Charles Barkley criticized the wnba's handling of Caitlyn Clark calling out jealousy from the players and false media slander Charles Barkley came to the defense of Caitlyn Clark whose WNBA rookie campaign continues to spark online controversy between fans and the media Barkley was the latest to appear on the Bill Simmons podcast where the Basketball Hall of Famer discussed his excitement for the upcoming NFL season while previewing what's to come in the NBA when asked about Clark's tractors the television analyst went off on the handling of Clark by the league and its players they cannot have up this Caitlyn Clark thing up any worse if they tried Barkley admitted to Simmons 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 Kristen yushik designs gift for Kobe Bryant's daughter on Mamba day LeBron James sends message to Caitlyn Clark's Critics on special night for WNBA star it's total he continued this girl is incredible she's brought the attention and eyeballs to college and the pros and for these women to have this Petty jealousness you say to yourself damn what is going on here Barkley continued by saying he loves how Clark carries herself in the media she chooses to block out the noise and ignore what he deemed to be negative attitudes or demeanors toward Clark rooted in petty jealousy Barkley's remarks primarily stem from WNBA Legend Cheryl swoops previous observations of Clark's NCAA record-breaking scoring season at Iowa last year swoops shared that the moment wasn't as impressive as perceived because she believed Clark was in her fifth year which was later proved incorrect following the backlash swoops contacted Clark and publicly admitted her error stressing that her comments were not meant to undermine Clark's achievements instead they discussed CL clk's jump from college to the Indiana fever's number one overall pick the narrative about swoops true feelings toward Clark continued to evolve especially with her silence during a broadcast between the Las Vegas Aces and Dallas Wings Clark's achievements were compared on screen to Neesa cers as the wnba's players of the week but swoops didn't provide further insight as her co-host led the segment the incident along with a consistent temperament regarding Clark seemingly weakened swoops ction with Nancy liberman a fellow WNBA Legend over the treatment of Clark and the Press I called Cheryl swoops as a friend and I said you can have your own opinion about anybody but you do have to get the stats right she got upset with me and so our relationship is pretty much not happening at this point Clark's rookie season has been historic after setting several records outside of making the WNBA All-Star team in year 1 Clark became the first rookie with a statline of 30 points five rebounds six assists three Steals and three blocks in a single game she also became the fastest rookie in WNBA history to reach 100 points and 50 assists in a season Barkley and his TNT crew will enter the final year of their beloved TV program Inside the NBA while addressing his NBA future Barkley admitted to having zero idea what he and the team will do following the show's end don't forget like share subscribe my channel Baboo dos news