The funny thing is i used to see people joke and poke fun at the WNBA and they would show videos of missed shots and missed layups and it would be an entire compilation that looked like Angel Reese highlights 😂😂 then i see them praise her for doing the same things i seen prime make fun of them for for years and i thought to myself, hmm i see why this league makes no money 🤣
@@jasmineanderson2154 hes not wrong though, in a sense. People used to make fun of the wnba for missed layups and missed shots much like reese was doing, her skill(or lack thereof) is very similar to the reasons people clowned on the WNBA for years, her lack of ability has been seen before and we clowned on that poor basketball ability for ages and they wanted to make her rookie of the year for doing the same shit we made fun of for decades, that shit do be kinda funny tho not gonna lie
Sue Bird, don't be like Reese, "it's not just one person but ME TOO!" Ben, please note the LPGA welcomed Caitlin as viewership increased. They paired her with their #1 player and Annika for back nine. They were welcoming and business, and marketing Savvy. All the while the WNBA dropped the ball (again) never mentioning their face of the league and what she was doing for womans sports. This should have been their main comment and marketing strategy as well. Not a word of her "EFFECT".
Wow them Ladies just welcomed our CC,,at 22 the world knows her,,I'm so happy CC golfed,,next year fever gonna put some hurting on the league,, with smiles, scores n teamwork 🎉
LOOK how FEW WNBA players can even get 4 assists per game! Caitlin is shooting from the logo, leading in assists BY A MILE and getting 5 boards, breaking ankles and pushing pace. There is nobody on her level....
Alyssa Thomas was right behind CC in assists per game. And Sloot still has 6 of the top ten seasons in assists per game. The 40 game season has fooled some folks.
I would be happy if CC never would take another logo 3. 25 feet and in is just as impressive. It is one of the least impressive things CC does. Alot of her passes is as impressive as any 3. Sue Bird cannot comprehend why so many people would travel all over America, just to see CC. CC is magic. She does things women just do not do. Only a few men do what CC does. She is a point guard and shooting guard all rolled into one person.
@jessepena5847 I had thought as much, but didn't want to be made fun of if I didn't have it right, I DO know that her average range is 28+ feet, and that the NBA free throws line is 23'-9". So a LOT farther than the majority of NBA 3 pointers are be made.
Sue bird is really a wolf in sheep’s clothing. At this point she is just using Clark’s name to stay relevant and to get content for her wack podcast. I came to really like her because of Clark. I thought she was one of the few legends that showed respect and love to Clark. I was wrong she just like Swoopes and them.
Yup, just trying to stay relevant haha. These Haters can't handle what a great ambassador she is becoming for the W and sports period! A wonderful role model for ALL, the Littles, us oldies, and new fans. A great kid who comes from a good wholesome upbringing! God Bless CC.. Love the channel Ben!
Bro, you are necessary for understanding. Someone has to do this, and I'm glad it's you. You bring prospective ... like a fact-checker. We need this. Thanks, Bro.
You Know What Is Sad… She Was One Of Caitlin’s Idol’s! Caitlin Always Propped Her Up…Caitlin Joked About Breaking Her Record😂🤔🤦🏼♀️… Has She Lost Her Mind??? SHAQ Said They Would Have To Lower The Rim…4 Inches, So They Could Dunk… Sometimes They Talk… And You Tilt Your Head… And Like “What Did I Just Hear?”… “Casuals”…🤔🫨😤 Look At The Golf Channel This Past Week… They Would Be “Casuals” … And It Was Like The Freaking Super Bowl Over There With Caitlin Clark! 💯‼️🔥🔥🔥🔥 These WNBA PLAYERS NEED TO FUCKING GROW UP! 😡🫵🏼💯‼️
Oh yeah,,I can't believe how the wnba , coaches n players acted,, Appalling,,Geno has to eat all that he said,bout CC,,She waxed many records including Sue bird taurasi,n many more
LOL. That was hilarious you making the "tiny fire" movement and trying to stay warm LOL. I was thinking the exact same thing! "yeah...mabye a tiny bit....but C Clark was the FIRE!"
I think Sue is TOTALLY wrong. When the “FEVER” play it’s not a laughing stock. And, not because of 3’s. It’s just the way that CC sees and plays the OVERALL game. Period!!!
Stop it Sue. I love you, but stop. NOBODY was watching the W until CC got there with her logo 3's, insane passes, crushing her haters on the court, her 95% free throws, her dimes to Boston/Mitchell and her 67 records. Caitlin Clark did just about EVERYTHING not just better, but superior. She's the ONLY player who got 1 MILLION + viewers for 19 games straight. Nobody even came close. Not your MVP. Not your defending champs...her; 22 year old corn fed Iowa girl.
Somebody was watching. But with CC a whole hell of a lot more began to watch. I can’t understand why the girl whose dream was to play in the WNBA has so many fans who hate that same league. Yes I know the disrespect from that same league is hard to swallow but I really wish they do well because of a girl from Iowa is going to help make it happen.
Mr.Ben Daniel’s you are awesome!! I love how you tell the truth!! How you make me laugh while listening to Sue Bird not really tell the truth!! It was all CC!! 👍❤️🙏
Nothing but a full court press to butter CC up for unrivaled. Nothing else to see here With the LPGA embracing Clark, I expect to see more suckijg up to Clark before January.
Dunking is boring. Everyone can do it. The NBA players are 7 feet tall. When Allen Iverson did it---he would fly. That made him exciting to watch. Forget dunking--if WNBA would just make lay-ups that would be game changing.
I played ball in hs and college but I NEVER WATCHED THE WNBA, just the NBA. Took my daughter to a game, ONCE and never again, the vibe was just.... GAY. I COULDN'T NAME SUE BIRD, NOR A SINGLE OTHER PLAYER IN THIS BS LEAGUE BEFORE I STARTED WATCHING CC. Love her team mates as well. Outside the Fever players, I LIKE, Ogumbawale, McBride and Collier and that's it! They have CC Derangement Syndrome, there's a spectrum, some are a little better at covering it up.
