FIRST TAKE| Stephen A. reacts to Caitlin Clark struggles in first home game as Fever lose to Liberty
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- FIRST TAKE | Stephen A. Smith reacts to Caitlin Clark struggles in first home game as Fever lose 102-66 to Liberty
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More and more excuses. Have you all forgotten you said she is greatest female basketball player ever.
So did MJ, and he & the Bulls struggled in the NBA. The Celtics and Pistons owned him for almost 10 years. Only 2 games in and idiots like you run your big mouth
And the fact she could play in the NBA!
@@juniorlifter369😂😂😂😂😂 exactly. I heard the worst and most idiotic takes behind this woman
Do any of you play in a pro league? My guess is no lol. Shhhhh, it's for the best 😂
I ACTUALLY SEEN WEIRDO’S SAYING “CAITLYN CLARKE IS THE GREATEST BASKETBALL PLAYER OF ALL TIMES !” SMDH 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
Steph A the ultimate simp
Just because the team sucks do t mean she has to suck. This aint Football. Mist great players put up good numbers on bad teams
Her team sucking has nothing to do with her missing shots
Excuses, excuses, excuses
Blah blah blah you’ll be making excuses when this victory lap you’re taking looks really stupid.
Strength snd size of the WNBA is the difference. She will be fine. She is an amazing passer, great vision and will get points. Her team is terrible too. Teams putting their best defender on her. Respect.
"When players choose not to pass the ball to her, she is unable to be an effective player. The players surrounding her lack the necessary skills to even catch the ball."
Alternatively: "Her effectiveness as a player is hindered when her teammates opt not to pass her the ball. The lack of skill among the players around her is evident, as they struggle to even catch the ball."
So factual, counted 5 turnovers in 2 games from dropped passes. It sees also Boston doesn’t wanna feed back out. They pass into Boston and then stand still. She’s good enough to draw attention and feed back out to shooters.
Now it's the players some say it's the coach SHE IS IN THE WMBA !!!! BIGGER STRONGER FASTER !! Dorothy you are not in KANSAS anymore.
The more she struggles...and trust me she's gonna struggle....the less the media will talk about her....these sport shows will build you up and tear up down all at the same time....good luck Caitlin
It'll wear you down the harder you try and nothing seems to work...
The problem is that a lot of causal viewers and fans don't understand that WNBA players are great basketball players. There was a perception that she was gonna dominate right away but that's not reality. But she will be ok, she will learn and develop.
And alot of wnba players have actually won national championships. They are not going to lay down and let some hyped up rookie have her way with them. Let her take her lumps like everybody else. Then we'll see if she can physically and mentally take it. Many of "great" Duke Blue devil men's players have felt that pain on the professional level. And not many/most of them did not do anything at all in the pros. It happens. Let it play out
@@rjdub8455I found the TarHole!
@@rjdub8455just say u don't like Duke lol
How you you showing highlights of a team that lost
If she is “one of the goats” or the goat like people were trying to say then it does matter and she can’t be bad her rookie year lol. They give too many excuses and if she has a good game they will say wow she is so amazing lol
Shes basically Adam Morrison at this point
😂😂😂 Amen insulin shots next for her!
Naw Jimmer
I’m crying 😂
Here we go with the excuses. What does that have to do with not getting back on defense and mental toughness. Mamba mentality and last time I check the coaches don't play players do. Facts only
Fact is, EW is a ball hog with no intent/purpose. And the coach does not know how to use CC, let her settle in. Sides can coach her up with respect to her weaknesses while utilizing her strengths. Most of the other players were trash in this game as well. Why did they draft her then? She is a point/shooting guard. Best purpose passer on the team, and at some point maybe in the league. Just a note, you reply, gonna ignore it, it will be negative, straight up. JP
YOU SAID I T ALL !
@@jonathonpalbicke6122 Agreed.. If the Fever was gonna flop in the beginning saying CC just needs to settle in, why not use her as the point guard she is to let her settle down in the position she excels at? Being a shooting guard is not her strength..
