Doug Gottlieb Disputes A'ja Wilson Saying Caitlin Clark's Popularity is Linked to Race 

Ur comment is dumb

No it's not crazy at all. It's called competitiveness. Now saying stupid things like that girl is only popular because of race is another story.

How is telling the truth, hating. Why are we pretending that race is not a factor. The white house tried to invite the 2nd place team there after losing. When does that happen. When does the loser get an invite to the white house. Nobody is saying that Clark isn't good. America was founded on race, and race is still a massive factor. These are the factors in the insane coverage. Caitlin is Straight, White, Talented, and from Middle America. She represents a demograpic of people not really represented in the WNBA. Aja Wilson isnt' wrong. White people don't want race to be a factor, but it just is. Why continue to lie about it.

It’s crazy…but it doesn’t surprise me. Victim culture is toxic.

You're delusional if you think race doesn't play a factor. And it's ok, but to deny that exists is what's crazy.

No, it just means that a certain demographic steadfastly refuses to let go of the past.

Why do you think Conner McGregor is a billionaire? Its because USA is full of racists. Thats where all his money comes from. He is the modern day White Hope. He made his money fighting a black man and a Muslim..... Caitlin Clarke is only popular because of Angel Reese. White American love cheering for one of their own to beat a black person.

​@@petep5207. The same demographic that is still flying the Confederate flag? Which one are you referring to?

Every player with a shoe in the WNBA is white.

@@BryanC-kw1py If it's something they do not want to discuss or deal with you need to get over it and move on, but if it's something that they like then it's an important part of history.

Good point!

Plum had a personality that fit in with the lesbians of the WNBA. Breanna Steward too, Della Donne too.

​@@jacobwilliams5271 but Plum is married to Waller though.... It's her play style and how she dominated college basketball.

@@KinSlayer5220 Yeah a lot of the attentoin she gets comes from how well she played in college, getting to the national champs 2 years in a row put a lot of eyes on her. I wouldn't say it is her play style alone, though she is fun to watch. Sabrina Inouescu has the same play style, and was the #1 pick in 2020, but she lacks charisma. It is a combination of things that make Caitlin popular.

BS... It's because she's white....And y'all are looking for a Great white hope.

I do agree

might huh? okay how do black people feel about black players? doesn't that work both ways if true?

Why would fans stop watching because Caitlin's competition challenge her? It's basketball. Let Caitlin prove why she's popular

@@fulanspeaks7319how does claiming that you are only popular because of your race constitute challenging someone in basketball? Make it make sense

She needs to say sit down, shut up, collect your checks. Or you are out of the league

This is the best comment on this whole situation. Sums it up well.

Bingo🫵🏿🥳

Fact!

This!!!

I don't think even A'ja Wilson thinks Caitlin Clark is popular SOLELY BECAUSE she's white. But the real question even Gottlieb is not asking is, if a black girl with very inner city black looks, with the same exact playing style and physical attributes, plays exactly at the same level, will she be a megastar like Caitlin Clark. I don't know the answer, but I kind of doubt it.

the same blacks love angel reese

Actually, it is the mortal sin of today's woke America embracing anything white, even though ALL of modern western society can basically be credited to white people.

Are we looking for presence of white ppl who like her because she is white? If so, YES, you will find that. This is america. But majority of peoppe like her for her game! Aja is 6”4, Reese is 6”2, Clark is 6”0….only one of these players shoots 3s which is what every kid and young adult likes to do. We saw this experiment with Steph Curry. In a league of giants, when someone shorter reveals some attractive playing style (shooting), everyone supports her.

@@fredm.2699 "White is 6"0....who? 😆

@@THenryisBae lmao…Clark…this topic is so pervaded by race that i got mixed up…I’ll edit it

What?

Nah, she’s pretty damn good…go whine to gay man Tariq nasheed

Dude, I am an Asian and don’t care about the last white hope stuff. Instead, I ridicule white NBA players. But I watch CC because she is a fascinating player.

@ Desmond 100% facts Just like jokic .. I’ve been saying this for forever.