For Bird to Still be saying Clarks best thing is Logo Threes is Soooo Short sighted. Caitlin's Whole Offensive game is way beyond Most WNBA Players, even in Her first season. Clark gets invited to a Big Golf Arena and they Roll out the Red carpet for Her> I'm not saying that the W should have Rolled out the red carpet. However, they should have given Her some respect and sure should Not have Treated her as a Punching Bag and Trying to Injure Her. Thanks Ben, for providing a great show.
Pace. Pace of play is the difference, to be honest. People liked the more defense focus on the WNBA compared to the NBA version we have now. Referees were the laughingstock of the casual fans this year, beyond the bad basketball on most occasions since people always missed wide open layups.
I don't trust Sue Bird. One day she loves Caitlin Clark and then the next day craps on her. I don't trust any of these WNBA players except Caitlin Clark who has never said a baad word about anyone. Actually I feel sorry to have ever been exposed to the WNBA.
Actually, what the WNBA players really need to do is get in the gym like Caitlin Clark to increase their accuracy in shooting hoops --- but 80% of them are too lazy to take the time to improve.
Why in the world did she throw Paige Bueckers in with the WNBA had building before Caitlin showed up? Ex-UConn players have been pushing Paige hard since she was a freshman, and it’s going to get worse when she starts playing in the league.
because now that CC and AR "rivalry" is done for the season, they are hyping up the CC and Paige "rivalry/comparison" for the next season...they have to use CC's name anyway they can to prop up other players
NFL fans all tell us to learn the history of the game... NBA fans always tell us to learn the history of the game... We couldn't even watch LGPA Caitlin Clark exhibition game until we learned the history of all the LGPA years, and passed the test. Oh wait... I woke up from my bizarro world dream inspired by WNBA. lol.
I looked up the wn a just to b ridiculous and follow my assignment and was the one that found the swoopsi story on loyola...posted it all over to make sure all of us know the story...there is much .ore I didn't post...but so much for doing my research as instructed. Are they sure they still want us to do our reaearch?..
What made the WNBA a laughingstock was Angel’s missed layups and also the activist lesbian basketball league STILL is jealous, spiteful, envious and petty that Caitlin is the superstar and not anyone in the clique
I’m a dire hard fan since 2021 for Caitlin Clark. I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s there’s no one like Caitlin Clark. A phenomenal player Caitlin Clark is.
Sue Bird needs to just sit her jealous butt down and recognize the damn talent. Sue has her place in WNBA history, accept it, rejoice in it and own it. Caitlin is just doing what Sue did but bigger and better. Caitlin being white is a thing. It shouldn't be, but it is. Roll with it. Same thing happened when Larry Bird came into the league. Caitlin is that big of an influence. She has little girls, white and other looking up to her and the model athlete she is. What Sue and others have done is make it racial and personal. It doesn't have to be all that.
Sue's finally exposing what drew a lot of fans to CC - true fans of basketball in addition to casual fans. A greater number of knowledgeable fans were drawn to her than analysts and current/former players have admitted. That's because they understand how rare her talent is...which is what makes her a generational player. Logo 3s in addition to her elite passing making others around her better, and things she does to help others off the court while being positive about other players all factor in on her marketability and "popularity." What some players were claiming drew fans to her had absolutely nothing to do with it.
I wouldn't even say I was a casual as I've never had the slightest bit of interest in Basketball until a couple of shorts popped up on my feed and I was captivated instantly. I could tell she was different and special, she's athletic but also elegant. Being from England and a football fan Basketball historically is not that big over here and even during the Jordan era it never grabbed my interest. The lack of marketing from the WNBA and Nike so far I find absolutely ridiculous though, Europe and the rest of the world is obviously a huge market and it's only because of independent content creators I found out about CC22.
@@genghiskhanjunior9581 Speaking of European football, she played that sport too until she decided to solely pursue basketball. I agree, the WNBA lost out on some of the exponential growth they could've had if they had fully supported her throughout her rookie season. It seemed as though they felt appeasing certain players and analysts was more important than fully embracing the opportunity before them. The league still took a huge leap, but not as much as I believe they could have had they handled that differently.
I never even thought about women's basketball until I came across a video of Paige Bueckers in high school. Never heard of Caitlin. Never heard of Caitlin until her draft year after not paying much attention after Paige got hurt for the year. Paige being on the cover of SLAM got the fire started and all these women benefitted from it. Caitlin in basketball Jesus right now because she deserves the hype. She's everything people claim and plays the game the right way (even though she gets away with traveling a lot, lol).
Embers, do not a fire make, Sue. You may feel a little warmth, but you will still die of hypothermia if you don't put a real ENERGY SOURCE to make the fire COMBUST and ENDURE!
2023 attendance was 6700. 2004 thru 2017 was 8,000.. 2023 was still terrible. Just not AS terrible...as Ben said, junior-year Caitlin ignited the flame.
I didn’t even know they had a league!! Then I get a recommendation from YT that some chick from Iowa just broke pistol Pete’s record, and I was hooked🪝
That's like saying a kid on the high JV team beat the scoring record of a kid on the varsit teal. Except the record doesn't mean anything becuse the JV kid was playing against vastly inferior competition, and was on the JV team because he wasn't good enough to make the varsity team. Caitlyn Clark is an amazing women's player and she broke the women's scoring record. In reality she didn't break any of Pistol Pete's records, especially considering Pete played with a regulation-size basketball and didn't have a three-point line.