@@booger100101 I thought that was implied with what I said, but no worries you are 100% correct. ☑️👌😎🎯 JP
How did Kobe look his rookie season when he was shooting air balls against the jazz in the playoffs? Man yall slow u really thought she was gone drop 40 and be unstoppable her first couple games of the season? Yall some haters period
The guy at the end was spot on. Hype train.
Haven't heard them mention nobody else who drafted, she wasn't the only one who played in their first game. Terrible
Making excuses
What was kobes excuse for riding the bench his rookie year?
Veterans ran the league then. @@Michael-tc1dm
He also wasn't that good then@@jroc828
@@jroc828🤦🏼♂️ Dumbest comment
@@Michael-tc1dmthis don’t have nothing to do with Kobe. Don’t deflect
"The numbers are harsh" tf is Molly talking about 💀💀💀💀
She's struggling and all of a sudden SAS doesn't care if she has a bad season 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
Great take by Legler with the physical aspect.
Stephen a Smith shut up this is a different League stop playing in the team people want to blame the referees , she's in the big leagues now.
You do know that most people think SAS is an Uncle Tom right...yes he will bash Angel...
Why aren’t they covering some of these other girls that are killing it in the WNBA!!! Taurasi, Angel Reese, Alanna Smith, Breanna Stewart, etc…
I saw this coming. She is a national spotlight and everyone is giving her their best shot. It’s good exposure for them.
Naw, yall daid ahe would DOMINATE from the beginning. Don't walk it back now. In college, her game worked, and now yall are seeing she is not the female steph lol
Yep they got to understand this is the WNBA !!!!!!!!!!
20 points is way more than what most vets have done. Dont eat your words later lil bra watch
@ChumChum5150 yall are the ones having a buffet my guy. People tried telling yall to calm down and give her time. But we were haters lmao. She's gonna get better, but she's not the goat right now, and might not be later either
Hey Folks. Listen; I don’t give a “happy hoot” what Steven A says; this IS something. It’s called REALITY Steven A!!! PLEASE everybody remember this. CC was a great college player PERIOD! It’s going to take some time for her to get use to the different style of play that the WNBA provides.
Really nothing impressive about her game
So why should It even bother you to be in this conversation..
Then stay away..
Who cares if she does'nt impress you ...
People is going to the games to see her, never mind she is having some short comings.. but she will prevail just like any rookie
@@user-bn1xy5if5q they going to the games because of the hype. They will stop going once they realize they were fooled.
exactly
Great shooter, good passer, doesn't get back on defense sometimes... Caitlin gonna put up some numbers and NY gonna put up some W's
Reading the comments is funny because they never even watched the WNBA until Clark. Now its her team
In the END… The games are being played NOW! CONCLUSION were drawn before Joe first shot. Now you all want to waffle.
Her teammates don’t know how to create offense for her they can barely create offense for themselves, the spacing is horrible wheeler is playing in her Caitlyn’s spots and keeps looking her off , adjustments need to he made asap
She’s the pg she’s supposed to create for herself and teammates
Miss the days of Sheryl swoopes. Caitlin was the next jj Reddick
💯
The world is a stage 😂😂😂
Hey Folks. BTW, this topic WAS NOT about the late Great Kobe Bryant so PLEASE for Kobe’s sake, stay on topic!!!!
Some of her college teammates have better hands than her current pro teammates.
People are acting like Clark actually won something in her four years at Iowa. SHE DIDN'T!! Not one title. She's cocky and arrogant and every single player in the WNBA has been sitting on ready to humble her on the big stage. Keep the excuses coming because she's about to lose many more games. Stop the GOAT stupidity.
She actually went crazy for the second game against NY
So let's tell all the players in the Wnba to stop defending Caitlin and let her shoot uncontested.
So that her Bandwagon jumping Fans and Stephen A can Feel good about them hyping up Clark.
Literally first home game of the season, DROPPED 20 FUCKIN POINTS and folks are already hating lmao watch everyone EAT their words once she gets comfortable.
