WNBA legend Sheryl Swoopes has brought up the every-rookie debate Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark gets fouled and points out what happened Sunday with striker Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky.

Reese hit Clark in the head while Clark was driving to the basket for a layup. Reese has been violated error and it has been upgraded to flagrant-1. It started a firestorm on social networks.

Caitlin Clark, No. 22 of the Indiana Fever, and Angel Reese, No. 5 of the Chicago Sky, watch in game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on June 16, 2024 in Indianapolis.

Said Swoopes, who appeared on former NBA star Gilbert Arenas’ “Gil’s Arena” podcast fans and those talking about the WNBA cannot seem like Clark was assaulted.

“That’s the clip they want to post because they’ll get all the likes and reposts, but it was just a basketball game,” Swoopes said of Reese’s foul. “She hit her head
She, of course, has to upgrade to flagrant-1… Let’s continue playing football basket?

“My thing is, every time Caitlin gets fouled, we can’t make her seem like it was assaulted. Fouls are part of basketball. You can watch a lot of matches and players and different clips…. A’ja Wilson when they played against Dallas, Aʻja’s nose and eyes were bleeding
black.

Swoopes then pointed to both Reese and Clark, saying the foul was just a basketball play.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed chats with basketball legend Sheryl Swoopes, right, after the press conference announcing the WNBA expansion franchise at San Francisco Bay Area at the Chase Center in San Francisco on October 5, 2023. (D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports)”You go on social media and ‘Oh my God, she’s trying try to get her out, she should be suspended, who are you? And what did you do?” Reese affirmed that it had nothing to do with Clark’s foul. “I can’t control it referees and obviously they influenced the game tonight a lot,” Reese said later match. “You guys will probably play that clip about 20 times by Monday.”

“I think we put up a lot of points a lot of times and didn’t get a lot of calls,” added Reese call. “Let’s go back and look back, I’ve seen a lot of calls that didn’t go through, I guess one number of people have a special whistle.”

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