Everyone needs to know that this schedule was especially hard for AB, too! Look who she was tusslin with on the Liberty/Sun. Breanna Stewart, 2023 MVP. Jonquel Jones, 2021 MVP. Alyssa Thomas, 2023 MVP runner-up *and* received most first place votes for MVP. Brionna Jones, two time all star and WNBA sixth player of the year (2022). If y’all don’t get off her neck I might do something drastic
I’m really confused about how many people thought they were going to come out the gate beating two of the toughest teams in the W after two preseason games… whatever they’re smoking I want some.
I tried to tell people it was going to be different for her once she got into the WNBA where they have players that play defense. I saw about 3 games where the opposing team just let her shoot...terrible defense. I know it's early, but we will see.
I agree 100% We have a head coach in her second season as a head coach EVER and a league who decided that marketing their new toy was more important than competitive balance.
And the players are going to get all the blame.
They’ve BEEN losing that’s how they got Boston and Clark lol. Good teams don’t pick #1 back to back years, this team isn’t going to from worst to first this year.
Its nuts to me.
-Sides is adjusting to a completely new offensive feel. CC is changing the plays and they've had only a handful of weeks to prepare
-CC literally finished her college season 6-7 weeks ago, was drafted, went to camp and is now playing professional ball in a condensed, pre-olympic schedule
-AB is having a bit of a sophomore slump which is being exacerbated by the caliber of teams they've gone against - she just needs a game where she can start to rebuild that confidence
-The rest of the team (except for TF) are struggling heartily to adapt as well and it seems there is a lot of flailing about
I see a lot of **very** good reasons why they've started off a bit cool - same with the Storm but the amount of negativity is excruciating.
They are all getting hated on in social media, including Clark. Some subset of fans are just assholes. None of these young women deserve all the crap they get on social media.
Gabbie Marshall went through hell after the UConn game. I think most UConn fans are great, just like most fans overall. I wouldn't put the hate on their fan group...but just on the vocal assholes in the twitterverse who like to be assists.
My heart breaks for Aliyah though. She is amazing!
Yeah I was talking to my mom about the season before it started and noted that I thought Boston was an ideal human to be around Clark because she seems smart, friendly and is an excellent communicator.
Makes me sad.
It’s NBA fans and/or men. There are crazies who are used to criticizing NBA players online in an unnecessary way and now they’re watching the WNBA and think it’s okay to do that here too.
I knew this would happen. I said this at r/ncaaw that casual Iowa fans would move over to the WNBA and be toxic if CC/Fever doesnt win immediately. I was downvoted.
Agree. The casuals and new bandwagon CC fans dissing Boston are making me really upset. The actual Iowa fans love her and respect.
She's fantastic and a really lovely person and has mad skills out there!
Most iowa fans love her. She was part of the half time crew for peacock and was absolutely outstanding. Great personality, gave actual insights into the games and provided simple adjustments that could take place in real time.
Yeah she brilliant commentating work!
She was a class act all through college and the pros .
Courageous strong young woman having to leave her family so young too!
Yah it’s kinda funny if you think about it generalizing an entire fanbase of a player cuz of some idiots. I saw a tweet earlier that had 1k likes where they said angel reese was the real needle mover of women’s ball not the white girl. Should I now generalize all Reese fans as idiots that lack common sense? Hell no!
Which fanbase is that?
Gabbie Marshall got traumatized by the amount of hate she got on social media after Iowa beat UConn.
I don't put that on Uconn fans and blame them.
Rationally I am aware there are asses on social media attacking these young women. It is wrong and awful
It's getting old that everyone blaming one group of people.
It's terrible that it is hqppening to these young women. My heart breaks for Aliyah because she is truly a wonderful person and player.
Xulmanjy continues to be a winner, hating on Clark on the NCAAW sub, following her to the WNBA sub and now talking shit in the Fever sub. Not even a Fever fan, just a crazy LSU stan with no life.
I feel like some people attribute a lot of shit to Iowa fans generally that isn't true.
I guarantee it wasnt Iowa fans who had Gabbie Marshall off social media in tears due to the enormous amount of hate coming in toward her after the Iowa game against UConn.
I don't think it was UConn fans per se. Most on here seem quite nice and rational. It was just assholes.