People forgetting that the WNBA is the female version if the NBA got a wake up call lol these are the top female basketball players in the world
Game is Saturday at 1pm Molly get your shit together
It is funny how mainstream media hyped Caitlin Clark. Characterizing her as an expected GOAT before ever playing a single minute in the WNBA.
I did not hear the media talking about how she would need to transition to the Pro game. Nope, the media as well as Many Caitlin Clark fans were making it seem like Caitlin Clark would dominate the other players in the WNBA cause she is Caitlin Clark and the rest of the WNBA are scrubs that should be honored to be in the same building as she is.
Now the media continues is mind control efforts by saying it is no big deal that she is struggling, it's not her fault, deflection excuse, deflection excuse and if you do not accept media deflection and excuses over GOAT results you are somehow a Clark hater. So it's clear these people have no credibility and angry they have to take their L when it comes to Clark. I wonder how long it will take before the media starts complaints about the refs? Steven A is already whining the Indiana Fever aint good. I thought Clark was the GOAT and she was gonna immediately dominate the WNBA??
These people hate being weong but they are too cowardly to admit it.
SA said he is about making the bosses money!! For him to be critical of her is hurting the bosses bottom line. Excuses Excuses, ESPN is televising most of her games, so her playing terrible hurts the viewership 🤣😂😂😂
that TEAM stinks
It's not the team she garbage str8 mop
So does she
Lord this fake ass media Jeff teague said teams should let her roll
It’s a shame that if the Indiana Fever is not a good team why are they allowed to pick her first
Hype train she is a shooter 8 shots for a shooter is insane
The goalpost will be moving all year for her. Sad!! Can we just say Diana T was correct.
“It would be helpful…” IF HER COACH KNEW HOW TO USE HER.
She has been promoted and is making significant strides for the Women's NBA that have not been seen in many years. The increase in income and opportunities for both new and veteran players is a key factor driving these changes. However, some players in the Women's NBA are envious of these advancements and are attempting to shift the focus to race-related issues.
eventually you have to live up to the hype remember jeremy lin with the knicks and all the linsanity talk
Ionescu, Stewart and Plum should've been promoted more. Because they've actually shown great capability in the pros, not just college. But for some reason Clark got picked. Probably due to Bueckers injuries slowing her career, so they had to find someone.
@@jonathanjohnson6727 In the world of basketball, every great player has to start somewhere. One of the most iconic figures in men's basketball is Michael Jordan, who was promoted extensively and is considered one of the greatest players of all time. It begs the question - why can't Caitlin Clark be the female equivalent of Jordan in women's basketball?
@prplaya911 Stop comparing her to Jordan! She's not in Jordan's stratosphere..And I don't understand why you folks overlook A'ja Wilson as the best player in the nation and current face of the WNBA.
They expected Lebron to deliver.
The Goat 🐐 never let us down
Caitlin Clark gonna get her coach fired. If it continues like this throughout the season the coach gonna take the fall for her poor play and failure to adjust to the W book it folks.
Might need to shit Mfs been close to last place for the last 4 yrs now
He needs to keep that same energy for Angel…
NO Y’ALL WHITE FOLKS NEED TO KEEP THE SAME ENERGY FOR CLARK.. WNBA HAVE REAL TEAMS Y’ALL THOUGHT CLARK WOULD DOMINATE WHEN AJA AND THE ACES ARE THE BEST IN THE LEAGUE.
It won't matter, the rest of the team aint good enough.
Legler said it best !,,
It’s her first two games. Y’all need to chill out in the comments. Wemby wasnt great the first half of the season either. In fact can’t think of someone who was. So you guys need to shut up
What is up with the split screen?!?! What the?!? One screen has the guy’s ear on it ROFL.
This Women is a great basketball player every game is not going to be perfect But I assure you that she's going to be fine and she will go down in history as one of the best Women to ever played the game of basketball 🏀
Willie D. was right
This isn't college anymore. She's in the pro's now and it will take some adjustment.
