A'ja Wilson on Caitlin Clark, South Carolina and if her Aces can three-peat 

Yeah but there was a lot of athletes that never went and won a college championship his an example Kobe Bryant LeBron James Larry Bird never won a college championship quite a few skit college and went straight to Pro there goes the jealousy and the racism already Janome came close to scoring 2000 points in a college career the best I ever did it the best day ever was Clark

@@MarkHarper-ek8ss but nothing- she’s not the first to state this same opinion. Stop playing the race card and being a victim and learn the definition of racism before you accuse her of being a racist.

​@AsToldByMindy but she is racist.

@@MarkHarper-ek8ssDummy, LSU dismantled Iowa. Basketball is a team sport, Scoring leader vs. Championship? What translates more?

FACTS

What did she say that wasn't uplifting? What more support could A'ja even possibly give? It's like if "certain" folks aren't praising Clark like she's God, her fans cry and call it hate. It's very weird. Clark is probably the most celebrated and supported athlete in the world right now, but because A'ja doesn't say she is the best player ever, which is absolutely debatable she's not supportive??? And A'ja literally did the SAME thing staying home at SC. Helped grow a fanbase and build it into now a recruiting powerhouse and championship program. She was able to WIN without going to a powerhouse. Why is that an excuse for CC? And if I'm not mistaken Reese didn't have any All Americans playing with her last year. So what is the REAL issue? 🤔 Every current WNBA player I hear speak about CC seem super supportive and excited about her going to the next level, as they should be.

You have to understand that back in the day when Aja was struggling to win a chip those first few years in SC that’s the standard she was held to. She couldn’t be considered great until she won. She was in the exact same boat as Clark won SC’s first championship ever without an all star top team and then went on to win championships at every other level. I think the W will uplift Clarke when she gets there but do you want her to lie about how hard it is? What she said about support from fans was spot on. Support has been an issue as girls transition. A lot of people who just jumped on the Caitlin Clark bandwagon will probably disappear when she transitions to the next level and isn’t dropping 30-40+ points every game. These women know what they are talking about, the W is tough most of the drafted don’t make it out of training camp and the few that survive the season generally struggle those first couple of years and their beloved fans get bored of them and move on.

Thanks for the insight folks- I appreciate what you wrote. I guess my hope was that we change the way we view “greatness.” A’ja and Caitlin are both great. We recently had a man talk about CC is not great until she wins a championship and I guess I’m challenging that part. I’d hate to see women jump on this bandwagon of thinking. It’s how you define greatness- if that’s by NCAA championships then ok but I just disagreed and it’s cool. We can agree to disagree. I just hope WNBA players (former and current and all male broadcasters) prepare themselves for the CC questions. And honestly, the WNBA needs her to bring the fan base to the next level. If my boss told me a coworker might be joining our team and this coworker was going to bring a huge following with the potential to elevate our work, bring more attention to us, and possibly help us make more money and sell more tickets, I’d just be cautious with my words at times. That’s all. It’s all about uplifting. A’ja didn’t say anything bad- it’s her opinion but I guess I just wish she left it at nothing but support without the “greatness championship part.” Half of that was on the interviewer too. Thanks for the replies.

Oh please she stated her opinion when asked and said nothing negative about Caitlin. A’ja helped put SC on the map. When A’ja won in 2017 the team wasn’t “stacked”.

Give it a rest your azz, clown. Team sports are about the team winning the championship. Don't like it? Then quit and go play tennis or golf. We all know there are phenomenal players who didn't win a ring - but there ain't no "greatest of all-time" in team sports who never - not only won a championship - but usually won multiple championships at multiple levels. This person is also usually THE LEADER, i.e. most important player on the team. That ain't my criteria; the criterias been around for decades

Okay, who’s greater, MJ or Lebron?

