The Josh Innes Show - WNBA Continues To Be A Clown Show

Episode Date: May 19, 2025

The WNBA season tipped off this weekend. Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark squared off in the season opener. Reese claims people in Indianapolis said offensive things to her. Reese also got really pissed over a relatively benign foul from Clark. The WNBA is a clown show. They league condemns racism while allowing the players, current and former, to have a vendetta against Clark...because she is white. They cannot get out of their own way. They should be embracing this newfound attention. Instead, they'll blow it and run people off. Congrats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, here's a shocker for you guys. There's drama in the WNBA that really has nothing to do with anything on the court because no one cares about anything that happens on the court in the WNBA. Headline reads, WNBA investigating alleged hateful comments made toward Angel Reese during Fever and the Chicago Sky on Saturday in Indianapolis. The WNBA strongly condemns racism, hate and discrimination in all forms. They have no place in our league or society. We are aware of the allegations and are looking into the matter. First off, that's hysterical because the members of your league, the women who play in your league by and large are people who dislike Kate Lohan and her husband, and they, the women who play in your league

by and large are people who dislike Caitlin Clark because Caitlin Clark is what? What? Therefore, I find it hard to believe that you strongly condemn racism, hate, and discrimination in all forms. You just hate it when it's directed at a black person. Now, that said, that would not, I'm not saying to support anything bad being said. I have no idea what did or did not happen. We have learned that a lot of times

things are taken as racist and then people run with them. And then we find out after the fact that they were not true. Do you recall a couple of years ago, there was a story about a guy sitting behind home plate at a Rockies game, right? It's at a Rockies game. And there was a claim that this guy was yelling the N word during the game, like some guy,

I think a black player must've been at bat or something. And it sounded like he was yelling the N word. Then you listen to the audio and you're like, it really doesn't sound like he's saying the N-word, but it became this giant story and people needed to find this guy and dox this guy and have him kicked out of the country, thrown in jail. And then as it turns out, he was just a guy yelling the word Dinger because the mascot name

of the Colorado Rockies is Dinger. So the guy was yelling Dinger, Dinger! And then everybody falls back and they're like, but to be fair, it kind of sounds like he's saying that and you can see where it'd be a mistake. Yes, it sounds like that if you're looking to be offended and you are looking for people to be angry and worked up. If you just use common sense or step back for a second and look at something like, hey, I'm going to look at this logically, then

it isn't. It's like this. Well, first off, let me play a couple commercials and we'll continue. It's like this, right? About two weeks ago, three weeks ago, something like that, our dog Ross was in the backyard. There is almost no way for Ross to get out of the backyard without us seeing it. Like, if he really wanted to jump over one of these chain link fences, I guess he could. But by and and large it's almost impossible for him to get out and he's not really shown any desire to try to escape our backyard. So I was inside doing something and about a minute later I went out into the backyard and I could not find Ross. I'm like Ross,

where are you? I look around one corner, he's not there. Another corner, he's not there. Look behind the shed that's back there. He's not there. So then jelly comes out she's like oh my god where's Ross and then I'm like I just let me look I'll be calm about it. I'm not someone who is a psycho that automatically thinks the worst not saying that jelly is a psycho but jelly automatically assumes the worst all the time. She doesn't really stop and think hey how could the dog have got out of here she just convinces herself the dog has gotten out.

So I'm like, there's no way that he could have gotten out. And if he did in the matter of this 30 seconds, how far could he have gotten? Where could he have been? So I'm looking around and I can't find him. She's inside. I walk inside to look, I walk back out. She's out there and she's like, oh my God, he's gone.

And she's on the verge of fucking tears. And I'm like, just hold tight a second. So I'm walking around and then I look like where there's like there's a kind of a bush and like this overhang of like like a stump and then there's a overhang of like leaves and branches I look in and there he is. He has not escaped. I never lost my cool. I'm like let me just see what happened here and it turns out he's fine while Jilly is on the verge of tears. Some people

think irrationally and they think the worst automatically and that's just their natural disposition and they don't mean anything by it. Some people are just looking to be offended and they want to reach for something so they can just be offended publicly and yell and scream at the mountaintop. And some people think fourth dimensionally and just sit back and go, let me think of the pros and cons of this. In what universe would somebody yell the N-word at a baseball game? In what universe with everything going on in

the world? I'm not saying someone couldn't. I'm saying what makes you think? Like you've got to stop and think that. Like if your brain, if your first thought is, yeah, it's possible that someone yelled the N-word at a baseball game, it's fucking stupid because it's like your life is over. If you yelled the N-word at a baseball game. It's fucking stupid because it's like your life is over. If you're a white dude sitting at a baseball game yelling the N-word multiple times, your life is over. Somebody will hear you. Somebody will film you. You will go

public. You will never have a job again. So what is the benefit? There is no benefit. Yet the whole world was like, yep, there's a guy at the baseball game just yelling the N-word. this is ridiculous. And then it turns out he was yelling, dinger, and everybody trying to have a gotcha moment, and everybody trying to be offended over nothing. Now they step back and they don't apologize to the guy,

they don't say oops are bad, they just disappear and wait for the next thing to be offended over. In regards to this, I have no idea what the situation is. The league didn't specify what the allegations are, a have no idea what the situation is. The league didn't specify what the allegations are, a person with knowledge of the situation told the Indianapolis Star, but part of the USA Today network, it directed hateful comments towards sky-forward Angel Rees. The WNBA Players Association is aware of reports of hateful comments at yesterday's game in