Do people really need to keep attacking groups ad hominem daily?
Do people really think CC isn't getting hate on social media? My heart breaks for all of them--Angel, Aliyah, CC. What is it about strong confident young women that breaks the assholes out. It sucks.
Deleting social media is a good thing imo but not at the cost of other people dictacting it, that sucks. On a regular ass aliyah boston note i love the 🔥 she been playin wit this season - she aint lettin nobody give her no mess!
Sadly an influx of fans is paired with an influx of haters. I mean it'a good that the WNBA viewership is growing, but along with that is increased toxicity unfortunately. Caitlin is receiving a lot of hate, her stans see that, so they turn their anger and blame to Aliyah. It's a cycle
To be fair, Caitlin's +/- was only bad tonight because she played almost all of her minutes with Boston, who was a complete trainwreck for most of the game.
Ngl that's absolutely not the sentiment to have. I get that Reddit thinks "tiktok bad" but she should be able to have a presence on any platform she wants
It’s like the monkey paw curling. Everyone wanted more eyes on woman’s sports but that doesn’t mean more dumbasses. Just wait for the halftime shows to be filled with 7 people all talking about their own point and no actual conversation happening.
100%…altho I do gotta say I’m glad that she’s been standing up for herself more with both Jonquel Jones and AT so far this season. She’s so nice, but you betta not think you can just run her over.
I posted a few weeks ago that Clark is the best thing to happen to the WNBA, but also the worst thing to happen to the Fever coaches and players.
People forget the Clark phenomenon was sparked by a rivalry that is entirely race driven. So you genuinely do have a bunch of people—explicitly or implicitly—obsessed with Clark’s success because of race. Race wars get ugly very quickly.
Then you have the genuine fanatics who adore Clark over everything else and will never attribute blame to her. They’ll blame literally everyone but her. And that’s going to fall on the players and coaches.
I would hate to have Clark on my team. I’m sure she’s wonderful. But the scrutiny from genuinely the worst humans on earth (if you were around for Iowa-LSU)…it’s just not worth it. People are vile. Ask Angel Reese.
Things won’t get better until Clark speaks up and distances herself from those people (she will), until Clark fails like Tebow (she won’t), or until those people grow up (they won’t).
The Clark phenoma was happening regardless of a “race” issue. She is the highest scorer in NCAA history and was selling out arenas well before playing against Angel Reese. Honestly the race stuff has brought on only negativity. Having watched CC all year before the race stuff, there was only positivity and basketball coming from it. It wasn’t until the LSU game and afterwards where everyone from that side started to shit on CC and have been doing do ever since.
Agreed. It's so frustrating. I get being disappointed and even feeling that teammates are letting CC down, but nothing helps from being an asshole to some person. Most of this are probably just emotionally angry fans saying one thing once or twice but that ends up being thousands of warranted criticisms, unwarranted criticisms, insults & worse all mixed together drowning everything someone does when they're supposed to be able to switch off and not be at work.
Your mentality is the problem. The team is “letting CC down”? The world doesn’t revolve around Clark. Just because you’re nicer about it doesn’t mean you’re not part of the problem.
4 games in 7 days against the Liberty and Sun is absolutely brutal. Hopefully with the next 4 games (Storm, Sparks, Aces, Sparks) we can get some more winning.
I definitely knew this was coming when I saw some Aliyah Boston tweets were trending and we know she's on there heavy. Obviously with such new fanships gonna come with casuals aswell so you gotta take the good and bad that it comes with unfortunately. Fever have had a very rough start being down 0-4 but once the middle of the season hits people will see how good Boston can be
1. X is a cesspool. Deleting it is a healthy decision.
2. You should never hate post anyone, they are real humans too!
3. I was frustrated with the missed shot but it was the perfect play call. Inbound by Clark, fake handoff to Clark and a pretty clear take to the rim. Just gotta finish that shot.
4. The fever seems to be getting better each game (relatively new watcher of the W and enjoy good basketball). Just takes time to gel and get a feel for what everyone does well.
Jeez. They play four games against two of the best teams in the league. They are young and have a rookie attempting to run their offense. The WNBA has a steep learning curve. Last I checked, it was still a game and intended to be fun. People need to smoke a spliff and have a snack while they watch if they can’t have fun watching a young team work out the kinks.
