Angel Reese on flagrant foul on Caitlin Clark: ‘It was a basketball play’ | WNBA | SPEAK

Angel Reese said her flagrant foul on Caitlin Clark during a Chicago Sky loss to the Indiana Fever was “a basketball play”. Emmanuel Acho, James Jones, LeSean McCoy, and Ric Bucher discuss the foul and if there’s a heated rivalry brewing between Reese and Clark.

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[josewilliams]

This white dude is so scared to say something wrong, it’s so obvious 😂

[Sota_Pops]

The women's game is not more physical It's more sloppy

[yunggpacino]

Why does Caitlin clark seem to be the only player in the WNBA that has media training?

[flamethrower]

You can tell Acho still hasn't caught a WNBA game yet lol

[ICYMIINMIY]

CC keeps it too playa every time. She says the right things and always comes out looking like the bigger person. Her arrival just reinforces that women HATE each other 😂

[Roadkill]

"If you have my name in your mouth, you think about me"
Pretty much sums it up.

[sandleeirby]

So let me get this straight acho starts off saying it was a basketball play and she doesn’t deserve to be suspended but also roping in the villain role?

[danielet.]

So, you start by saying that you don’t think it was a flagrant, but then, you say Angel had both of her flagrants on Caitlin. Huh? How is this logical? You just said you didn’t consider one of the fouls a flagrant foul, so if your argument was consistent, it wouldn’t be an argument because you said yourself that she only had one.

[benjaminsmith]

This is gossip reporting. Did you guys cover the actual game? There are so many story lines. Angel did get a double-double but was in foul trouble. Cardosa as in foul trouble. Carter played her typical solid game with ZERO drama with CC. Mabry played a stong game. Yet, I think this is the 5th loss in row for the Sky.

On the Fever side, what about how Caitlin played 7-11, 9 assists, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks, impressive pass after impressive pass, 3 3-pointers and she's developing a great chemistry with Boston. And what about Boston with 14 rebounds, 5 blocks and 19 points? And what ws extra motivation for the Fever is Kelsey Mitchell's father died recently and it looks to me like the Fever wanted to win the game on Father's Day in memory of Kelsey's father. Mitchell had a solid game.

I'm disappointed. This was a great game on national TV and we have to just see segments on a flagrant foul and deal with gossip rather than the game? I'd rather discuss the game and the foul as a mention, but not *the* topic of the discussion.

[Devotinal]

The reason the women’s game is more physical is because there less athletic.

[tamarabuirley]

Caitlin has been well coached.. she has great PR skills. She also knows how to leave it on the court. She doesn’t take it home with her. She works on her mental health.. part of that his the way she talks. She doesn’t make it personal..

[jcozart]

The play wasn't the problem nor was the call. She fouled her trying to block her shot. The problem is her comments after the game. If she just said, " I was going for the block. I was just a hard foul." It would not be a huge deal.

[chrisc]

On a positive note. At least we didn’t have to hear Joy’s take on the foul.

[Bububu]

Who would have thought that a table with 3 black men that it would be the old white guy standing up for Angel. If it wasn’t CC no one will be talking about it.

[thomaswonderwood]

That was not a basketball play... Nowhere near the ball.. went for her head.. That's a fight in streetball..

[kryptotello]

The thing is, AR's foul is a "basketball play". I'm on the fence on that because of the wined up, the personal, and the demeanor afterwards. I think she was going for the ball first, hard foul second, send a message third. It landed on the head and she walked off like oh well.

Secondly, the post conformance is telling. Pointing fingers and saying she has a favorable whistle!?! That girl has been fouled so many times and the refs swallow the whistle. If anything, the first few games looked like the whole league (including refs) was out to get her... I was lowkey disgusted with the reffing in the beginning. She's playing like she is bitter (she is) and is hiding in the "this is basketball, it's physical" cloak. Honestly only watching AR when she plays CC. I watched her first game and was not impressed.

[tkkreus]

I don't have a problem with the foul cuz it was a basketball play the only thing I have a problem with is the post-game comment of "special whistle". That wasn't a special whistle that was a flagrant foul plain and simple. I think her post-game press conferences is is where the negative attention is coming from.

[shannalikehannah]

It was a flagrant but it was a basketball play. The after game interview was not the move though

[selfishstockton]

Why the stare down after unless it was an intentional dirty hit? Too many times now they even tried to come up with excuses for what can only be described as bush league, not a regular basketball occurrence every single time

[thomasseel]

It’s not just that one foul. It’s the history of her actions