Indianapolis and supports the WNBA's current investigation into the matter. Such behavior is unacceptable in our sports, the players union said in a statement. The rivalry between Reese and fever guard Kaitlyn Clark has been going on since their college days and it's been no different in the WNBA. Things got heated during the game. Yes, they got heated because a common foul, a typical basketball foul was committed by Caitlin Clark. Angel Reese falls down and gets up and acts like she wants to fight.

And then Caitlin Clark gets a technical or like a flagrant foul for this. And it's like, this is clown shit. Like the WNBA can't get out of its own way. And it's actually kind of funny because the WNBA has had multiple moments. The WNBA has had opportunities for success. The WNBA has had more opportunities for growth. But back to the initial paragraph of this story which was the WNBA does not support racism or anything of any kind, yet you're totally okay with the petty jealousy and hate that many of your players have for the white star of the league. And look, I don't like Caitlin Clark, so this isn't me saying, I watched the WNBA because of

Caitlin Clark. I don't watch shit. I have no interest in the WNBA. But the reality is WNBA, this is your Michael Jordan. Whether you like it or not, Caitlin Clark is your Michael Jordan. Caitlin Clark is your meal ticket. All you guys that sit there and bitch that you guys don't make enough money and we're going to go bitch that you guys don't make enough money and we're going to go on strike if we don't get paid like demand and we want a percentage of this, this, this. Great. The only reason you can even sit back and talk about that is because Caitlin Clark hoops and the world knows who

she is. Now, to be fair, before Angel Reese talks shit to Caitlin Clark, I will tell you this. I had no fucking clue who Caitlin Clark was. And when I tell that you this, I had no fucking clue who Caitlin Clark was. And when I tell that to people, they think I'm full of shit. They're like, oh, of course you knew who Caitlin Clark was. I did not have a fucking clue. All I knew is that Caitlin Clark played lady basketball and LSU was playing Iowa in the championship game and I knew the players from LSU basketball because I root for LSU things. Like LSU baseball is in the SEC tournament this week. I'm rooting for LSU because I root for LSU things. Like LSU baseball's in the SEC tournament this week, I'm rooting for LSU because I root for LSU.

And that's just kinda how it is, I support the school. So I had no clue, not a clue who Caitlin Clark was, until Angel Reese played against her in the championship, and then Angel Reese talked shit, and then it became a full-on divided race war, which has elevated the status of the WNBA. Whether you like it or not, the only reason the WNBA is a talking point, real talk, you want a little real talk here, the only reason it is a talking point is because black girl

talks shit to white girl, Clay Travis gets on board with it and all the white guys are angry and the Dave Portnoy's are angry about it and Dave Portnoy calls Angel Reese a piece of shit or whatever it was and then boom it catches on and now people get they talk about it doesn't mean a bunch of people watch it doesn't mean a bunch of people care but it's a talking point because of that it has nothing to do with basketball skills for anybody it is basically like the WNBA is like an episode of Maury. It is drama. It is TMZ. Nine out of ten people don't even give a shit about who wins

a game or anything. They're just there for the drama. So don't tell me that our league does not accept hateful shit when the players in the league are so fucking jealous of this Caitlin Clark and they're jealous on a racial basis and they talk shit about this chick that look I'm not even a fan of hers and I think Angel Reese has dealt with some shit too but the fact that the person who's truly the face

of the league is allowed to be treated like dog shit by the other people in the league when they should be kissing this chick's ass because without her no one would care about what you're doing and nobody would entertain your little we need to be paid more type of arguments if not for her and you guys treat this chick like shit. It's wild. So then in this game yesterday and I wasn't watching it but of course the highlight of this became the big story on Twitter and everything else. So Caitlin, well here's where the thing starts. So Angel Reese pushes off on one of Clark's teammates, pushes off under the basket to try to get a rebound.

Ref doesn't call it. Clark, seeing Angel Reese about to have a wide open layup, whacks her over the arm to prevent her from making the layup. Typical basketball play, good solid hard foul. Well, Angel Reese, clumsy ass, falls down then gets up and looking like she wants to fight because she thinks she's like Lady Dreymon. So she gets up and she's ready to start a fight with people and then dude, homegirl just walks away. Caitlin Clark doesn't take you seriously at all. She just walks down to the other end of the court while you're yelling at nothing. So then Caitlin Clark gets a flagrant foul and it's a whole deal and it's like, this is pathetic. It is pathetic what is happening in the WNBA.