There are those that will never accept that she broke Pete's record and that is their right. At the end of the day, the ncaa organization recognizes it and has the record as being broken on their website. It does note that Pete never had the 3pt line and played only 3 years, but despite all that it is still recognized as being broken by CC. My understanding why it was a big deal when she broke Pete's record was due to how long the record has stood til now. Pete set the record in 1970, 54 years ago, and the inception of the 3pt line came in 1986, which was 38 years ago. In 54 years and 38 years since adding the 3pt line, no college player, man or woman, has surpassed his points of 3,667, until Caitlin Clark. She not only passed his mark but added nearly an additional 300 pts giving her a total of 3,951 pts. Yes, there will always be the asterisk stating the 3 years and no 3pt line, but you can't ignore that she did something that no other college basketball players, men or women, have ever done.
Some older fans are more open minded, and not only recognized the drastic growth that happened in the W this year - but embraced it. Some fans are a lot like former players, resistant to change of what the league had been prior to this season, and/or had issues with fans only supporting one player. The fans have clashes in perspective that should lessen with time when they all become "older" fans as newer fans come in with Bueckers, Juju, Hannah Hidalgo and others joining the league in the coming years. Caitlin had so many fans that the difference between fans' perspective was more pronounced, but it's still a natural and inevitable part of the process of a burgeoning league.
The attitude of some of the older fans of a certain sexual preference I found disgusting. The one who wrote the "ominous" article. They clearly saw the WNBA as some little niche place for a certain orientation, similar to how they have a "gay village" in Manchester England, nightclubs and bars etc for a certain demographic but this is sport and no players or fans should be discriminated against, everyone should be welcome. That's the ironic thing these activists and a lot of "old fans" want to keep it a little niche backwater pride organisation yet are the first to cry discrimination and demand equality etc.
That's a good point. Caitlin shoots pretty well from distances no other girl and only a small, few dudes can. And her court awareness is second to none. That's why she's exciting to watch. Like, what's she gonna' do next?😮
NOT casual fan, should be TRADITIONAL sports fan. Entertain me, give me a reason that I should spend my time and money watching WNBA. Caitlin has BOTH the skill set and personality that attracts the TRADITIONAL sports fan. PERIOD!!!!
Caitlin Clark was the turning point for Wnba rather watch the college Wnba they don't play derby. You play derby basketball that's Sue Bird I've her spoke up for Caitlin Clark. I'm not watching Wnba because it's derby basketball and don't like being called a racist also I'm not paying for regular games. Not Interested
Denver Washington Iowa Hawkeyes are doing pretty good three and out and they're not even wreck in the 25 enjoy bye go Hawkeyes Here's a thought if you're a true fan go to the game see it live I do and I live on the east coast I went to 12 games of the Iowa Hawkeyes and I live in Pennsylvania last year that's what real fans do and the kicker was I was just down in Florida seeing her play golf live I'm built like that
K No. Cc playing the game just like putting off unravelling league...doing what she has to in order to reach her goals. She knows birdturd a trojan horse. 🐔💩
I watched Rapinoe and USA soccer, because she was great as well as the rest of the team. I heard her girlfriend was a WNBA player. I never heard about her nor had interest until a generational player named Caitlin Clark arrived on the scene three years ago. Clark
Think back to "Avery Johnson" of the San Antonio Spurs --- he came in as a good player. Avery watched David Robinson be the first player to practice and the last player after practice spending extra time on his shooting to increase his percentage on shooting. So Avery Johnson joined David in the gym during those times and by the next season he became a Great Basketball player because he increased his percentage of making baskets. (To the point he took the clutch shot in more than one game to win at the buzzer for the Spurs.)
I see her point. People would mock women’s basketball as boring and the women can’t dunk. Then Caitlin started hitting the Steph Curry three’s. That got everyone’s attention. The WNBA still doesn’t get marketing. Yes, the NBA welcomes the young stars (like Wemby).
In the beginning, it seemed that Sue Bird was about to attempt to make a good statement about why the W was not appreciated as a sport for the longest until the event that became the catalyst to cause the phenomenon that actually took place. And then she flopped, by saying it was Paige Bueckers who came with the initial spark, and then CC just came along and added more fuel to the fire with her logos 3'S, wrong, it was more than that, the Caitlin Clark effect is more than that, she brought a style of game that no one has ever seen or felt before, her creative style of passing, intense passionate play, and determination that not many players has ever conveyed before. And this energy she brought impacted her teammates as well to the point that it elevated their game also. So this fire she was talking about has been brewing since Caitlin was a kid playing throughout her childhood to high school to college. By college this fire erupted into a volcano in college whereby the audience attendance just exploded. And the rest is history, the Caitlin Clark effect was in full bloom.
“Casual fans” Sue Bird said, but a lot of the new fans have played/watched basketball before we watched the WNBA. I wish all the fans around the league would not take constructive criticism for racism. We just happen to know talent! And we do see it around the league. But some of the players are just not like able!
I fantasize that during the off-season Caitlin will decide to add something new to her bag of tricks: dunking! Can you imagine how thrilled her fans would be if that happened? Can you imagine how befuddled all the Big Media commentators would be trying to figure out how to hate on that?