Nothing wrong with keeping it real instead of sugarcoating

and so what?

@@teddylovesit so why deny the reality of this truth, that’s what.

Well said! This lie that race doesn’t matter when they say it doesn’t matter is OLD NEWS. Those denying these facts are just letting you know what side they stand on.

Yep, that’s why no one watches the NBA. Too many black people

this is why this will never be resolved. No one wants to actually have an HONEST conversation about this

Yeah because her merch was selling in large amounts before she even had a signature shoe deal. Then they decided to give her one which the sales on that skyrocketed and sold out upon release. If it was about race then why did Nike side with Colin Kapernick. If anything that campaign lost them a huge chunk of money and paid Colin Kapernick a huge chunk of money.

Wtf are you talking about? Her WNBA career so far has been awful.

No one cares

@@theoneonly259 So awful she's rookie of the month for May and had 2 out of 12 games scoring 30 points. Why are you talking crap about her?

Not all white people are racists.... For a lot of us the colour of CCs skin does not factor into our opinion of her whatsoever.

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Please stop comparing her to Steph just because they both hit a lot of 3s. Steph doesn’t need to be wide open to hit a 3, Steph is a strong ball handler, Steph can drive hard to the basket. Maybe someday Caitlin can add these skills to her game, but currrently not even close to the wide range of skills that Steph has had.

@@Sc-Runner Have you watched Caitlin? Because to imply she needs to be wide open to hit 3s shows you didn't. She dribbles to her left and then shoots the shots in motion. Like Steph does. And while Caitlin doesn't have Steph's ball handling skills she has better passing skills than Steph.

It's obvious that because she's white she's been hyped up and given shoe deals. Some black people are better than her and haven't gotten the same praise and offers

No he isnt. CC is only popular because of Angel Reese.... Great White Hope.

@@theoneonly259 you got a point

@@donaldchesser157 A wrong one. CC is popular due to her story and her game. She looks like Curry in terms of effortless long 3s and kind of like Stockton in terms of passing precision. Other women just don't play with the same finesse yet fiery spirit where she definitely gets into trash talking.

She is a he

Yeah Doug is dumb or delusional, or both

Says you. What a ludicrous statement. Who was more embraced and had the biggest following for quite some time in the history of golf which is a predominantly white sport? His skin color didn’t matter. Some people can get past it . Apparently you can’t . Racist.

exactly! idk why people play dumb. It’s okay to say race plays a role & be honest about it

Prove it

Tiger was a phenom. He could have been a goddamn Alien, he was getting press, sponsors, you name it. Tiger is black, Asian, Caucasian and Native American. The fact he was playing golf and wasn’t white was the story, because golf is typically thought of as a white guy beer belly sport. What’s your retort for MJ, there were great white and black players before him. He electrified the league and interest in it. Was Kareem not great? Bird? Seems like A’ja is upset because she’s just not as popular as she thought?

Calm down. Nobody hates Caitlin Clark. Nobody cares enough about her to hate her.

It’s not hate we just call out the BS every time we see it

@@nickbarcheck1019 - YOU CALM DOWN. I HAVE READ A TON OF COMMENTS EXPRESSING NOT ONLY HATRED BUT BLATANT RACISM TOWARD CLARK.

@@petep5207 But I have seen that same kind of hate coming from Caitlin Clark fans at other players and coaches.

You spelled Resse wrong!​@@petep5207

Get off of it. No it is not. The way she plays is why she is popular. PLEASE - name me all of thr other popular WHITE wnba players? The fact that CC22 is the ONLY white player in the entire history of the WNBA that people know PROVES it is not about race. Diana Taurasi is the alltime WNBA scorer. No one cares. No one cares about Breanna Stuart, Sue Bird, Sabrina Ionescu, Elle Delladon, Rebecca Lobo, etc. People don't even care about Calmeron Brink - and she's connected to Steph Curry Look at the entire history of women's basketball - both college and professional. Who are the most recognized basketball players? Almost all of them are BLACK WOMEN. Cheryl Miller us the most recognized and seen as the goat. Then there is Sheryl Swoopes. Add to that Lisa Leslie. Everyone knows about DAWN STALEY. Robin Roberts and Cynthia Cooper. ALL BLACK WOMEN. Add Hannah Storm and Rebecca Lobo for white women. In the entire history of rhe league all if the shoe does were with BKACK WOMEN - accept for three. The highest ratings for the league was during its first four years when ALL of the stars were BLACK. Don't jump into a fight that you don't understand just because you have your political and ROMANTIC gripes as a BW. I bet you are not even a fan of women's basketball. You just want a reason to whine about WW.