@@Glenda_M._Francishe don’t know he only dick riding with cc because she’s a white

@@Glenda_M._Francis MJ. He was MVP 5 times, the scoring leader 10 of his 15 seasons, and the Defensive POY once. In 21seasons, LeBron was scoring leader once, never defensive POY, and MVP 4 times. It took 118 more games for Lebron to pass MJ’s scoring record. There. Proved who was better without even mentioning the obvious finals comparison. Rings work in professionals because there is an equalizer. Teams have salary caps and a draft to disperse talent. That doesn’t exist in college and you get super teams that hoard all of the top end talent, like UConn and South Carolina in women’s basketball or Alabama, Georgia, and Ohio State in football. You take the best player in of those great UConn teams and place them on a roster with Iowa’s caliber of player outside of Caitlin, they don’t even sniff the final four, more than likely. Let alone get to the national championship game twice. If you put Caitlin on one of those stacked rosters the past 4 years, she has 4 rings easily. The woman people most often point to as the GOAT for women’s college basketball is Breanna Stewart. She had 4 rings. She was the number 1 draft pick her senior year. The number 2 and number 3 picks were also seniors on her team that year. Pretty easy to win when you have the 3 best players in the country on one team. Caitlin didn’t have anything like that.

Maybe, but you do have to win championships AND be a really great player to be considered the GOAT. Their teammates may have championships but were they really great players 🤷🏽‍♀️not when compared to the greatest

Caitlin and Angel are really popular atm so it makes sense why people are being asked about them.

@@tootsx8675 they doing it in a way to start trouble tho

@@justdontletthemwin I get what you mean but I understand why the media talks about angel and Caitlin as they generate income and clicks for networks. It’s all good though, the wnba have benefited from these conversations as it exposes them to a younger crowd. 😏

@@tootsx8675 💯

Great, how many championships???

I was originally thinking for CC to go to WNBA. Now, nah. Stay in school, keep cashing in on NIL. In a place that loves CC, and wants to see her do well. She gets one more year of college, too. The idea that she has nothing left to prove in college is sort of empty and hollow...she can still play for a coach and team that wants to play with her. And yeah, Iowa has good 'regional' talent...UConn, SC, Stanford, other programs recruit nationally and internationally. Most of Iowa's roster is from IA and IL, which is reflective of the student body. SC only has two players from SC on their roster. UConn has not a single player from CT.

Nah she said what she said. Y’all would say that when it comes to CC but if it’s any one else they’d have to have a ring. I don’t care who’s on the team. A team is a team and if you don’t like that then the coach should’ve recruited better. SC hadn’t even been to the sweet sixteen yet until the year before A’ja got there. From the minute she got there every thing has been uphill for that program. Fact of the matter is if CC is as good as y’all say she is she’ll be able to win a championship no matter who’s on her squad. And racism in the wnba? The only racism in the league is them trying to force Sabrina down our throats when it’s been clear that A’ja Wilson is the face of the league.

@@youdontneedtoknowallat4805 all facts👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

​@@youdontneedtoknowallat4805People will remember "the person" who Broke ALL the Records; Not Who were All the players on a Championship Team. Clark has Proven herself.

@@pattibond2342 2 things can be true sweetheart. But that championship is what they play for. Anybody can pass up a record when they’re really good but no one can take away the first championship in program history. That is what matters for all of these ladies. What you think matters to her more a record or trying to win a championship? Be fr

I think its fair from A'ja's point of view since that's the exact standard she was held to as a player. She was in the same boat as Caitlin. South Carolina wasn't a loaded team back when she won it. She could've jumped ship to a better team like UCONN but she stayed down with SC and led them to winning their first chip and really helped turned that whole program around.

You want her to lie? Her definition of GOAT includes a ring.

@@WellreadSneakerhead - Dont want her to lie ... I'm just commenting on her comment. Respect her thru and thru.

@marceybull absolutely! She won not being on a stacked team so it seems unfair to say that's not a fair comparison, but I appreciate the respectful discourse.

@@sitetrap she was not in the same boat as Caitlin and Iowa, not even close. Her championship winning season, she had fellow 5 stars Tasha Harris, Alisha Gray, Kaela Davis, Bianca Cuevas-Moore, and Aragon Bradshaw. Caitlin was the only 5 star on Iowa’s team. South Carolina may not have been the UConn juggernaut that was undefeated until that Final Four, but they were the clear #2 program in the country behind them with a buttload of talent. What Caitlin did is far more impressive.