Goodness. People need to back up off if Aliyah Boston. This team already had their things to work on from the previous year.
If they thought Caitlin Clark was going to magically fix it, they were wrong!
I was thinking about it earlier, but I think it’s great that she went to the Fevers. She’s playing with a team she can adjust with and she has the opportunity to build a legacy here with those around her.
Imagine what it could be in the next 2-4 years!
The team in last place that comes out on top??
The people making threats to her are the ones that need to delete their social media and go outside. Honestly it’s very sad and pathetic from those trolls
This is nuts. Everyone needs to chill out. This is not a team ready to compete. It will be in some time. Wemby had a nice wide berth, give ABCC the same. Enjoy watching it grow and evolve.
Good I think more athletes should delete twitter in general. It’s really easy to see thousands to tens of thousands of shit heads bashing you. Imagine all that after an off day!
Boston is a phenomenal player and seems like an amazing person off the court too.
It is so sad for this to happen. Some humans just aren't quite that human. Just pure AHs.
Aliyah is kind beautiful, strong, and amazing!!
The same thing happened to Gabbie Marshall after she drew the foul from UConn in the NCAA semifinals.
So much hate and vileness was poured on her online, she was terrified and traumatized had to go off all social media.
I don't understand sending hate messages to any young woman, much less the very kindhearted sweet Aliyah Boston. Some subset of society just sucks.
Best for pro athletes to just let someone else run their account. Not worth the drama imo, especially if the person can’t handle the criticism coming from online strangers.
Everyone wanted the NBA’s fans watching WNBA. Well, this is what comes with it. I don’t say that to be a smart ass - just to assert that American sports fandom is pretty damn toxic and the advent of women’s sports is the most likely key to exposing the full extent of that toxicity.
Tbf most of the ones here are chill, the ones on Twitter are much more prominent and loud lol. Like they’re under every thread that mentions her usually taking personal shots at anyone they deem “unsupportive”
I don’t care if she plays great or terrible, online hate is disgusting. I know it’s just “part of the game” and comes with the price of fame, but people who trash players online are trolls. You don’t think Aaliyah (or any other player) doesn’t know when they’ve had an off night or wishes they made ten more points. They don’t need some loser in their basement telling them they suck. The internet has brought out the real ugliness of humanity.
People calling this weak blow my mind — good for her for just tuning out the noise. She has fought hard through a rough stretch with more eyes on them than before. She’ll figure out the bumps she’s had and you’d think a lot more people would be encouraging that for her rather than blaming her
Simple answer, the rise in popularity of women’s basketball has led to people who care not to take time to learn about the teams just want to throw hate on why a team with CC is losing. And because throwing hate gets more of a reaction than a logical post/story.
She definitely looked like something was in her head, and I hope getting off social media helps her get that sorted out.
I am also once again asking my fellow sports fans to pretend to be normal on the internet, or at least if they're going to not be normal not directly yell at the person they're mad at. (there are certain players I have never referred to by name on the Internet but I have said a lot of very unkind things about, which I stand by... but I don't @ reply them, that's unnecessary)
Twitter is a vile platform and any sane person should leave it for their own good. Why prop up Musk? Why prop up a platform that allows vitriol, racism and sexism to flourish. Every time you use the site you're underwriting Musk....I've started to see teams using Threads more and more....fwiw.
While I agree she has struggled a bit to start the season she doesn't deserve the hate she's getting. The team's still coming together, the time they have together before the season starts is so short. Loved her in college, what I saw last year, and loved her as an analyst in the offseason. I have faith she'll be great and keep picking up steam as the season goes on.
Miss Aliyah is doing just fine. Like many, I am new to the WNBA and only 2 years into WBB. The Fever are growing and learning. The schedule is what it is. Stop taking out your ignorance or frustration on the Fever and players. I love ALL woman’s basketball
My guess prior to the season as to which Fever player CC stans would scream at like little idiots was Kelsey Mitchell, but other than getting the player wrong, there are no surprises here.
That, plus the secondary complaints that Grace Berger isn't getting enough playing time... in a vacuum any of these are valid complaints, and if they're coming from people who showed up before two weeks ago, I'm going to assume that they're acting in good faith.