You nailed it!!💯💯💯💯

The difference between men & women.

Then explain to me why Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Breanna Stewart, Elena Delle Donne, Kelsey Plum, and Sabrina Ionescu, who are all white, didn’t get this kind of hype? Stop playing the race card.

@@derrickket087 Exactly! Unfortunately people are blinded by their biases…unable to see Caitlin has that “Curry Effect”on the game .

lol. Nice fantasy. CC was selling out arenas before Angel and even sold out a 57k outdoor arena against lowly DePaul.

@@BigJasonHenderson selling out arenas and no one cared about until the angel Reese situation you nerd. It became a worldwide story. Use your brain..Which is why I said boosted her status because of racial undertones for kids like you. Also Taylor swift was already selling out shows before Kanye no one cared lol.

That literally proves her point but you’re too stupid to realize that 🤡

What?! Only Caitlin Clark causes shoe deals now? That's stupid to think that.

this mentality is why people say what they say.. the whole rewriting history thing has to stop.. yall been doing it for too long.. now caitlin clark is the pioneer of wnba girls getting nike deals.. gtfoh.. in 10 years yall gonna say she invented the 3 pointer .. its almost genetically inherent to change history and dismiss or hide everyone elses...

Man stop Goat shoe sold out last year. It sold out

Aja should be kissing Caitlyns ass. No Clark. No shoe deal for her among othe endorsement deals

Definitely some truth in what you say. We can look back to Larry Bird and how him being White attracted casual fans who didn't care about the NBA, into ones who would watch and root for him. I don't necessarily see anything bad about casual fans wanting to relate to a player in some way. In a way, Larry Bird saved the league, because he gave casual fans a reason to even watch the NBA and had an epic storyline vs. Magic Johnson and the Lakers. I feel like Caitlin Clark is doing the exact thing, which is a good thing for the league, and we can already see many examples. However, race alone doesn't explain the full picture. If it did, then why aren't Kelsey Plum and Sabrina Ionescu just as popular? Both had great college careers, yet they never managed to build anything close to the same kind of fan base as Caitlin has managed to. What about Sue Bird and Diana Taurassi? They have plenty of fans but they never helped pull this amount of hype and viewers to the league. Nope. It shows you that Caitlin Clark is a very special player and has other attributes that make her more appealing to watch as a player.

​@ppoint432 Plum and Sabrina didn't have a black villian that "taunted" them either....Ive heard so many(white) people say the only reason they started watching wbb was because Reese vs Clark dominated the headlines......Clark is an outstanding player..Nobody will deny that...But race is the elephant in the room

On that, remember Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird at her moment? They were good I college, best players a in their sport. But they didn't have the "It" factor. They came from a stacked team. The average college basketball fan, true fan goes for the underdog. Caitlin Clark carried that Iowa. We, college fans root and will always root for the underdog. It's about believing. We believe in her!

@RaulRodriguez-qf7nh Again, if she was black would it be the same effect?

@courtneyalston can you name 1 player, black, that carried a whole team to the NCAA Championship?

You just argued that the best person doesn't win, the most popular does. This means that black women can be better or work harder than Clark and Clark will still out achieve them. This is what Aja is pointing to.

Serena was seen as a bully on the court at times. I loved her but she had some antics. Maria was a poor man's Kournikova.

Serena, Kobe, LeBron are hated on by Caucasian people every day.

@@SuperMogul not all black people like them either. Welcome to being famous.