Larry Bird was in the first generation of 3 point shooters in the early 1980s, so even his 3P game wasn't as polished as the current guard of players, heck he won one of the All Star game shootouts with only 15 three-pointers made

Quit being stupid, dimwit - assuming you can quit....if Larry Bird had not won shit in the pros, then you are right, he would NOT be great. What she said was Clark has to continue to develop ALL aspects of her game and she needs to win at least one championship SOME FUGGIN' WHERE...she didn't win one in high school, she won't win one in college, so she needs win in the pros. Don't you know that there are DOZENS of women in the WNBA and in the Basketball Hall of Fame who have scored thousands of points and have won championships in high school, college AND/OR the pros????? The #1 goal of team sports is for your TEAM to win the championship - NOT for individuals to selfishly accumulate personal stats. Too many of you Clark followers are like Meth head one-trick ponies...all you know is Clark, Clark, Clark. Clark has had a successful college career, but she ain't won shit yet in a team sport, so pipe down, clown. You need to hope she gets to play with some better players so they can help her finally win.

Exactly, greatness shouldn’t be based on just rings. She’s definitely top 5 greatest woman’s collegiate players of all time and they know it. She literally carried her team on her own back to the finals, breaking numerous records and her college career isn’t even over yet. The majority of people who have rings relied on a heavy stacked team and didn’t break numerous records like Caitlin has done. Even if Caitlin never wins a natty she will remain in the list of top 5 for good reason.

@@tootsx8675 - quit lying. Clark hasn't broken the most records...not even close, and not all championship teams were heavily stacked. Of course, you are ignorant of these facts because all you know is "Clark" and nothing else. Sad. Quit making excuses about Clark's teammates...Clark's failure in 4 years at Iowa to attract other top players is a glaring, yet overlooked shortcoming. Some speculate it was intentional so Clark could take all the shots and hog all the publicity. Top players come out of high school every year who fit Iowa's demographic. They play at schools nationwide - Duke, UCLA, Stanford, Ivy League, NC/NC State, UCONN, Notre Dame, Ohio State,...and on and on. How come NONE would join Clark? Seems odd. No other top program has had such a failed recruiting and xfer portal record over a 4 year period - which is why many suspect its been intentional. You can't whine about "heavily stacked" teams when you either deliberately don't want any other top players or you are too incompetent to sign them. If Hall of Fame writers and broadcasters, who know the 50 year history of the game, put together a "Top 5" list of women players, Clark has ZERO chance of making that list - too many better all-around players have played the game. You've been bamboozled by the current Clark promotion campaign. Do yourself a favor and learn something about the game OTHER than Clark.

And he is not. He is known for his rivalry with Magic which brought the game back from the dead and we all know why that is 🙃

You need more than a jump shot

She can pass also

What did she say that was negative?

@@MyeshaJenkins Aja claimed that Clark success was because she is white, which is a racist comment.

Since win? Who in any sport is considered the greatest of all time and doesn’t have at least a single chip? Cause last I checked the GOATS have more than 1.

Its NCAA wbb record..not the all time..which is Pearl..

No one watches the wnba.

Right!

@@erichskrika4041that’s the point the op was making. Y’all don’t watch so why have any opinion on what the players are saying.

Who is he?

She just set records on both Fanatics and Topps...since Thursday lol

I hope the league players realize they’ve got a golden opportunity to lift the entire league. Clark is more popular than anyone in that league.

@@theodoreblumoff Not to mention whoever drafts her! NFL franchises have hired head coaches and offensive coordinators to work with a specific high draft pick at QB. Any owner that DOESN'T tell his GM and Coach to let HER be HER and any selfish teammates that push back against her being the same CC people pack arenas to see, will just prove this league is nothing more than a welfare program and is essentially being run like the federal government!

That’s only because the wnba has a problem with pushing a’ja as the face of the league. She is the face of the league but they’d always wanna force Sabrina down our throats why? Because she’s a popular white girl who can shoot same as CC. A’ja is the better all round player.

@@bobboyoop1141 Yeah, she becomes Fanatic's top-selling NCCA athlete after breaking women's scoring record. She and women's college basketball have always been more popular than the WNBA players. Iowa (Caitlin) and LSU (A. Reese)...March Madness Final ratings set a record high for NCCA women's basketball.

Playing with 5 star recruits doesn't automatically mean you'll be successful. Just like scoring the most points doesn't automatically make you the best player. Best shooter yes but the best player ever no. You have to be developed PERIOD.

