{"id":2258841,"date":"2024-06-03T17:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T21:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-a-smith-says-wnba-players-are-jealous-of-caitlin-clark\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T17:30:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T21:30:29","slug":"stephen-a-smith-says-wnba-players-are-jealous-of-caitlin-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-a-smith-says-wnba-players-are-jealous-of-caitlin-clark\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen A. Smith claims WNBA players envy Caitlin Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstephen-a-smith-says-wnba-players-are-jealous-of-caitlin-clark%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2258841&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sports broadcaster \u2062Stephen A. Smith expressed that WNBA\u200d players are envious\u200c of newcomer Caitlin Clark,\u200b attributing\u200d it to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus\/\" title=\"Factbox-Latest on worldwide spread of the coronavirus\">rapid rise<\/a> to fame in the league. Smith highlighted their resentment towards Clark&#8217;s quick success, implying a sense of jealousy\u200b towards her achievements and impact on the sport. This sentiment \u200demerged following a noteworthy incident during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/once-again-white-house-avoids-questions-on-gamestop-surge\/\" title=\"Once Again, White House Avoids Questions On GameStop Surge\">recent game<\/a>. Stephen\u2064 A.\u2062 Smith suggests that WNBA\u200b players are envious of rookie Caitlin Clark due to her swift rise to fame\u2063 in the league. He \u200bnotes their\u2062 resentment towards Clark&#8217;s\u200c quick success, hinting at jealousy over her achievements and\u2063 influence in \u200dthe \u2064sport. This observation stemmed from a significant\u200c incident in \u200ba recent game.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sports broadcaster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/remember-bill-clinton-stephen-a-smith-pleads-with-democrats-stop-disaster-trump-hush-money-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen A. Smith<\/a> said WNBA players are \u201cjealous\u201d of rookie <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/caitlin-clark\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Caitlin Clark<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  and all the attention she\u2019s getting after recently entering the league.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During Monday\u2019s episode of \u201cFirst Take,\u201d Smith reacted to the WNBA upgrading a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actor-of-the-year-lebron-james-goes-viral-after-exaggerating-injury\/\" title=\"\u2018Actor Of The Year\u2019: LeBron James Goes Viral After Exaggerating Injury\">common foul<\/a> to flagrant after Chicago Sky player Chennedy Carter pushed the Indiana Fever player to the ground during a recent game, Mediaite <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/sports\/stephen-a-smith-believes-wnba-players-are-jealous-of-caitlin-clark-following-hard-foul-in-recent-game\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere are girls \u2014 young ladies \u2014 in the WNBA who are jealous of Caitlin Clark,\u201d Smith said. \u201cShe is a white girl that has come into the league. She has burst onto the scene. She hasn\u2019t proven herself yet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s not even about them thinking they\u2019re better than her because they probably know it at this particular juncture because they\u2019ve been playing on a level she just arrived to,\u201d he added. \u201cWhere the resentment comes in is the hard work, the commitment, the dedication, the pounding of the payment, the being on the grind.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAll of these years trying to uplift this brand that is the WNBA and is women\u2019s professional basketball; and all of their efforts were in vain until this girl comes along and take the league by storm \u2014 takes sport by storm \u2014 in college and has accomplished in a short period of time what they haven\u2019t been able to,\u201d Smith continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The WNBA confirmed that Chennedy Carter\u2019s foul on Caitlin Clark from yesterday\u2019s game has been upgraded to a Flagrant 1, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexaphilippou?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@alexaphilippou<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o7QzaFRkL5\">pic.twitter.com\/o7QzaFRkL5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YahooSports\/status\/1797270950200725779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The sportscaster also said that he would think these players would be \u201csmart enough to recognize and appreciate\u201d the attention Clark has brought to the league and therefore \u201cpiggyback off of that to their benefit, and praise her and support her for it while competing on the court against her and trying to take her out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The comments were similar to what NBA legends Charles Barkley and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lebron-james-charles-barkley-come-to-caitlin-clarks-defense-against-naysayers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LeBron James<\/a> have said about the reception and backlash against Clark since being picked number 1 overall in the 2024 WNBA draft.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During TNT\u2019s \u201cInside the NBA\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pregame show<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, host Barkley <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ComplexSports\/status\/1793432883966706169\">reacted<\/a> to the criticism against Clark after the Fever fell 0-5 to start the season and said \u201cYou women out there, y\u2019all petty, man.\u201d He also talked about the comments James made on the \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cqJ2u11OTY0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mind the Game<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c podcast when he slammed the criticism against the rookie of the Indiana Fever team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLeBron, you\u2019re 100% right on these girls hating on Caitlin Clark,\u201d Barkley said. \u201cY\u2019all petty, girls. I expect men to be petty because we\u2019re the most insecure group in the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cY\u2019all should be thanking that girl for getting y\u2019all a** private charters, all the money and visibility she\u2019s bringing to the WNBA,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">James \u2014 drafted No. 1 overall in the NBA draft in 2003 \u2014 said he\u2019s been where Caitlin is now and offered her support, saying that the best thing she could do was put on blinders and keep working, calling the criticism \u201cthe weirdest thing in the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen A. Smith mentioned that WNBA players are &#8220;jealous&#8221; of rookie Caitlin Clark due to the spotlight she&#8217;s receiving since joining the league. On a recent &#8220;First Take&#8221; episode, Smith discussed the WNBA&#8217;s decision to upgrade a foul to flagrant following an incident between Chennedy Carter of the Chicago Sky and an Indiana Fever player<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2258842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1335358217.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2258841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1335358217.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2258841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2258841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2258841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2258842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2258841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2258841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2258841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}