It's Waddle Ball vs. Basketball! It's 60 pt vs. 100 pt games. It's taking the full shot clock and then finally shooting and missing 2/3rds of the time and then taking your time to go back to the other end, to do the same half-hearted play style vs. fast ball changes and players jetting to the other end and watching the playmaker put a dime right where the points are made and going the other way. Current WNBA Waddleball uses "physicality" as your toughness to make up for the fact that players didn't bother with fast pace LIKE THE DUNKERS of the NBA had to! A slow and steady pace flips the channel! Enter Clark, once the other on the Fever team woke up, like Mitchell putting on her rocket-assist shoes and learning to streak, then the pace of a Fever game went off the charts. The 100 pters with the Wings were great to watch! Instead of pulling hockey moves at smashing a good player and slowing the game, the Wings took the pace challenge and it was so fast and unpredictable it was FUN to watch! It was like a hockey series I watched years ago between Pittsburgh and Boston, it was 5 games of great players playing the puck and I couldn't take my eyes off it... then the next series was with a Texas team and it was back to "physicality" as the WNBA called and I didn't watch the rest of the BORING championships. It's about playing the game in the rules so it is as fast as possible as unpredictable as possible! Do you know how many college games I have turned off after long minutes because they start fouling all the time to play outside the rules to win? 10's or 100's because they are BORING at that point. I am not at that college, I just want to see great ball! You start wacking players like the Carrington Eye Claw AND letting her get by with it, you are a joke. Bird, you are a professional team with a SMALL local base and we aren't casual observers. We like good ball, but you have to play it! I am not near any team. That is the MAJORITY of the country!!! So I am actually rooting for both teams because I just want to see a great game! So call me casual? No, call me demanding of professionals who get to play a sport for a living. I want you to play well and stop this "we're so tough we can't play fast because we will beat each other up" LOW QUALITY, NON PROFESSIONAL CRAP. Stop blaming the VAST majority of your possible fan base and grow up and play hard ball within the rules so it is FAST. If it's good game, well played, with effort I will watch. Guess what your "physicality" and asshole ref calls make you? A JOKE and three pointers won't overcome that. Right now you have person that ALWAYS plays hard and fast! Get off your waddling asses and play basketball! Bird actually brought pace up and how it could win more games! AS she accused all the new fans of being unknowing assholes on that podcast. It's not the fans, we pay for it. most of us are really want to see good ball.
WNBA couldn't get a flame off a match until cc brought it abd boy that girl is keeping the 🔥 fire burning..im Loving itand will continue to watch just because how caitlin Clark plays and how twisted wnba players are getting,ohhhhh well,keep the fire burning CC 🎉
Never thought about the wnba until Caitlin Clark
What made the WNBA a laughingstock was Angel’s multiple missed layups
The funny thing is i used to see people joke and poke fun at the WNBA and they would show videos of missed shots and missed layups and it would be an entire compilation that looked like Angel Reese highlights 😂😂 then i see them praise her for doing the same things i seen prime make fun of them for for years and i thought to myself, hmm i see why this league makes no money 🤣
Angel Reese live rent free🤷🏽♂️😎
@@jasmineanderson2154 hes not wrong though, in a sense. People used to make fun of the wnba for missed layups and missed shots much like reese was doing, her skill(or lack thereof) is very similar to the reasons people clowned on the WNBA for years, her lack of ability has been seen before and we clowned on that poor basketball ability for ages and they wanted to make her rookie of the year for doing the same shit we made fun of for decades, that shit do be kinda funny tho not gonna lie
@@Doomguy9OOOshe lives in your head rent-free as well
@@patrickperegrino1219 perhaps some of the new players can make at least 50% of there shots from 3ft in
People respect and like Caitlin Clark, not the WNBA as a whole
Some people do. And fans of NBA players don't like the NBA as a whole. They hate opposing teams.
@@anthonypuccetti8779I think they would like it if the RIMs are lowered!
@@GAMascal345 no
Speaking as a Casual fan, the WNBA was nowhere on my radar.
I live in the Caribbean and only gave it a chance after seeing cc clips
Right,,we new fans gonna go nuts next year
Obviously you're paying attention to the WNBA because you're listening to this channel.
@@anthonypuccetti8779 Now, yes. Started with game one. Before 2024 no.
And i mean nowhere
Say Sue, a fire was already burning?!? Yeah a dumpster fire! What a joke!
Smoldering at most 😅
Sue bird flip flops bout CC,,no trust in her comment
Lol so it burnt down,,the fever are gonna smoke next year@@frankbrien4455
lol
The WNBA countered with actions that maintained laughing stock status.
The only people who laugh are some dumb guys who don't like women.
Reese's padding rebounds made her a Laughing stock of WNBA.😅😅😅
No one in the WNBA was laughing.
Sue Bird, don't be like Reese, "it's not just one person but ME TOO!" Ben, please note the LPGA welcomed Caitlin as viewership increased. They paired her with their #1 player and Annika for back nine. They were welcoming and business, and marketing Savvy. All the while the WNBA dropped the ball (again) never mentioning their face of the league and what she was doing for womans sports. This should have been their main comment and marketing strategy as well. Not a word of her "EFFECT".
Wow them Ladies just welcomed our CC,,at 22 the world knows her,,I'm so happy CC golfed,,next year fever gonna put some hurting on the league,, with smiles, scores n teamwork 🎉
The lesbians DID NOT welcome CC in any manner. They tried to hurt her. Period.
Exactly....but no doubt what WPGA can do and that's MAKE $.
LOOK how FEW WNBA players can even get 4 assists per game! Caitlin is shooting from the logo, leading in assists BY A MILE and getting 5 boards, breaking ankles and pushing pace. There is nobody on her level....
nobody!!!! theres only One CC❤❤❤
Alyssa Thomas was right behind CC in assists per game. And Sloot still has 6 of the top ten seasons in assists per game. The 40 game season has fooled some folks.
Caitlin Clark IS the FLAME!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥
💯!
Can u imagine,,they said,fire was burning,BS,, CC n fever fans came in like a tornado,,
Sue, There is a 4th Type of Fan. The Fan that will watch the sport if it is of HIGH QUALITY and/or INTERESTING !
CAITLIN CLARK HAS THAT !
You truly call a spade a spade. Thank you Fearless,
I would be happy if CC never would take another logo 3. 25 feet and in is just as impressive. It is one of the least impressive things CC does. Alot of her passes is as impressive as any 3. Sue Bird cannot comprehend why so many people would travel all over America, just to see CC. CC is magic. She does things women just do not do. Only a few men do what CC does. She is a point guard and shooting guard all rolled into one person.
The deep threes force the defense to spread out and open up opportunities closer to the basket
There are only a very few men who do what she does, I may be wrong but on average she does it more often than they do.
@@mikehall4517 this year her avg distance from 3’s was longer than Curry and Young who were tops in the nba.