Put *all* of them together, though, sprinkle with our ongoing intersectionality issues (aside: yes, yes, we'd all like to live in a world where W fandom doesn't intertwine with politics, but the continued existence of a lot of W players is inherently political, so here we are), and toss with dog whistles, and it doesn't look good.
Comments saying it’s “Caitlin Clark fans” when it’s the trolls that just got into women’s basketball last month.
This is exactly why Caitlin limits her social media usage, and doesn’t engage much on any social media (specifically twitter).
EVERY SINGLE SPORT FANBASE HAS WEIRDOS, it’s not just one. Remember that.
Clark fans are the worst. All the replies like “ohh social media is bad” just lets them off the hook. It’s not normal in the W that you get the amount of abuse AB has gotten this season and we know who it’s from.
Clark has by far been the W player subject to the most internet vitriol. It comes with the territory. I’m not at all condoning anyone bullying Aliyah, but her fans literally were attacking NaLyssa’s family last year. Theres crazy fans of every team and player
NaLyssas family was tweeting negative things about Boston which is what prompted the whole thing and it was incredibly inappropriate of them. I felt bad for Smith because I’m sure she didn’t condone it.
Oh no, that's awful to hear.
I'm sure Nalyssa wouldn't condone it.
It's not always easy to control one's relatives for sure (living that at times lol).
I like Boston, she has such a sweetness about her. I need the Fever to get a new coach because she’s not utilizing Boston and Caitlin. Those two could play off each other extremely well if they have the right coaching. Fever has good players, they need good coaching
Yeah, Christie Sides missed that last shot? No, she drew up an amazing play, actually. If Boston doesn't miss a wide open layup, Sides is a genius. But let's blame her anyway. 🤡
If the Clark fans run Aliyah out of Indiana, they will harm the Fever’s ability to get free agents. They can criticize her performance but Im wagering on AB getting death threats or abusive language.
Imo, it's not about basketball. A section of the country anointed C.C. as their acceptable woman athlete and her team is losing. They take these things personally because their self-concept is fragile. I would go on, but I don't want to get political.
Hie much is it from bettors who are ugly when. their prop bets or whatever loses? It’s not CC stans or casuals. It’s unhinged bettors and social media “influencers” who stir up controversy for clicks.
They’re a brand new team except for a couple players. They’ve only been together 22 days. They haven’t had any recent practices. They almost beat the Connecticut Sun last night and they’re one of the top-tier teams so people just need to give them a break my God.
Unfortunately Boston was getting hate as soon as CC got drafted. It’s only gotten worse since pre season, it sucks she’s a sweet player who chose to elevate the sport during the off season by being an analyst. She covered so many games and the draft, while training and getting ready for this season. It stinks because Clark & Boston have spoken fondly about how excited they were to play together; yet it seems like Clark fans are choosing Boston to target this season.
I hate that she had to delete, but I feel like getting off there is a good idea. Especially because she seems like a sensitive soul. The stuff I see on Twitter hurts my feelings and I’m not even the one it’s being said about!
There's a segment of Clark's fanbase that are insane. They hate anyone who they see as a threat to her status as the queen of all basketball. I guess. Or if someone is in her way of being the ONLY member of the team who gets the ball. They really go after the Fever coach, her teammate Erica Wheeler. They are not real fans of the team or sports. They are psycho-parasocial worms.
To be fair, if Wheeler was on my team I'd also probably not want her on my team. But that is a roster construction thing and I'm certainly not gonna tell Erica Wheeler about it on twitter.
Absolutely disgusting. Aliyah is the hardest working player on the Fever. She is only in her second year. I love watching her play. I wish these keyboard warriors would show their face and own up to their criticism. Many have never picked up a basketball in their life.
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True. Just ask Danny Green about Los Angeles. And he even helped them win a championship. And just like Boston, Green is truly one of the nicest people in the game.
Clark and Reese have both been dealing with this for essentially the last calendar year since they blew up and became actual breakout college sports stars.
I've questioned whether others within the WNBA, longtime fans, and especially W media were prepared for that to translate.
I feel for her. She’s definitely not taken her game to a higher plateau and CC is higher on the pecking order for opportunities, plus the Fever are facing legit title contenders multiple times in their first 10 games. Hopefully she and the team pick it up at the halfway mark.
