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A talking caput is disconnected nan Caitlin Clark train.
The WNBA's 2024 first wide prime and Rookie of nan Year made her return to nan hardwood Saturday aft being constricted to conscionable 13 games past season, pinch a groin wounded ending her 2nd campaign.
She dropped 20 points successful what was a struggle from 3-point land, going 2-for-9 from deep, including missing a imaginable tying 3 successful nan game's last seconds.
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Tyrone Johnson compared Caitlin Clark's fame to Jeremy Lin's. (Trevor Ruszkowski; Brace Hemmelgarn/Imagn Images)
Clark took nan sports world by large wind during her clip successful Iowa and has undoubtedly been nan superior logic for nan maturation of women's hoops — but soon, it will each end, says erstwhile Philadelphia sports power big Tyrone Johnson.
"The Caitlin Clark point is complete because she’s not nan champion subordinate successful nan WNBA," Johnson said connected SportsGrid's "The Craig Carton Show." "She’s not nan champion defender successful nan WNBA. She’s not moreover nan champion defender from her assemblage people because that’s Paige Bueckers, who plays for [the] Dallas [Wings], who hit them successful nan play opener. This could beryllium a business wherever we look backmost connected Caitlin Clark, and we’re not gonna look backmost connected her for illustration she’s Michael Jordan. She’s Jeremy Lin. This is conscionable Linsanity."
Johnson besides criticized Clark for joining forces pinch Morgan Wallen astatine his performance successful Indianapolis.
"Morgan Wallen says nan N-word liberally. Says it much than I do, and I’m Black," Johnson said.
Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark drives to nan handbasket against nan Dallas Wings connected May 9, 2026, astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis, Ind. (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire)
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Johnson besides called retired Clark's "b----ing and moaning to nan refs nonstop."
"But erstwhile we look backmost connected this, we’ll go, this woman had nan world by nan balls. She had everybody loving her. People who dislike women’s sports were tuning successful conscionable for her. And erstwhile we look astatine Jeremy Lin and look astatine her, we’re going to find retired that astatine nan extremity of nan day, it was nan nonstop aforesaid thing."
Lin took nan world by large wind successful 2012 erstwhile he abruptly became a prolific scorer for nan New York Knicks aft riding their bench. In a 17-game stretch, he averaged 20.7 points and 8.5 assists, including a memorable 38-point effort against nan Los Angeles Lakers and a game-winning 3-pointer against nan Toronto Raptors, but that type of occurrence was short-lived. He was, however, capable to negociate a good profession coming disconnected NBA benches until 2019.
Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark shoots nan shot successful nan 2nd half against nan Dallas Wings astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis, Ind., connected April 30, 2026. (Trevor Ruszkowski/Imagn Images)
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When Awful Announcing referred to Johnson's speech arsenic a "hot take," Johnson said it was "the bestest" take.
Clark group galore records successful her rookie play aft becoming nan NCAA's all-time starring scorer, averaging 19.2 points and 8.4 assists (for what it's worth, Lin's career-high was 18.0 points). Battling done injuries past season, Clark put up only 16.5 points but handed retired 8.8 assists per title and was named to her 2nd All-Star team. Lin was ne'er an All-Star but did decorativeness seventh successful nan NBA Sixth Man of nan Year voting successful 2015-16.
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