do the thing they accused and convicted her of doing? A crime that is also a crime at American airports by the way, and one American police punish more severely than Russia by the way.
And what is all this cowardly groveling? I loooove you sue bird. You could teach me soooooo much Sue bird. You’re a superstar hall of famer with farts that smell like roses Sue bird.
Ugh.
American masculinity is cooked.
SA needs something to talk about. Since he can't talk about the playoffs because if finds them boring he brought up drama. Drama sells, gossip sells and contention sells. It's his way of selling the game. He knows better when talking about MJ. Companies get more of the things that work, including images.
Steven A, you are 100% correct! 100% These woman are way past the pitiful jealousy and into rivers of denial. Steven A, please continue to speak the truth despite the hate from those who are drowning in jealousy of Caitlin Clark.
I watched about 5 minutes of wnba this season, because of CC. That's the Clark Effect.
LOL, two days after Sue Bird said that, following game 1 of the WNBA Finals (and a TNF game) First Take kicks off the show the next morning talking about the Cowboys for no reason 😅😅😅
Bottom line, Clark is a rookie and people are not going to give her ultimate praise her first year. That’s going to come years later
That 🐦 just got cooked 💯. These women in the WNBA are their own worst enemies. Well said Stephen A.
Sue bird also mentioned that SAS doesn’t bring up the NBA ratings when steph curry or lebron get eliminated…. And so I ask, what does SAS want the other teams in the playoffs do? Let the Indiana fever win just so there ratings stay up? People don’t wanna watch “good basketball” cause they wanna make it some kind of political/ racial thing…. The fever lost cause they weren’t good enough, plain and simple…
I think you missed the point. Sue and the rest of them are just salty bcuz they wanna feel like the W was good enough without CC and got by fine with them. He only made the statement about the Olympics bcuz thats a global platform that would have brought more attention to them
You're totally missing the point.
@@msummer6926Adrian is missing the point on purpose.
@@msummer6926Well as someone that actually listened Sue’s podcast that was not what she was saying at all. She actually acknowledged what CC has done for the game and talking positively about her superstardom. What she was saying was that the WNBA pulled record breaking numbers in Game 1 of playoffs drawing 1.5 million viewers at its height and instead of focusing on that growth. All SAS and Shannon have focused on, was on how ratings have dipped since CC left.
@@keeks8272they are up because of CC
Well said. Thank you for your honesty.
There's so much negativity in this sport and doesn't really have to be that way...to be honest, it's negativity on both sides. Difficult to sift through that to just enjoy the game.
A rising tide lifts all boats. Dijonai Carrington, Chennedy Carter, and others didn't get the memo.
He can talk about whatever he wants, but let someone utter his name in anything....
Truth he can give but he can't receive in his mind he's always right I did not hear him say much about the W last year's final like Monica M asked him where were you the last 4 to 5 years he wasn't promoting the league then
Rs
I know right? He can dish it but he can't take it
@@ktm1984 Rs
That and notice the tact he displays with certain people. And I'm not someone who gets into race. But I have to wonder what his reaction would have been if an accomplished former black WNBA player had said that. Perhaps Candace Parker or Cynthia Cooper!
I started watching NBA because of Caitlyn Clark.
When you right you right! Except on Trump you’re wrong!
Stephen A. Smith!!! Tell these WNBA players what time is!!! Preach brother!!! Preach!!!
Sit down Sue. Why weren’t you, Swoopes, Taurasi, able to make the wnba what these other girls have been able to make it? CC, Aja, Collier, Plum, Ionescu, all STRAIGHT WOMEN, and all of sudden the wnba is relevant after 30 years? Join the cancelled list Sue, go sit down with Angel Reese and Swoopes.
that's dialing it back and being as respectful as you can? got it
I’m 69 years old I played three sports in high school baseball basketball and football. I love sports. I don’t care what color you are who you are if you’re good you’re good Kaitlyn Clark Angela Reese packing the stadium y’all and by the Kaitlyn Clark she could handle and the girl can shoot and angel Reese I like her outfits Ooh La La
Clark only ..get real Reese doesn"t pack anything but her big mouth
they for w.e reason dont want to give CC the credit she deserves its kind of weird
Bruh 🤦♂️. It’s not about taking away credit from CC. It’s about also acknowledging that the WNBA with other players are growing as well. It’s not ONLY CC out there. Bird didn’t discredit CC, she praised CC, but also pointed out the growth of the rest of the league. Why do people make it only about CC.
Stephen A Smith makes more sense than other people. He is genuinely smart
Sheryl Swoopse, Lisa Leslie, Caitlin Clark, Cynthia Cooper.... so much alliteration lol
Do yall hear how he talks to Monica Mcnutt and Sheryl Swoops but Sue Bird let me dial it back. I bet you will Stephen A. You only got that vitriol for certain people.
The MJ analogy is perfect
Yelling “so if someone gets arrested we don’t cover it??!!” 😂
That's so damn right with MJ. With no social media or internet either
He still mad at Monica 🤣🤣🤣🤣 he mad
I don’t think he responded to her actual point
Sue only did that to get back at him and shannon for how they were with Andrea carter..screaming like females..but the problem is its a bit late..now it look like a shot from out the blue..I get wat she was tryna say.
Yea I saw that segment. Andrea was like to hell with it…..😂
Thank you SAS, for giving me even more reason to NOT watch the WNBA! 😂
If more women supported each other like they claim that they their businesses wouldnt need our sponsorship or at least that much of it
The truth is that Mr. Smith is just as popular and has just as big a platform then they do and they are hating cuz he isn't a former professional Athlete like they are but just as relevant 💯
Damn Damn Damn..mic drop 😂
Address what sue said instead of yelling.