Angel Reese on Caitlin Clark: WNBA's popularity not due to one person | FIRST THINGS FIRST

Angel Reese said that the reason why people are watching women’s basketball isn’t “because of just 1 person” and that she’ll embrace the villain role after Caitlin Clark was the subject of a flagrant 1 foul. Nick Wright, Chris Broussard, and Kevin Wildes discuss the reaction and how the WNBA should feel about Clark and Reese going forward.

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Angel Reese on Caitlin Clark: WNBA's popularity not due to one person | FIRST THINGS FIRST

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[DamnDuff]

I’m speaking for myself here, but I’ve never turned on a wnba game in my life till Clark’s first preseason game

[johnofmalta]

Nobody can tear down a woman better than another woman.

[blakek]

Notice how Clark doesn’t have to talk.. but gets talked about.

Angel Reese however.. never stops talking about herself to make herself relevant.

Debate settled.

[troycarlton]

Im from the Caribbean and to me The WNBA was not exciting to look at until CC came along..Now my 2 daughters and I are glued the TV whenever she is playing..

[Beginningtopeak]

The proof of the jealousy are the tweets that keep getting deleted

[brianthedog]

The ridiculous foul while calling her a b****, and all the negative comments after, sure seems like petty jealousy to me, whether people have a problem with it or not. Not sure why that's being called a false narrative? Seems pretty obvious to me.

[tedmartinez]

Could you imagine if Caitlin checked Cennedy for no reason? Holy $hit

[erikdayne]

Angel Reese said the WNBA isn’t popular because of one player, it’s also because of her. So, two players basically? She doesn’t care that one player is the biggest star, she’s mad that’s not her.

[reprobatemind]

Wait... we are defending Chennedy Carter? 😂😂😂 Angel Reese cheering that hit like they are in Game 7 of the finals. That ain't normal high intensity basketball...

[tonywong]

There was a stat where the attendance of CC games is like 17k on average. Without CC is like 7k...and those include games with Angel Reese.

[brianstollings]

It’s Caitlin who’s the reason for the turn in attention the league is getting. Cause she’s actually a good basketball player. Oh, and it’s absolutely racial. The media and other players have gone on and on about how “white privilege” plays a role in this. So yeah it’s racial.

[johnand]

This is a mirror of where we have arrived as a society!

[jbbrolic]

The only time any of these shows mentioned the WNBA before Catlin Clark in the past 10+ years was the Britney Grinder prisoner exchange situation (which had nothing to do with the actual basketball.) now they are talking about things that happen in WNBA games.

[wilsonjoshwilson]

This reminds of when Iguodala tried to shout out that one WNBA player and she took it as disrespect cause he didn’t know her name…Seems the WNBA always has a way of turning positive publicity into something negative and I fear it’s going to happen again and drive the new base away.

[karlsfakelaugh]

Don't forget the lies Sheryl Swoopes said about Caitlin on Gilbert's show.

[bub]

Women being jealous of eachother and tearing eachother down... what a surprise.

[lsvids]

I don’t hate the quote on its own, it’s the celebration angel did when her teammate did a non basketball play to the girl she’s clearly envious of that speaks volumes

[randytaylor]

I've watched 5 WNBA games in my life... all of them had Caitlyn playing in them.

[AlexMoonrize]

Angel Reese made it a rival because of her obsession with getting attention. Caitlin Clark just wants to play, compete, and win. Caitlin Clark is not looking for rivals and fights. That’s what makes her so special because she keeps her composure and is very classy. Caitlin Clark is a very well outspoken, educated female .

[shark_plissken]

Quoting Jemele Hill and then me listening lowered my IQ