There was a flash of potential in the 3rd of what the team can be. It’s all about progression now.
Facts. CC drafted to the worst team, horrible Coach, out of shape Boston and adversarial Wheeler on the court. Plus every team is double teaming her and going after her hard.
Only time I’ve seen coverage of the WNBA outside of them complaining about their pay. Wouldn’t call it progress since they’re actually only invested in one particular player rather than the league itself
Caitlin is made of nothing. Getting bullied on court! No physicality to her game!
These veteran players can't keep up this pace for long. In a quarter century, I've never seen this hustle....look at game 4 of the finals last year.. slow,sad and sloppy. If New York can climb out of the ice bath on Saturday... Caitlin Will be ready....and Wheeler better figure out how to do her part. Steve Nash couldn't win in this shit show... Caitlin is tired of waiting.
Now that everyone is watching now it's an issue. Kobe in is first 3 games only score 23pts his FG% was 29% and only 22.23% from 3pts. She is going to get better and adjust to the game with better players. By the way the WNBA is not the best league in the world for woman's basketball.
Kobe played 6 minutes in his first game and 3 minutes in his second game. He started in neither games. And took one shot in each game. He was not given the keys to the team like Caitlyn. Plus he was 18. Caitlyn played 31 min in her first game. That’s more than Kobe’s first 4 games combined. She also has more Turn overs than Kobe’s first ten games combined. The most turnovers per game in nba history is 4 and rn she is averaging 7. At Iowa she averaged 5. Shes simply not as good as they hyped her up to be.
And the only reason she only had three turnovers yesterday is because her coach took the ball out of her hands and put someone else as there point guard.
@@charles-vp2vn How did Kobe look his rookie season when he was shooting air balls against the jazz in the playoffs? Kobe also didn’t go to the worst team in the league either
@@ProofThatAstrologyIsReal Kobe went to one team then was sent to la. It was a fairly bad team that drafted him And tbh going to a bad team is better because you get to start and get minutes. If you go to a team with a star you can’t just shoot 20 times a game as a rookie. Golden state literally had to bench great rookies this season because they weren’t needed. Kobe had bad games. Everyone does but had he went to a team that was bad I believe he would’ve done a lot better out the gate. Caitlin had the keys to the team and drove them into a ditch with 10 turnovers.
@@charles-vp2vn yeah but he wouldn’t have been winning games and that’s what this about Kobe had 3 rings by the time he was 25 that doesn’t happen on a bad team, so is it more important to have stats or wins?
In the thousands and thousands of comments all over the net on Sides note how many call her a great coach.
Absolutely ZERO.
End of that story.
The Fever’s offensive strategy is wrong. You recruited Caitlyn use her. The team does not pass to her and the team overall not that great.
This is what I expect if the Fever’s offense changes to support Caitlyn’s style of play. I expect Caitlyn to score 20-25 pts per game. The Fever will still lose but not blown out. By year 3 the Fever will be going for the championship.
Keep dreaming .
😂mane it’s crazy how people are in college everybody saying all folks hating on here she gone kill in league now everybody saying aw she ain’t going be nun in league it’s not the media it’s the people who going build u up and tear u down
What else is on
😂😂😂😂 oh be nice
I mean...she's already in a league that absolutely sucks, she'll be associated with it.
Tim Legler was absolutely right
Was it her or the person who was guarding her
Coach about to be fired.
It's not the coach Clark is garbage she a bust str8 mop
Again making excuses and the Fever are very talented. They are just young. They play better without her on the floor.
That’s why the past 2 years without her they had the worst record 🤦🏽♂️ man yall dum
Get her now! She coming!
