“Couldn’t Have F***ed This Up Any Worse”– Charles Barkley Rips The WNBA For Treatment Of Caitlin Clark

Charles Barkley telling it how he sees it - what's new? The former NBA star - who has now turned into a beloved TV analyst - had a lot to say about Caitlin Clark and her acceptance into the WNBA. Clark and the Indiana Fever just clinched a playoff spot this week, which means we'll get to see the sharpshooter in the WNBA's postseason in her first professional season. Everyone's happy about that right? Well... if you've tuned into the WNBA this year, or seen clips of games float around on social media, you've probably noticed that other teams in the "W" aren't on the Caitlin Clark hype train. In fact, a lot of players don't like all of the attention that Clark has gotten, which has led to some nasty cheap shots like this one: https://twitter.com/LakeShowYo/status/1796978703563637154 There's simply no disputing the positive impact that Caitlin Clark has had on women's sports. I mean... you are reading this story right now, aren't you? That's the Caitlin Clark effect. And that's why Charles Barkley was so fired up while talking to Bill Simmons on The Ringer podcast. The topic of Caitlin Clark and the WNBA came up, and the "Round Mound of Rebound" turned into the "Round Mound of Judgement" as he ripped into the "W" and their players for not embracing Caitlin Clark as a star: "They cannot have f**ked this Caitlin Clark thing up any worse if they tried. People believe what we say on television. Just because people don’t like you or your personality, they can’t get on TV and slander you, it’s just total bullsh*t. This girl is incredible, the number of eyeballs she brought to college and the pros, and for these women to have this petty jealousness. You’re saying to yourself, ‘Damn, what is going on here?’ And the thing I love about her, she never says a word. But these ladies, who I love and respect their game, they couldn’t have f**ked this thing up any worse. There’s been so much negativity and a lot of it is petty jealousness." https://twitter.com/ringer/status/1831308983086293017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1831308983086293017%7Ctwgr%5E1db73f9fb463a4373e1ad6ebf203ef8058202fc1%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrobible.com%2Fsports%2Farticle%2Fcharles-barkley-caitlin-clark-wnba-petty-jealousness%2F You tell em' Chuck...