Robert Griffin III is on the WNBA hype train and he is not going to stand for any Caitlin Clark hate.
The previous NFL quarterback and ex-ESPN analyst took to social media to call out WNBA players who appeared to have a difficulty with Clark and the eye she’s been getting all season since she was taken No. 1 overall on this yr’s draft.
Clark and the view other players within the WNBA have of her were back within the headlines on Sunday after Clark appeared to have a small run-in with the Storm’s Skylar Diggins-Smith.
One other Storm player, Jewell Loyd, sidestepped an issue about Clark in the course of the postgame press conference as well, only furthering the narrative.
But Griffin didn’t take too kindly to the apparent Clark disses.
“It’s VERY CLEAR WNBA players are uninterested in Caitlin Clark getting all of the shine and being the vocal point of each discussion,” RGIII wrote on X. “It’s beyond competitiveness and physical play. They don’t even wish to answer questions on her. In the event that they don’t prefer it, THEN STOP HER.”
Clark has been shattering Indiana Fever and WNBA records left and right, including on Sunday against the Storm when she had nine assists to interrupt the league record for total assists by a rookie with 225.
However the shoulder bump by Diggins-Smith and the refusal to reply an issue about Clark by Loyd, reignited the continuing debate over how Clark is viewed by her fellow players.
Sports talking heads have been weighing in on the subject for months, and the newest incident drove Shannon Sharpe to lose it.
“Y’all [are] mad because that corn fed Iowa girl [is] busting your ass. Y’all said she’s too weak. ‘She will’t do that.’ She’s leading the WNBA in assists. She’s cooking. Let her cook! Let her cook!” Sharpe screamed on his “Night Cap” Podcast.
Clark has quickly grow to be the face of the league with fellow rookie Angel Reese, who has carved out a robust 2024 season of her own.
In a separate post on Monday night, Griffin, who was fired by ESPN on Thursday together with Sam Ponder in a reported budgetary decision, praised each rookies.
“Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese aren’t playing like rookies. They’re TAKING THE WNBA BY STORM in their very own way,” a part of his post read. “Angel Reese is the FASTEST EVER in WNBA History to record 20 double doubles, is 3 away from setting the record for many in a season and has essentially the most double digit rebound games with 22.
“Caitlin Clark broke a 26 yr old WNBA rookie record for assists in a season, the Indiana Fever have matched their win total from last yr with 12 games left within the season and she or he ranks eleventh in PPG. The WNBA is in good hands for the foreseeable future.”
Griffin’s time with the network got here to an end when it got here out last Thursday that they were moving on.
He had been pulled off “Monday Night Countdown” in May in order that ESPN could add recently retired player Jason Kelce to the network.
Griffin wrote on social media on Sunday that he would “answer” questions soon surrounding the firing by the Worldwide Leader in Sports.