How come no 5-star recruits ever wanted to play with Clark? Iowa and Clark had 4 whole years to recruit 5-star recruits; how come they ALL declined to go play with Clark? Huh? They had no problem being a teammate of Wilson, Paige Bueckers, Cameron Brink, Jacy Sheldon, or other top players, but how come NONE wanted to play alongside Clark???? Whose to blame? Clark? The Iowa coach? Both? It certainly ain't Wilson's fault, lol.

@@waldolydecker8118wah wah wah wah🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

@@waldolydecker8118. I’ll tell you why. They had the same five starters for three years. This is the first of her years without two of those starters. The other two decided to stay and play their Covid year with Caitlin. The “5 star” athletes you’re talking about, aren’t 5 star athletes they’re just young women and their actions say a lot about who they are. There is a culture at Iowa to bring up the best young women, make productive citizens out of them and to develop basketball skills along the way. Even if she were to win a national title, you’d still hate her and never admit she the best. I’ll tell you what, you can have your best fictional 5 stars and will take the best women and if we get there, then we get there. Your hate has blinded you, and you will never see the truth until it’s too late for you!

@@johnraymond9170 - Racist clown, what are you talking about? You exposed yourself with all your "pure" Iowa nonsense talk. I said nothing about any certain type of 5 star recruit...I don't have a horse in the race. What about the WHITE 5-star recruits that are announced every year...there have been plenty of them over Clark's four years at Iowa. Don't you follow the game, dumbo??? White 5-star recruits sign with schools from coast to coast every year. Aren't these WHITE 5-star recruits "pure" enough for Iowa to recruit and "pure" enough for racists like you and your family to celebrate? If not, what's the problem with these white recruits? Are you saying that you and Iowa have an even higher level of racism where you even require the White 5-star recruits to have a specific white ethnic family heritage before Iowa will recruit them? This sounds like a recruiting philosophy from Adolph Hitler's Nazi recruiting doctrine rather than one for a basketball team. You must explain why all of the many White 5-star recruits over the 4 years of Caitlin Clark's career were deemed by Iowa to be UNACCEPTABLE for recruiting. It makes no sense that these white 5-star recruits would somehow ruin Iowa's "pure culture" or would not be productive white citizens.

Well sweetheart you better do you research cause A’ja Wilson along with Breanna Stewart is the best in the league. She’s literally the face of the WNBA. Her resume is ridiculous and she’s just getting started. She’s in 27 so this is only the beginning. Some of y’all just jumped on the wbb wagon because of CC and that shows you know nothing about wbb. And she’s right, Clark has to win a ring to be ranked among the best of the best.

@@youdontneedtoknowallat4805 GOAT = Ring ... Not a fair comparison nowadays as she could jump on a loaded team and win one if she chose to .... I kinda want her to do so as it makes things interesting and it sure would shock folks!! .... But Im a life-long Hawkeye and my dad would disown me for saying such a thing!! : O

You never hearing of Wilson, simply makes you ignorant...probably just the tip of the iceberg of your ignorance. By your own admission, you are typical of the influx of new Clark fans....all you know is Clark, you freely admit you really know nothing else about the game, other players, other teams, or the sports history. Just ignorant Clark fans. This is the ignorance that is now being ushered into the game by the Clark promotion campaign. Sad.

@@waldolydecker8118 - but that momentum can be built upon with embracing it instead of being insulting ... That pushes folks away ... The more draw to the WNBA, the more money these young women will all finally make ... It's win-win .... (Not saying people can't point out flaws or weaknesses in CC's game - that comes with the territory for high profile talents).

You must sleep 🛌 under a rock

Jealous about what? Caitlyn didn’t invent wbb and is standing on the shoulders of greatness. A’ja’s won in college and is a 2x WNBA champ, 2x MVP, Finals MVP, and 2x DPOY. The resumes don’t compare!

@@Glenda_M._FrancisI’m telling u these ppl taking cc side don’t watch the game they don’t know shit about the game only dick riding because she’s white. Trust me if cc was black it wouldnt be like this. Why? Because there been black girls in the game since forever. Congrats to their first great white girl in the game.

lol don’t start crying, she’s simply saying in sports you acknowledge the championship wins not just the stats.

Kobe nor Lebron went to college. They went to the NBA straight out if high school..