Straight excuses lmfao if a Number 1 pick came into the NBA 10 turnovers and these type of numbers y’all screaming bust and throwing his name in the dirt 😂
Nobody would be called a bust after 1 game man yall say the dumbest stuff. Peyton manning threw for a record amount of ints his rookie season how that turn out? How Kobe look his rookie season when he shot air balls in the playoffs? U sound like a hater
Let all young ones play… keep them vets that are not use to WINNING stay on the bench
We are not talking about the team,he/she never won anything
How did Kobe look his rookie season when he was shooting air balls against the jazz in the playoffs? Man yall slow u really thought she was gone drop 40 and be unstoppable her first couple games of the season? Yall some haters period
I have never seen so many passes in completed because of piss poor offense
I thought she would actually be good I was proven to be incorrect
There's no way Clark can save this team and if anyone thinks she can is nuts. She's on a bad team that doesnt know how to play her. She'll be fine. She's a dawg.
Lol Stephen A ain't give Kwame Brown that much grace. Went out his way to call him a bust/bum 😂.... Whats really going on at espn 🤔
Making more excuses than y’all make for kd
You all said she would be the best you all said she could play in the NBA look what happens you blow someone's head up she couldnt get past angle reese and we really thought she'd dominate a pro league in year 1 honestly being apart of this basketball fandom is embarrassing 😂
Remember she could play in the NBA and the Big 3 🤡🤡🤡🤡
Let’s Be Honest She’s a 4 Year College Player-Catlin Clark is not going to that much better
CC cant help that team. What happened to Boston? Wheeler is a dumb player. She won't be enough. She coulda scored 35, 40 and they still lose.
Stephen A if this was Lebron you’d be all critical if this was ANTMAN bronny james dame dollar Kevin Durant you’d be all over them Especially Lebron
the problem i, and they know this. is clark put the w on the map. and its been a flop. they have a chance to be relevant. and theyre wasting it.
Wrong wrong wrong, They having her playing the shooting guard thats not her natural position, She needs to be the primary ball handler the offense must start and end with Caitlyn at the helm , let her be herself and she will do work trust me!
I agree. Sort of like how LSU changed HVL's roll. I have been watching CC in the W now and I honestly feel like CC is trying to involve her team too much & the team isn't treating her like the #1 pick. They need to take their entire offense and make it all about CC and opening up her ability to pass/catch/shoot and direct traffic and dish to her players.
They took the ball out of her hands because she's a turn over machine.
She turns the ball over to much that’s why she keeps getting moved out of the position lol
There is no doubt most of her team are so envious of her they are sabatoge there own team and the coach is the main hatter, in the 3rd when Erica Wheeler and Boston were out, CC and Grace Berger made a run and what does that coach do puts Eric and Boston back in, even the refs look like they are jealous of CC Calling bogus fouls on her and at the same time Allowing the opposite team to foul her at will, and Boston looks like she's was at Every all you can eat buffets on the off season she looks slow and out of shape, cc team just stands there doing nothing when she has the ball, caitlin clark needs to ask for a trade or at the very least ask for a new coach ASAP
Lmaooo. Ya'll blame everyone except CC lmao. "It's her coach! It's her teammates!" How about she got shut tf down because Liberty is a great team, Laney was all over her a$$, and Caitlyn is a rookie who is struggling. None of those things are unreasonable, unrealistic, or disrespectful. Ya'll aren't helping her by coming for her team and coach, I bet she wishes ya'll would just leave her alone, stop talking, stop having unrealistic expectations of her and let her grow.
Who is Steve A. Is a fruad
Fired the coach!!!
I guess that Taurasi was correct right here's the thing Diana Taurasi was the first pick in the draft in 2004 an average 19.2 points a game her first season not only did she have UConn championships but she has a WNBA championship
If the WNBA doesn’t find away for Clark to win the interest will dwindle.
Caitlin hype is over,she is no goat and no one will know her in 5 months....
Bust
Lol dwl she's still a rookies. What's the next excuse
Her teammates sucks and slow😂😂😂
So she
Her teammates were lottery picks. You obviously did not watch the wnba before clark.
@@mikesingle82the had the worst record 2 years in a row dum dum they obviously suck
Jimmer 2.0
Cuz you get too watch this person play a dumb ass game about halfway through
Excuses
The white savior is yet to win a single game after playing 5