WNBA Champion Natasha Cloud He focused on new sports fans who were critical of the offense committed against Caitlin Clark last season.
During an interview with Pivot Podcast with Ryan Clark, Cloud extinguished the discussion that was rocking WNBA last year, when several illegal hits against Clark encouraged the anger of many of its fans.
Cloud, who said she had lost her tooth from a career hit earlier, insisted that anger on behalf of Clark was rooted in “racism”.
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Natasha Cloud of Phoenix Mercury during the Indiana fever on June 30, 2024 at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Ariz. (Barry Gossage/Nbae via Getty Images)
“It’s just part of the game. There was no target, there was nothing. That narrative that got into:” Oh, veterinarians hate rookies. Rookies hate veterinarians. Veterinarians go for certain players, “these are all bulls — If I just be honest, these are all bulls —–.
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Clark took the infamous illegal hook from Chicago Sky forward Chennedy Carter 1. June. Colleague Sky Player -ai Clark Archive, Angel Reese, hit Clark in the head, trying to block the passage during the June 16th game. August 31, another Sky player, Diamond Desshields, sent Clark to later later.
In Clark’s first playoff game against The Connecticut Sun 22. September, solar player Dijonai Carrington gave Clara Black eye, stimulating her nails.
Indiane Caitlin Clark fever responds to an offense in the first quarter during a match 1 of the first round of the WNBA in 2024 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., September 2, 2024. (Mark Smith/Imagins Images)
“It’s scattered in:” Oh, they go to Caitlin Clark. “But no, we play just one of the best players in this league in the way that any other best player or franchise player is loyal to,” Cloud said.
Earlier in an interview, Cloud addressed the increase in WNBA fans and suggested that their interest was not rooted in Fandom.
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“The madness that came with the new fanndom was rooted in something other than Fand, and I think it was very obvious in the whole board,” Cloud said. “In many ways, it wasn’t about basketball.”
Cloud is not the first WNBA player or former player to suggest that some Clark’s followers are racist.
Caitlin Clark, 22, of Indiana Fever and Angel Reese (5) from Chicago Sky during the June 1, 2024 match at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Jeff Haynes/Nbae via Getty Images)
Reese said in the first episode of her podcast “there is a lot of racism when it comes to it” about the motivation of Clark’s fans. WNBA Legend Sue Bird baked In this group in their Podcast in November, claiming that some of them are not even Clark fans, but only “acts” as fans, and “push racist programs and push hatred.”
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However, not all highlighted women’s basketball players rejected by controversial fans that Clark brought to sports.
USC Women’s Basketball Star Juju Watkins, who has the opportunity to knock down Clark’s NCAA Record, earlier said Fox News Digital She welcomes all the fans that Clark brought to sports and hopes she may be root for Watkins.
Women’s basketball player USC Juju Watkins before the recent match at Cal St. Long Beach in Long Beach, California, December 21, 2023. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
“So many new fans who are in sports can sometimes be, not necessarily challenging, but it can only give you a little headache. Not many people know what they are talking about sometimes. But it’s great for sports. The fact that people watch is enough for themselves,” Watkins said.
“We would love to be positive, but it will not always be so. So, as long as we continue to raise numbers and viewership increases, I think that is all we can look for.”
When asked if sports wanted a controversial new fans who would be pleased with her, Watkins replied: “Oh. I love fans, and I love haters.
“I think it’s just part of the game. It’s so much side. So it’s the nature of the game, and there will always be negative and positive aspects of that.”
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