Race is a small insignificant factor in who you support…there are many white players…you cant buy tickets and commit money to watch someone because theyre white…you like her because she is good…

Black folk thrive in sports , this white girl isn't popular because of her race. African Americans have ALWAYS been accepted mainstream as athletes. The skill we have white folk LOVE!! . AJA just isn't popular because she isn't entertaining. Sports is meant for entertainment that's what sells.

Serena Williams was destroying Maria Sharapova on the court, and Maria was getting almost 3X the endorsement money? Why? Because of race. Why do we lie about it being a major factor.

Serena Williams is popular because all other races don’t care if she’s black, if you think Serena Williams is popular among black peoples becuse she is black then black people is just pathetic

thank you! a great, honest & nuanced take!

I see what you did there😂

What about the White players like Diana Taurasi?

Yeah it’s a big problem here for sure!

You guys killed all the real Australians who originally lived there

@@jasonjackson33😭😂😂 this

@@jasonjackson33 I'm aboriginal mate. The irony of proving my piont. SMH

Being popular not for talent, but for being white. White DEI at play here.

Poor little White girl can't seem to hang in the pros. She'll need some of those poor little Black girls to be able to compete.😷

Popular amongst whites…sorry but you don’t reflect the rest of the country or the world.

You mean taking a no-name program to the Final Four twice??? Yeesh, the Fab Five are the most famous college ballers ever and that’s what they did …

@@17NateJohnson I'm talking about the WNBA you stable genius

@@FuzzyStayBuzzin183 highest scorer ever, Big ten titles and 2 Final Fours is pretty outstanding. And I don’t anyone has claimed GoAT status. She’s just v good.

@@17NateJohnson I'm talking about the WNBA so Christian laettner is the greatest of all time since you're mentioning college correct

That's REAL power.

She is the female Jimmer Fredette.

Lol 😂 right, she's only good for popping 3s, can't hit the broad side of the barn under 3 because of the tough wnba defense

Be quiet Curry fanboy

Correct and both she and Venus were hated out the gate for no reason at all.

lol. Caitlin was phenomenal as a freshmen, a 3x all-Americans, two-time player of the year, and highest scorer of all time, sells out 57k outdoor arenas, and more. You need some common sense.

Its her shooting ability. It's high level

He's exceptionally great. He's got that status as a rapper among rappers.

@@benjaminsmith2287 But he doesn't have one album that you can listen to all the way through. He's raps well but doesn't say much if that make sense.

@@moxmann He says a ton to me. Especially when he's not doing the comic stuff. But everybody has their favorites and folks they just don't connect with.

Like what?

0-2 in championships... is this tennis, boxing or golf? Is it 1 against 5?

What's your point?

Teams win championships not individuals

she owns the scoring title. do you not get how good you have to be to do that?

A lot of people are rocking Sabrinas brodie🤙🏿

Well multi -millionaires that have actually ran a popular shoe company disagree with you.

What about Page?

@@benjaminsmith2287 the only other female WNBA Player that I would give a shoe deal to Kelsey Plum of the Las Vegas Aces

Why does race play no part in Micheal Jordan or Steph Currys popularity. ?

Right and who is the ppl lives and hate on Reese yes it is a race thing AJa is Right

@@jasmineanderson2154 maybe in your case yes

Exactly. She is a Great White Hope. If not for Angel Reese nobody would care.

Exactly 💯💯💯 All these fake 🤥 Caitlin Clark fanboys coming out of the woodwork. Only to support C.C, because they don't know a thing about women basketball 🏀

Too bad she was selling out arenas long before Angel and every time after.

Man that girl can pack gyms like no other player in wnba stop the hate

You need to look at her stats and records. But it must be easier to ignore her accomplishments

Um Lebron James is discussed every 5 minutes on ESPN. He’s black last time I looked?

They let Doug say anything as long as he pretends that racism isn’t real

Yeah because alot of those players the general public did not know who they really were so they weren't getting mobbed at airports.

youu could, but, you can't prove it.

I think Angel Reese is the reason.