@jessepena5847 I had thought as much, but didn't want to be made fun of if I didn't have it right, I DO know that her average range is 28+ feet, and that the NBA free throws line is 23'-9". So a LOT farther than the majority of NBA 3 pointers are be made.
Before this season, I didn’t even know when the WNBA season was. Honest to god
Sue bird is really a wolf in sheep’s clothing. At this point she is just using Clark’s name to stay relevant and to get content for her wack podcast. I came to really like her because of Clark. I thought she was one of the few legends that showed respect and love to Clark. I was wrong she just like Swoopes and them.
Yup, just trying to stay relevant haha. These Haters can't handle what a great ambassador she is becoming for the W and sports period! A wonderful role model for ALL, the Littles, us oldies, and new fans. A great kid who comes from a good wholesome upbringing! God Bless CC.. Love the channel Ben!
She's a lot smarter than Swoopes, but yeah, completely disingenuous
Bird does the marginalization in more subtle ways.
I think she'd be more positive BUT she has to be careful what she says because of her wokeass wife!
Yeah,u right lol bird can't stand CC was that great,,n the passing off the charts,, lifting her teammates
So Bird admits that the WNBA is a laughingstock but only less so now because of CC.
Exactly
Why wont little birdy just go away!!!
Bro, you are necessary for understanding. Someone has to do this, and I'm glad it's you. You bring prospective ... like a fact-checker. We need this. Thanks, Bro.
I wholeheartedly agree. Of all the content creators I’ve run into here on TH-cam, Ben Daniel’s is the best
I agree 💯
Facts, I feel like it's me on the mic saying everything I needed to get off my chest 😂
Clark's NCAA tournament: 18 MILLION viewers - "Now THAT'S A FIRE!" 🔥🔥🔥🔥
You Know What Is Sad… She Was One Of Caitlin’s Idol’s! Caitlin Always Propped Her Up…Caitlin Joked About Breaking Her Record😂🤔🤦🏼♀️…
Has She Lost Her Mind??? SHAQ Said They Would Have To Lower The Rim…4 Inches, So They Could Dunk…
Sometimes They Talk… And You Tilt Your Head… And Like “What Did I Just Hear?”…
“Casuals”…🤔🫨😤
Look At The Golf Channel This Past Week… They Would Be “Casuals” … And It Was Like The Freaking Super Bowl Over There With Caitlin Clark! 💯‼️🔥🔥🔥🔥
These WNBA PLAYERS NEED TO FUCKING GROW UP! 😡🫵🏼💯‼️
Oh yeah,,I can't believe how the wnba , coaches n players acted,, Appalling,,Geno has to eat all that he said,bout CC,,She waxed many records including Sue bird taurasi,n many more
@ SMH🤦🏼♀️
Ofcourse she lost her mind since then. Sue grows old finally some sign of dementia symptoms duh..!
LOL. That was hilarious you making the "tiny fire" movement and trying to stay warm LOL. I was thinking the exact same thing! "yeah...mabye a tiny bit....but C Clark was the FIRE!"
I think Sue is TOTALLY wrong. When the “FEVER” play it’s not a laughing stock. And, not because of 3’s. It’s just the way that CC sees and plays the OVERALL game. Period!!!
Bruh, why are you copying my post and regurgitating it in the short version! LOL
@ @Greatlin , dude I promise you I didn’t read your post, but that just goes to show you that great minds think alike 😂
She didn't say they were. She said the league was less of a laughing stock.
@@B.NICE302 😆😆😆😆😆😆
@@GreatlinClarkFan-c5h
Now he’s running with Reese is taking over the “OFF SEASON” 🤦♂️😂😂😂
Stop it Sue. I love you, but stop. NOBODY was watching the W until CC got there with her logo 3's, insane passes, crushing her haters on the court, her 95% free throws, her dimes to Boston/Mitchell and her 67 records. Caitlin Clark did just about EVERYTHING not just better, but superior. She's the ONLY player who got 1 MILLION + viewers for 19 games straight. Nobody even came close. Not your MVP. Not your defending champs...her; 22 year old corn fed Iowa girl.
Somebody was watching. But with CC a whole hell of a lot more began to watch. I can’t understand why the girl whose dream was to play in the WNBA has so many fans who hate that same league. Yes I know the disrespect from that same league is hard to swallow but I really wish they do well because of a girl from Iowa is going to help make it happen.
@@GreatlinClarkFan-c5h
@Greatlin…My Man! You always bring the 🔥. If I ever own a team, your my social media guy responding to all my haters 😂
@B.NICE302 Bruh, I'd take that job at a paycut!
I already make twice Angel Reeks' WNBA salary (and yes, l actually "can" pay my rent). 😉
@@jessepena5847 Amen to that!
I never even heard of Sue Bird until a couple years ago when she started showing up in commercials for March Madness.
Mr.Ben Daniel’s you are awesome!! I love how you tell the truth!!
How you make me laugh while listening to Sue Bird not really tell the truth!! It was all CC!! 👍❤️🙏
Caitlin Clark IS the fire.🔥
Nothing but a full court press to butter CC up for unrivaled. Nothing else to see here
With the LPGA embracing Clark, I expect to see more suckijg up to Clark before January.
Dunking is boring. Everyone can do it. The NBA players are 7 feet tall. When Allen Iverson did it---he would fly. That made him exciting to watch. Forget dunking--if WNBA would just make lay-ups that would be game changing.
I heard a couple of NBA players saying, “Jokic can’t jump over a dollar bill”. Super funny.
I played ball in hs and college but I NEVER WATCHED THE WNBA, just the NBA. Took my daughter to a game, ONCE and never again, the vibe was just.... GAY.
I COULDN'T NAME SUE BIRD, NOR A SINGLE OTHER PLAYER IN THIS BS LEAGUE BEFORE I STARTED WATCHING CC.
Love her team mates as well.
Outside the Fever players, I LIKE, Ogumbawale, McBride and Collier and that's it!
They have CC Derangement Syndrome, there's a spectrum, some are a little better at covering it up.
