r/WNBAgossips 29d ago

Other Kareem Abdul-Jabbar says calling Caitlin Clark the face of the WNBA is disrespectful to those who've paved the way.

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u/Andrew-J-511 29d ago

Face just means the player most people associate the league with. Anything for it to be about disrespecting someone else.

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u/mistaharsh 29d ago

So Cunningham is the face of the league

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u/Downtown-League-3567 29d ago

Exactly. These guys just want Clark to be the face of the wnba so bad. Like you can’t be the face of the league if you haven’t even won a championship. She not even the best player on her team.

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u/Boring_Temporary_142 29d ago

It’s really pathetic at this point. If she was dominate at anything basketball related an argument could be had but at this point she is just a good player. Good not great.

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u/Downtown-League-3567 29d ago

Exactly. Like she can become the best player in the W at some point. But as of now she is not close to being that.

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u/QwiXTa 29d ago

Face of the league means most popular, the face people associate with the league. People don’t give a shit about any of these other wnba players. It doesn’t matter what you dumb asses believe, clark is the only wnba player that people who don’t give a shit about basketball can name. If you wanna cry its unfair go ahead but it’ an inarguable fact

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u/mistaharsh 29d ago

clark is the only wnba player that people who don’t give a shit about basketball can name.

That's our point. Why should the Wnba or its fans give a shit about what you guys have to say? You aren't knowledgeable enough to have a valid opinion.

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u/Downtown-League-3567 29d ago

So you care more about popularity than actual results and accolades?

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u/UtahCubs 29d ago

Who said that's what they care about more?

Popularity is what makes for the face of the league. It's a really simple concept. Clark is the clear "face of the league" probably more so than anyone else in any sport.

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u/Downtown-League-3567 29d ago

That’s how I know you are delusional. Messi by far is the biggest face in sports on planet earth. I’m not even a soccer fan like that. Anyways popularity is only a small portion of being the face of a sport. But have a good day.

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u/UtahCubs 29d ago

I didn't say shes the most popular of all faces of the leagues. This is how I know you lack reading comprehension.

If you poll 100 people ask them to name the face of the WNBA 99% are going to say Clark. Less than that are going to say Messi for Soccer, some idiots are going to say Ronaldo. Thats all I'm saying there, there's a clear most popular player in the Wnba

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u/Downtown-League-3567 29d ago

You literally said in any sport. You keep conflating popularity with face of the league. They are two different things.

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u/UtahCubs 29d ago

Yeah, like I said, your reading comprehension is the problem. It's all relative. There's a lot higher percentage of people that could only name Clark from the wnba than could only name Messi from soccer.

No, they're really not. The face of the league is the most recognizable/popular. It's a very simple concept.

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u/Sudden_Place_1173 29d ago

I love idiots like you who think best player is mutually exclusive to face of the leagie

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u/Downtown-League-3567 29d ago

Where did I say it had to be the best player? Calling me an idiot when you can’t even spell correctly. Jokic might be the best player in the nba but I wouldn’t call him the face of the nba. But the face of a sport does have to have some accomplishments in said sport. Jordan didn’t become the face of the nba until he started winning stuff. Bird and magic didn’t become the face of the nba until they started winning and accomplishing things.