If you're looking for me to defend racists on Twitter Archived Message
Posted by Sounder on April 2, 2024, 18:43:29, in reply to "And if people (especially Iowa fans, not exactly known for their diversity) could criticize her"
or to even look up racists on Twitter, neither is going to happen. Regardless, she kind of did this to herself, and in no way am I justifying the backlash against her. Previous Message Without using racist terminology and without the death threats ffs, it'd be fine. Go peruse Iowa Twitter. Even my Iowa fan friend (white lady who raised two black boys) is appalled by them. Previous Message and then play the victim after the fact. Previous Message I don't think this is very fun for her. Previous Message the LSU women's basketball team is catnip. I think the actually like being villains, whether they will admit it or not. Previous Message Is racist Previous Message And I’ll note that social media has run amok with Caitlin Clark criticism in the last month. Previous Message Previous Message She seems to get a similar following. They are very similar players. The ability to shoot that well with unlimited range makes her unique. And the notion that she’s getting all of this publicity because she’s white is silly. A bunch of the all time greats - Taurasi, Lobo, Sue Bird - were also white and they didn’t get anywhere close to the level of attention that Clark gets. Previous Message 1) The default response from some is that Caitlin Clark gets this level of attention/fanfare because she’s white, and there’s no doubt a component of that which is true. But it’s also because she’s good in a way that is different than all those previous great players, no one has ever shot the ball from deep like her before. She is the female Stephen Curry. And let’s be honest, it wasn’t appointment television for anyone to watch a center like Breanna Stewart that was just bigger than everyone else. 2) The talent in women’s basketball has certainly come a long way since the days of Lobo, but goodness do the few very elite players still look like they’re playing a different sport. Even on the best teams you’d go from great plays by Clark and Reese to some truly gross bricks and missed layups by their other teammates. That definitely makes the star power feel more noticeable in the women’s game, to a much larger degree than it does in the men’s game. A guy from Yale can look like the best player on the court in a given night in the men’s game, there will never be a game against a lower quality opponent where the likes of Caitlin Clark or JuJu Watkins don’t move around the court in a completely different way than everyone else. I also don’t know why ESPN keeps trying to make Jay Williams a thing, he has always come across very fake and generally unlikeable. Previous Message insisting that Caitlin Clark can't be the GOAT if she doesn't win a National Championship (or, in Lobo's case, multiple National Championships), played for easily the most prominent programs in their respective sports. Lobo specifically mentioned Breanna Stewart as someone with whom Clark can't compete because Stewart won four National titles in four years. Honey, when Breanna Stewart started school, UConn had 6 national titles in 13 seasons. The fact that Breanna Stewart also won national titles doesn't make her the GOAT, it just means she went to UConn. Does anyone think UConn wouldn't have won national titles during that time frame if Stewart had gone elsewhere? Clark's run at Iowa is much more impressive. Iowa was a middle-of-the-road B1G program and she's one game away from taking them to a second consecutive title game while being the all-time leading scorer in NCAA history. Just a completely ridiculous position to take. And of course Jay Williams chimes in with the same shit. Going to Duke is taking the easy way out. You want to be a GOAT? Win at a school where no one else has won.
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- It cracks me up that the two most prominent voices (Rebecca Lobo and Jay Williams) - GMAW April 2, 2024, 14:59:18
- Oh no, Kamala… - OB25 April 5, 2024, 11:39:31
- Kamalol* - ATL April 5, 2024, 19:17:57
- Was she meaning to be talking about gambling? * - illinijohn April 5, 2024, 19:12:30
- Hahaha…* - harb April 5, 2024, 18:12:41
- Someone better already be working on a SNL-style sketch for if this statement was actually true - OB25 April 5, 2024, 13:54:17
- Even the Veep writers think this is on the nose* - bigbop85 April 5, 2024, 12:45:35
- ooo - IlliniSax05 April 5, 2024, 12:38:48
- Oooof.* - Warrin'_Illini April 5, 2024, 12:33:06
- Feels like a missed plot point for Selina Meyer. - tvillini April 5, 2024, 12:27:09
- Hahaha so cringey* - illini21 April 5, 2024, 12:15:14
- What the effing eff is wrong with her - Sounder April 5, 2024, 12:08:39
- Can’t wait for KJP to somehow claim that Kamala was actually correct* - GMAW April 5, 2024, 12:02:13
- Wow. Just wow* - bjl63 April 5, 2024, 11:48:43
- I don't even understand what she bastardized to state this.* - CanHartlebHireSnider April 5, 2024, 11:47:39
- I was trying to figure that out as well. - OB25 April 5, 2024, 12:05:18
- Apparently, the Women's tournament wasn't referred officially as part of March Madness until 2022* - IlliniRunner April 5, 2024, 12:37:17
- Brackets in 2021! - CanHartlebHireSnider April 5, 2024, 12:30:35
- Some staffer with no knowledge of sports looked up something for 10 seconds on the internet* - IlliniRunner April 5, 2024, 12:24:53
- I bet that's what it is* - Sounder April 5, 2024, 12:09:06
- Biden made a bracket in 2022 with Delaware as champ - maybe that?* - Potomac April 5, 2024, 12:07:34
- Maybe she meant to say 1982? I dunno doesn't seem like it* - CanHartlebHireSnider April 5, 2024, 11:49:01
- An actual good clip from a talking head debate show… - OB25 April 3, 2024, 22:38:00
- Jay Williams is a moron. That street light should have finished the job.* - Toonces April 2, 2024, 20:00:02
- I know the early game got all the fanfare, but Juju Watkins and Paige Bueckers - OrangeSox April 2, 2024, 17:52:48
- 12.3 million viewers last night, most viewed college basketball game on ESPN ever - assassin April 2, 2024, 16:48:31
- I hate that greatness is defined by championships - snipes824 April 2, 2024, 16:45:48
- turned on the game in the 4th quarter not sure who to root against. 3 minutes later the answer was - Chuck Woodaby April 2, 2024, 16:20:41
- I had a couple thoughts on this when watching last night - OB25 April 2, 2024, 15:32:07
- Not sure you can crown Clark yet, but she's undoubtedly in the conversation - bjl63 April 2, 2024, 15:13:21
- To be fair to Rebecca Lobo. UConn women's basketball wasn't much when she got there - CanHartlebHireSnider April 2, 2024, 15:04:40
- agreed. and Rebecca Lobo hates Albany!* - Poldark April 2, 2024, 15:02:50
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