I’m sure you could name grinder after the arrest.
💯 agree ✅
Ben Daniel, you are very entertaining.
"Just a wee little flame"......then CC says "it's time for 🔥 and there was fire!!!" 🔥🔥🔥
We need a poll up ASAP:
When did you start caring about the WNBA:
A. BEFORE CAITLIN - (BC)
B. AFTER CAITLIN - (AC)
99% AC. 1% BC....and I'm being generous
100% AC😊
AC
For Bird to Still be saying Clarks best thing is Logo Threes is Soooo Short sighted.
Caitlin's Whole Offensive game is way beyond Most WNBA Players, even in Her first
season.
Clark gets invited to a Big Golf Arena and they Roll out the Red carpet for Her>
I'm not saying that the W should have Rolled out the red carpet.
However, they should have given Her some respect and sure should Not have Treated
her as a Punching Bag and Trying to Injure Her.
Thanks Ben, for providing a great show.
Sue Bird is clearly a hater but masks it a little better than Sheryl two Scoops does.
Ben you are right on 🎯 and with facts 💯. I never watched the WNBA until CC came along. 🙂😏🙄
Pace. Pace of play is the difference, to be honest.
People liked the more defense focus on the WNBA compared to the NBA version we have now.
Referees were the laughingstock of the casual fans this year, beyond the bad basketball on most occasions since people always missed wide open layups.
I don't trust Sue Bird. One day she loves Caitlin Clark and then the next day craps on her. I don't trust any of these WNBA players except Caitlin Clark who has never said a baad word about anyone. Actually I feel sorry to have ever been exposed to the WNBA.
The shooting below the basket game is more fun to watch by far.
Well said Ben Daniel! Thank you.
Actually, what the WNBA players really need to do is get in the gym like Caitlin Clark to increase their accuracy in shooting hoops --- but 80% of them are too lazy to take the time to improve.
Agreed.
I bet all supporters will appreciate the wnba being played at Ms. Caitlin Clark’s pace … not the geriatric shuffle that is currently the norm.
Why in the world did she throw Paige Bueckers in with the WNBA had building before Caitlin showed up? Ex-UConn players have been pushing Paige hard since she was a freshman, and it’s going to get worse when she starts playing in the league.
because now that CC and AR "rivalry" is done for the season, they are hyping up the CC and Paige "rivalry/comparison" for the next season...they have to use CC's name anyway they can to prop up other players
Fly Away, Bird... Fly The Hell Away‼️
Jokic never dunks, only when he is really feeling it and still is playing his 5 MVP season in a row this year.
NFL fans all tell us to learn the history of the game...
NBA fans always tell us to learn the history of the game...
We couldn't even watch LGPA Caitlin Clark exhibition game until we learned the history of all the LGPA years, and passed the test.
Oh wait... I woke up from my bizarro world dream inspired by WNBA. lol.
I looked up the wn a just to b ridiculous and follow my assignment and was the one that found the swoopsi story on loyola...posted it all over to make sure all of us know the story...there is much .ore I didn't post...but so much for doing my research as instructed. Are they sure they still want us to do our reaearch?..
What made the WNBA a laughingstock was Angel’s missed layups and also the activist lesbian basketball league STILL is jealous, spiteful, envious and petty that Caitlin is the superstar and not anyone in the clique
I’m a dire hard fan since 2021 for Caitlin Clark. I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s there’s no one like Caitlin Clark. A phenomenal player Caitlin Clark is.
Someone asked angel reese about caitlin, she said its not all about one player, I play golf to... 😂😂😂
Sue Bird needs to just sit her jealous butt down and recognize the damn talent. Sue has her place in WNBA history, accept it, rejoice in it and own it. Caitlin is just doing what Sue did but bigger and better. Caitlin being white is a thing. It shouldn't be, but it is. Roll with it. Same thing happened when Larry Bird came into the league. Caitlin is that big of an influence. She has little girls, white and other looking up to her and the model athlete she is. What Sue and others have done is make it racial and personal. It doesn't have to be all that.
It’s the young fans that should be getting the most attention in this talking about Caitlin Clark scenario!
excellent commentary and debating sills
Sue's finally exposing what drew a lot of fans to CC - true fans of basketball in addition to casual fans. A greater number of knowledgeable fans were drawn to her than analysts and current/former players have admitted. That's because they understand how rare her talent is...which is what makes her a generational player. Logo 3s in addition to her elite passing making others around her better, and things she does to help others off the court while being positive about other players all factor in on her marketability and "popularity." What some players were claiming drew fans to her had absolutely nothing to do with it.
I wouldn't even say I was a casual as I've never had the slightest bit of interest in Basketball until a couple of shorts popped up on my feed and I was captivated instantly.
I could tell she was different and special, she's athletic but also elegant.
Being from England and a football fan Basketball historically is not that big over here and even during the Jordan era it never grabbed my interest.
The lack of marketing from the WNBA and Nike so far I find absolutely ridiculous though, Europe and the rest of the world is obviously a huge market and it's only because of independent content creators I found out about CC22.
@@genghiskhanjunior9581 Speaking of European football, she played that sport too until she decided to solely pursue basketball. I agree, the WNBA lost out on some of the exponential growth they could've had if they had fully supported her throughout her rookie season. It seemed as though they felt appeasing certain players and analysts was more important than fully embracing the opportunity before them. The league still took a huge leap, but not as much as I believe they could have had they handled that differently.
I never even thought about women's basketball until I came across a video of Paige Bueckers in high school. Never heard of Caitlin. Never heard of Caitlin until her draft year after not paying much attention after Paige got hurt for the year. Paige being on the cover of SLAM got the fire started and all these women benefitted from it. Caitlin in basketball Jesus right now because she deserves the hype. She's everything people claim and plays the game the right way (even though she gets away with traveling a lot, lol).
