Caitlin Clark made one of the most unexpected decisions of her career when she rejected the invitation to the three-point shooting contest at the NBA All-Star Weekend. The decision earned her all kinds of criticism, but none more acidic than that of Jason Whitlock, who even called her a “woke idiot.”
Whitlock’s history with Clark has been one of contrasts. Until a few months ago, the Blaze Media analyst was one of the most ardent defenders of the Indiana Fever guard. However, for some time now, Whitlock has made a dramatic turn and has become one of her most bitter critics.
In a recent editorial for his show “Fearless,” Whitlock blasted Clark by saying, “A lot of people watch women’s basketball and it’ll be interesting to see what happens this year, now that Caitlin Clark has come out of the closet as a feminist and someone who vows to Black Lives Matter.”
However, even Whitlock had to acknowledge that the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year made the right decision in refusing to participate in the NBA All-Star Weekend.
The NBA would hurt Clark’s brand
Whitlock recalled that last summer he predicted that the WNBA is on track to surpass the NBA in viewership. He said the NBA is a broken league and that Caitlin Clark made the right decision in not wanting to get involved with the “disaster” that is the league’s All-Star Weekend.
According to the analyst, when Clark looks at the NBA, she would be thinking, “I appreciate the invitation, but I don’t want to get involved with this mess you guys make every year called All-Star Weekend. I’m not going to hurt my brand by getting involved with Lollapalooza for rappers, weed smokers, and sex workers.”
Whitlock praised the women’s basketball league in his own unique way, by saying, “they’re woke, they want to support Black Lives Matter, they troll Donald Trump, but we don’t question the competition” that exists in the WNBA.
The NBA created its own Nemesis
The commentator recalled that the players in the WNBA “don’t like each other, they compete hard against each other, and they have stars born in America, which is everything the NBA lacks. They [the NBA] created their own enemy, they created their Frankenstein.”
Whitlock is unlikely to change his opinion of Caitlin Clark. However, as long as the WNBA star continues to deliver the same talent she has shown throughout her career, even he will have to acknowledge that her arrival in professional basketball was a game changer.