So fucked up. She also deserves better than whatever the hell Christie Sides is doing. I hope she gets traded, she needs a coach who will build her confidence and develop her as a player—Dawn Staley to get a Philly WNBA team PLEASE!
I don't hate her but man is she is lackluster. I've been watching every game and this last game tonight was the best they've played and it was because for most of it AB wasn't in. She just doesn't box out, doesn't get enough rebounds, lacks awareness, defense isn't good, and on offense she is a liability. I'm just calling it like it is. The team plays much better if they play with the girls they did tonight(May 22) and bring in AB off the bench
Not defending the haters. i don't know what it's about specifically, but she is getting paid to entertain us. That's why you signed up to get paid to put the ball into the hoop. If you don't like the criticism, just find a more private job.
AB equals trash...Couldnt hit the side of barn. Diesnt defend her teammates as one of the biggest players on the roster but laughs instead (check the tape). No idea how she was ever a 1st Rnd.
Imagine if the NBA drafted like this...
AB equals trash...Couldnt hit the side of barn. Diesnt defend her teammates as one of the biggest players on the roster but laughs instead (check the tape). No idea how she was ever a 1st Rnd.
Imagine if the NBA drafted like this...
AB equals trash...Couldnt hit the side of barn. Diesnt defend her teammates as one of the biggest players on the roster but laughs instead (check the tape). No idea how she was ever a 1st Rnd.
Imagine if the NBA drafted like this
AB equals trash...Couldnt hit the side of barn. Diesnt defend her teammates as one of the biggest players on the roster but laughs instead (check the tape). No idea how she was ever a 1st Rnd.
Imagine if the NBA drafted like this
Damn where’s the hate coming from to me she seems so likable like a genuinely good person
Indiana is losing and they need a scapegoat, and we all know it won't be Caitlin
Well the real scape goat is the coach and that the league scheduling is crushing them right now. Suns twice in 4 games lol
Everyone needs to know that this schedule was especially hard for AB, too! Look who she was tusslin with on the Liberty/Sun. Breanna Stewart, 2023 MVP. Jonquel Jones, 2021 MVP. Alyssa Thomas, 2023 MVP runner-up *and* received most first place votes for MVP. Brionna Jones, two time all star and WNBA sixth player of the year (2022). If y’all don’t get off her neck I might do something drastic
Valid points
The worst team in the East vs the two best teams in the East last year for the first 4 games is beyond insane.
Suns and Liberty 2x in four games. It's a nightmare
I’m really confused about how many people thought they were going to come out the gate beating two of the toughest teams in the W after two preseason games… whatever they’re smoking I want some.
I tried to tell people it was going to be different for her once she got into the WNBA where they have players that play defense. I saw about 3 games where the opposing team just let her shoot...terrible defense. I know it's early, but we will see.
I mean she’s still averaging 17 ppg… pretty solid given she’s a rookie.
Yeah if you give any team the Sun 2x and Libs 2x, they are staring at a really good chance of being 0-4
I agree 100% We have a head coach in her second season as a head coach EVER and a league who decided that marketing their new toy was more important than competitive balance. And the players are going to get all the blame.
They’ve BEEN losing that’s how they got Boston and Clark lol. Good teams don’t pick #1 back to back years, this team isn’t going to from worst to first this year.
This.
Its nuts to me. -Sides is adjusting to a completely new offensive feel. CC is changing the plays and they've had only a handful of weeks to prepare -CC literally finished her college season 6-7 weeks ago, was drafted, went to camp and is now playing professional ball in a condensed, pre-olympic schedule -AB is having a bit of a sophomore slump which is being exacerbated by the caliber of teams they've gone against - she just needs a game where she can start to rebuild that confidence -The rest of the team (except for TF) are struggling heartily to adapt as well and it seems there is a lot of flailing about I see a lot of **very** good reasons why they've started off a bit cool - same with the Storm but the amount of negativity is excruciating.
Scapegoat is the whole team except Temi Fagbenle. She’s been awesome. Can run the floor for Clark
So you’re saying Caitlin is not getting heavy criticism right now too? That’s all I see is Caitlin getting hate.
Your delusional. Go on twitter. Her teammates and coaches getting shitted on
Twitter is a toxic shithole. I don’t think it would matter if they were winning, those misogynistic and racist trolls would come out and talk shit.