Reality soaking in
She’s a 🤡 she’s just like the rest of them! Dei crew just go away and stop talking!! When somebody shows you who they are believe them!
Yeah right,,she knocks CC,she gives forced acknowledgement of CC,,yeah lol stop talking lololol
💯 woke activist
Embers, do not a fire make, Sue. You may feel a little warmth, but you will still die of hypothermia if you don't put a real ENERGY SOURCE to make the fire COMBUST and ENDURE!
I had never heard or cared about any of those things until CC
Great breakdown as always Ben. One of your best yet bringing the facts and comparisons that are easily explained and understood. 👌
There was NO FLAME...before CC²
Ben was trying to keep warm😂😂
Thank you for showing the TRUE stats!
You crack me up man I really like watching your show
Ben you have the funniest channel 😂😂
Ben always speaking the truth!
Notice she had to bring up a UConn player . Why? She isn’t in the wnba. Sucks .
And… she brings no hype to the NCAA. But they gotta keep UCONN relevant by any means necessary
She has to live in the past as her records will b falling by the maestro
@@LisaBrown-qo2nr of course!!! uconn just as salty
2023 attendance was 6700. 2004 thru 2017 was 8,000.. 2023 was still terrible. Just not AS terrible...as Ben said, junior-year Caitlin ignited the flame.
Nailed it, amigo!
Clark brings the crowd like no other player can. 😏
I didn’t even know they had a league!! Then I get a recommendation from YT that some chick from Iowa just broke pistol Pete’s record, and I was hooked🪝
That's like saying a kid on the high JV team beat the scoring record of a kid on the varsit teal. Except the record doesn't mean anything becuse the JV kid was playing against vastly inferior competition, and was on the JV team because he wasn't good enough to make the varsity team. Caitlyn Clark is an amazing women's player and she broke the women's scoring record. In reality she didn't break any of Pistol Pete's records, especially considering Pete played with a regulation-size basketball and didn't have a three-point line.
@ I disagree! She broke his record, plain and simple! Men have had a 3pt line and none of them had done it!
@@thedirtygot9570An interesting point. I'm gonna say yes...and no. You both have a point, it just depends on how you look at it.
There are those that will never accept that she broke Pete's record and that is their right. At the end of the day, the ncaa organization recognizes it and has the record as being broken on their website. It does note that Pete never had the 3pt line and played only 3 years, but despite all that it is still recognized as being broken by CC. My understanding why it was a big deal when she broke Pete's record was due to how long the record has stood til now. Pete set the record in 1970, 54 years ago, and the inception of the 3pt line came in 1986, which was 38 years ago. In 54 years and 38 years since adding the 3pt line, no college player, man or woman, has surpassed his points of 3,667, until Caitlin Clark. She not only passed his mark but added nearly an additional 300 pts giving her a total of 3,951 pts. Yes, there will always be the asterisk stating the 3 years and no 3pt line, but you can't ignore that she did something that no other college basketball players, men or women, have ever done.
@@royacfalle1570 Great perspective, thanks for the information. 👍🏻
Some older fans are more open minded, and not only recognized the drastic growth that happened in the W this year - but embraced it. Some fans are a lot like former players, resistant to change of what the league had been prior to this season, and/or had issues with fans only supporting one player. The fans have clashes in perspective that should lessen with time when they all become "older" fans as newer fans come in with Bueckers, Juju, Hannah Hidalgo and others joining the league in the coming years. Caitlin had so many fans that the difference between fans' perspective was more pronounced, but it's still a natural and inevitable part of the process of a burgeoning league.
The attitude of some of the older fans of a certain sexual preference I found disgusting.
The one who wrote the "ominous" article.
They clearly saw the WNBA as some little niche place for a certain orientation, similar to how they have a "gay village" in Manchester England, nightclubs and bars etc for a certain demographic but this is sport and no players or fans should be discriminated against, everyone should be welcome.
That's the ironic thing these activists and a lot of "old fans" want to keep it a little niche backwater pride organisation yet are the first to cry discrimination and demand equality etc.
delusional fans, racist fans, casual fans and what else? 😵💫
That's a good point. Caitlin shoots pretty well from distances no other girl and only a small, few dudes can. And her court awareness is second to none. That's why she's exciting to watch. Like, what's she gonna' do next?😮
The WNBA before Caitlin goes back to the discovery of fire....ok now what?
Hi Ben as always you’re the best like comment Sue bird 🐦 fly away please 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
They always use the numbers for AFTER covid restrictions lifted, and attendance was allowed again. It wasn't up from before covid.
NOT casual fan, should be TRADITIONAL sports fan. Entertain me, give me a reason that I should spend my time and money watching WNBA. Caitlin has BOTH the skill set and personality that attracts the TRADITIONAL sports fan. PERIOD!!!!
Caitlin is more than 3s. It’s the vision and the pace. She thinks so fast and her passing is unreal.
Sue Bird should come out of retirement and teach on the court.
Caitlin Clark was the turning point for Wnba rather watch the college Wnba they don't play derby. You play derby basketball that's Sue Bird I've her spoke up for Caitlin Clark. I'm not watching Wnba because it's derby basketball and don't like being called a racist also I'm not paying for regular games. Not Interested
Denver Washington Iowa Hawkeyes are doing pretty good three and out and they're not even wreck in the 25 enjoy bye go Hawkeyes Here's a thought if you're a true fan go to the game see it live I do and I live on the east coast I went to 12 games of the Iowa Hawkeyes and I live in Pennsylvania last year that's what real fans do and the kicker was I was just down in Florida seeing her play golf live I'm built like that
If your in the NBA, " YOU CAN DUNK". If your in the WNBA, " well your in the WNBA" . Hahaha haha 😂
CC loves Bird, but like you, I know she is a flip flopping talker.
K
No. Cc playing the game just like putting off unravelling league...doing what she has to in order to reach her goals. She knows birdturd a trojan horse. 🐔💩
CC can ball 🏀
Aslong as you did not go to uconn you dont know how to play real basketball they treat the league like family business
If you search Just Like Caitlin book you will find how to order one. They are being given to all second graders in Iowa.