The people in the league refuse to accept that they're having a moment and that moment exists because of Caitlin Clark, whether they like her because she's white, whether they like her because they think she's good, whether they like her because the black shit, black chick talks shit to her and that's what they whatever you're having this moment because of this person and you can't handle it and you're going to step on your own fucking lady dicks and you're going to fucking blow it you're gonna

step on your balls and you're going to blow it and that's funny to me. It's funny that you're so caught up in jealousy and you're so caught up in the internet culture and you're so caught up in people yelling at each other on the internet about race that you can't embrace the moment you're having and say, you know what if we embrace this and Caitlin Clark becomes an even bigger deal than more money comes into our league. We all actually make more than 50 grand a year and

that'd be cool, but you can't do it. It's like like Mike Missanelli in Philly. If Mike Missanelli would acknowledge that having me on that radio station in Philadelphia would bring more ears to the radio station, which means more money for everybody. All ships rise with the tide. He'd probably have a chance of survival, but instead guys like him sit back and they're like, nope, can't put this guy on the radio. And then they just wallow in their own nothingness. That's what these people are doing. They are going to kill their

opportunity because they hate this white person so much. It's absurd. It's nuts. And I'm not saying that as I don't even like Caitlin Clark. I find Caitlin Clark to be annoying. I find most women's basketball to be annoying. I don't care. So this is not me going, I'm gonna stand for the white girl. Don't give a shit. And when this thing first happened, I was all over defending Angel Reese until I decided that she's pretty fraudulent

and full of shit. But in that first game when she was talking shit to Clark and the whole world that became black versus white, I'm like, shut the fuck up, Clay Travis and Dave Portnoy and all you other fucking dipshits. She talked some shit to your girl, you couldn't handle handle it and now a bunch of white dudes that listen to the Rush Limbaugh show come out of nowhere and are ready to talk shit about this black girl

because that's the only thing that gets you going is black versus white shit and then the internet was all black versus white and I was on the side of Angel Reese until she started annoying me. Now I'm on nobody's side. But that's what happened in the opener. Have they posted the ratings for the WNBA yet? Let's see. WNBA ratings. Let's see if that game got any numbers. Let's see. No, that's just power ratings. There's nothing dumber by the way than power ratings in professional sports because they don't matter.. I'll see people posting USA today as our team number six in the power ratings. Who gives a

**** You're in a league that's determined by the standings who gives a **** with some slap **** and USA today thinks about your team and where you are. People are dumb. Let's see all eyes on Caitlin Clark on course the WNBA season tips off, but there's no dad on that. Let's see. There's nothing about it. So whatever. I know that the NBA made sure they played no games. They didn't schedule any games on that day. So the WNBA could have it all to themselves on Saturday. The WNBA and this one thing Draymond Green is 100% right about when he was on this show and it was like Lisa Leslie or someone and they were bitching about how no one tries

to help the WNBA and Draymond's like, ma'am, cut the shit. Without us, nobody supports the WNBA literally more than the NBA and the NBA players, so please, pretty please, with sugar on top, shut the fuck up. And that's what Draymond was saying and I'm like, good. I'm glad that someone can try to keep people grounded in some form of reality. Like that doesn't suck. Like Draymond does a lot of shit that I find annoying and Draymond certainly a heel and you could argue that's a heel

move to even drop that on them in that setting because most guys would be like, yeah, you're right. We're terrible. We need to do more to help you gals. Like these chicks have nothing but a handout all the time and Draymond basically goes all you have is a fucking handout. if not for us you wouldn't be playing basketball so like really you should be kissing our ass is essentially what Draymond was saying and I respected that. People need to start being more honest about shit. We are a society of people who just try to pander to people and kowtow to people and say oh I'm so sorry. No, every now and then people need to be told the truth. I wish people would tell me the truth more often.

I wish when I was doing this job in St. Louis, they would have said, this isn't going to work and this isn't going to work. Instead of me going into the office and being told that I'm the greatest fucking host ever, only to be fired 15 months into it. I'd like people to fucking tell me the truth and be totally honest. I'd like people to tell me the truth instead of ignoring me when I apply for a job, but I don't get that. Not enough people are honest. I wish I could be more honest to people. I wish I could be Larry David's character and curb your enthusiasm and just be honest about shit. I wish we all could, but we're all scared shitless of our own shadow.

Then we take other people who say things that are total bullshit, but we're afraid to tell them it's total bullshit, so then that becomes the truth. Every now and then you need to be told the truth and great on Draymond Green and that was last year at some point that Draymond was like basically shut the fuck up. Without us you would be nothing. We are your number one supporters. Without the league you wouldn't be making any money because your league loses money. It's like when these chicks get on here and they're like, we want a larger percentage of the revenue. You don't have any revenue. You don't make money. But nobody tells them these things. It's just cute.

Anyway, let's see. We will continue in a moment.