"Dumbest, most ridiculous rant of all time" - Caitlin Clark fan Dave Portnoy rips Joy Taylor for claiming Angel Reese fueled Fever star's popularity

"Dumbest most ridiculous rant of all time" - Caitlin Clark fan Dave Portnoy rips Joy Taylor for claiming Angel Reese fueled Fever star
"Dumbest most ridiculous rant of all time" - Caitlin Clark fan Dave Portnoy rips Joy Taylor for claiming Angel Reese fueled Fever star's popularity. [photo: @stoolpresidente/IG, @joytaylortalks/IG]

Fox Sports 1 host Joy Taylor caused a social media storm on Sunday with her comments on Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. On "The Joe Budden Podcast," she said people would not be talking about the Indiana Fever superstar if it weren't for her confrontation with Reese in 2023.

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Dave Portnoy, a huge Clark fan, disagreed with Taylor's view.

“The dumbest, most ridiculous rant of all time," he wrote on X. "Nobody outside hardcore WNBA fans and LSU fans would know who Angel was if it weren’t for her riding Caitlin’s coattails. It’s made her a fortune, so kudos to her, but this is the dumbest take I’ve ever heard.”
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In the 2023 NCAA championship between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the LSU Tigers, Reese approached Clark and did John Cena's “you can’t see me” celebration.

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According to Joy Taylor, “white men” were “upset” that “an unapologetic Black woman” embraced the villain role to oppose Clark. Taylor said the encounter became the “Magic Johnson and Larry Bird moment for the WNBA,” adding that Clark would not be as popular today if not for the storylines spawned by that incident.

Like Dave Portnoy, the hosts of the podcast pushed back against Taylor’s comments. A co-host told Taylor to “chill out.”

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Without Caitlin Clark, tickets for Sky vs Fever game dropped

The Chicago Sky hosted the Indiana Fever on June 7, a rematch of their feisty encounter on May 17 that the Fever won 93-58.

Per Front Office Sports, the get-in tickets for the June encounter were set at $86. Following Caitlin Clark’s quad injury that forced her to sit out the game, ticket prices dropped to $27. On game night, it plummeted to $3.

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Regardless of the reason, Clark is the biggest draw in the WNBA at the moment.

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