Good episode
I watched Rapinoe and USA soccer, because she was great as well as the rest of the team. I heard her girlfriend was a WNBA player. I never heard about her nor had interest until a generational player named Caitlin Clark arrived on the scene three years ago.
Clark
I tried to subscribe to WNBA League Pass. I got past the "are you human" test, but I couldn't pass the WNBA Quiz. I think I'll try watching rugby.
Think back to "Avery Johnson" of the San Antonio Spurs --- he came in as a good player. Avery watched David Robinson be the first player to practice and the last player after practice spending extra time on his shooting to increase his percentage on shooting. So Avery Johnson joined David in the gym during those times and by the next season he became a Great
Basketball player because he increased his percentage of making baskets. (To the point he took the clutch shot in more than one game to win at the buzzer for the Spurs.)
I see her point. People would mock women’s basketball as boring and the women can’t dunk. Then Caitlin started hitting the Steph Curry three’s. That got everyone’s attention.
The WNBA still doesn’t get marketing. Yes, the NBA welcomes the young stars (like Wemby).
The only people who laughed at the WNBA were some NBA fans who dislike women.
In the beginning, it seemed that Sue Bird was about to attempt to make a good statement about why the W was not appreciated as a sport for the longest until the event that became the catalyst to cause the phenomenon that actually took place. And then she flopped, by saying it was Paige Bueckers who came with the initial spark, and then CC just came along and added more fuel to the fire with her logos 3'S, wrong, it was more than that, the Caitlin Clark effect is more than that, she brought a style of game that no one has ever seen or felt before, her creative style of passing, intense passionate play, and determination that not many players has ever conveyed before. And this energy she brought impacted her teammates as well to the point that it elevated their game also. So this fire she was talking about has been brewing since Caitlin was a kid playing throughout her childhood to high school to college. By college this fire erupted into a volcano in college whereby the audience attendance just exploded. And the rest is history, the Caitlin Clark effect was in full bloom.
I’m OK with Sue saying this. If it stops her becoming a hater, then OK.
“Casual fans” Sue Bird said, but a lot of the new fans have played/watched basketball before we watched the WNBA. I wish all the fans around the league would not take constructive criticism for racism. We just happen to know talent! And we do see it around the league. But some of the players are just not like able!
I fantasize that during the off-season Caitlin will decide to add something new to her bag of tricks: dunking! Can you imagine how thrilled her fans would be if that happened? Can you imagine how befuddled all the Big Media commentators would be trying to figure out how to hate on that?
Would the NBA be popular if they played on 12-foot rim? NO! Lower the WNBA rim to 9 feet. Until then, the WNBA will never ever be popular.
Wow she didnt call the casual fans racists lol
I will take them seriously when they stop playing with a child sized ball.
If they were to lower the rims CC would add dunking to her arsenal
It's Waddle Ball vs. Basketball! It's 60 pt vs. 100 pt games. It's taking the full shot clock and then finally shooting and missing 2/3rds of the time and then taking your time to go back to the other end, to do the same half-hearted play style vs. fast ball changes and players jetting to the other end and watching the playmaker put a dime right where the points are made and going the other way. Current WNBA Waddleball uses "physicality" as your toughness to make up for the fact that players didn't bother with fast pace LIKE THE DUNKERS of the NBA had to! A slow and steady pace flips the channel! Enter Clark, once the other on the Fever team woke up, like Mitchell putting on her rocket-assist shoes and learning to streak, then the pace of a Fever game went off the charts. The 100 pters with the Wings were great to watch! Instead of pulling hockey moves at smashing a good player and slowing the game, the Wings took the pace challenge and it was so fast and unpredictable it was FUN to watch! It was like a hockey series I watched years ago between Pittsburgh and Boston, it was 5 games of great players playing the puck and I couldn't take my eyes off it... then the next series was with a Texas team and it was back to "physicality" as the WNBA called and I didn't watch the rest of the BORING championships.
It's about playing the game in the rules so it is as fast as possible as unpredictable as possible! Do you know how many college games I have turned off after long minutes because they start fouling all the time to play outside the rules to win? 10's or 100's because they are BORING at that point. I am not at that college, I just want to see great ball! You start wacking players like the Carrington Eye Claw AND letting her get by with it, you are a joke. Bird, you are a professional team with a SMALL local base and we aren't casual observers. We like good ball, but you have to play it! I am not near any team. That is the MAJORITY of the country!!! So I am actually rooting for both teams because I just want to see a great game! So call me casual? No, call me demanding of professionals who get to play a sport for a living. I want you to play well and stop this "we're so tough we can't play fast because we will beat each other up" LOW QUALITY, NON PROFESSIONAL CRAP. Stop blaming the VAST majority of your possible fan base and grow up and play hard ball within the rules so it is FAST. If it's good game, well played, with effort I will watch. Guess what your "physicality" and asshole ref calls make you? A JOKE and three pointers won't overcome that. Right now you have person that ALWAYS plays hard and fast! Get off your waddling asses and play basketball!
Bird actually brought pace up and how it could win more games! AS she accused all the new fans of being unknowing assholes on that podcast. It's not the fans, we pay for it. most of us are really want to see good ball.
WNBA couldn't get a flame off a match until cc brought it abd boy that girl is keeping the 🔥 fire burning..im Loving itand will continue to watch just because how caitlin Clark plays and how twisted wnba players are getting,ohhhhh well,keep the fire burning CC 🎉
I knew Sue Bird because she constantly use Clark’s name on her podcast.
Fake praise and agenda using cc as her click bait. Can't stand that trojan horse. She a birdturd🐔💩
And she can drop dimes from anyplace on the court!
Sue is just trying to stay relevant because of her podcast. Her and Meghan need viewers.
Sue Bird is a great cure for insomnia.