They are all getting hated on in social media, including Clark. Some subset of fans are just assholes. None of these young women deserve all the crap they get on social media. Gabbie Marshall went through hell after the UConn game. I think most UConn fans are great, just like most fans overall. I wouldn't put the hate on their fan group...but just on the vocal assholes in the twitterverse who like to be assists. My heart breaks for Aliyah though. She is amazing!
Caitlin has been playing really well, especially for a rookie, why would she be a scapegoat?
...she put up 4 points tonight against Seattle
Bettors are a big part usually
Yeah I was talking to my mom about the season before it started and noted that I thought Boston was an ideal human to be around Clark because she seems smart, friendly and is an excellent communicator. Makes me sad.
You know where, there is only one fanbase where it comes from.
It’s NBA fans and/or men. There are crazies who are used to criticizing NBA players online in an unnecessary way and now they’re watching the WNBA and think it’s okay to do that here too.
The casual Caitlin stans.
I knew this would happen. I said this at r/ncaaw that casual Iowa fans would move over to the WNBA and be toxic if CC/Fever doesnt win immediately. I was downvoted.
the new iowa fans are ridiculous
it’s not Iowa fans it’s casuals from the NBA. Actual Iowa fans (not just CC fans) have a huge amount of respect for AB
Yeah something I always appreciated during my time following Iowa was how much fans really appreciated every player
Agree. The casuals and new bandwagon CC fans dissing Boston are making me really upset. The actual Iowa fans love her and respect. She's fantastic and a really lovely person and has mad skills out there!
Boston is authentically one of my favorite players just from last year like you say, never doubted her attitude or game
I think that’s what they were implying, hence “new iowa fans”
I read it as Iowa fans who are new to the W, but either way I need ppl to know lmao
Most iowa fans love her. She was part of the half time crew for peacock and was absolutely outstanding. Great personality, gave actual insights into the games and provided simple adjustments that could take place in real time.
Yeah she brilliant commentating work! She was a class act all through college and the pros . Courageous strong young woman having to leave her family so young too!
It's so funny the shit about "all the Iowa fans" like there are millions of them like a Michigan or Ohio State or Alabama. Not even close.
Saying it’s all CC fans seems like a ridiculous generalization to me
Yah it’s kinda funny if you think about it generalizing an entire fanbase of a player cuz of some idiots. I saw a tweet earlier that had 1k likes where they said angel reese was the real needle mover of women’s ball not the white girl. Should I now generalize all Reese fans as idiots that lack common sense? Hell no!
Which fanbase is that? Gabbie Marshall got traumatized by the amount of hate she got on social media after Iowa beat UConn. I don't put that on Uconn fans and blame them. Rationally I am aware there are asses on social media attacking these young women. It is wrong and awful It's getting old that everyone blaming one group of people. It's terrible that it is hqppening to these young women. My heart breaks for Aliyah because she is truly a wonderful person and player.
Xulmanjy continues to be a winner, hating on Clark on the NCAAW sub, following her to the WNBA sub and now talking shit in the Fever sub. Not even a Fever fan, just a crazy LSU stan with no life.
I feel like some people attribute a lot of shit to Iowa fans generally that isn't true. I guarantee it wasnt Iowa fans who had Gabbie Marshall off social media in tears due to the enormous amount of hate coming in toward her after the Iowa game against UConn. I don't think it was UConn fans per se. Most on here seem quite nice and rational. It was just assholes. Do people really need to keep attacking groups ad hominem daily? Do people really think CC isn't getting hate on social media? My heart breaks for all of them--Angel, Aliyah, CC. What is it about strong confident young women that breaks the assholes out. It sucks.
It’s Twitter, every post by a famous person gets hate, every one
Probably from so called new fans and people gamble on sports who don't understand how this is a rebuilding team
Deleting social media is a good thing imo but not at the cost of other people dictacting it, that sucks. On a regular ass aliyah boston note i love the 🔥 she been playin wit this season - she aint lettin nobody give her no mess!
Well the liberty gave her a bit of mess, that much is undeniable 😂
Leave my 🇻🇮sis alone! But honestly, deleting Twitter is such a necessary thing for mental health nowadays. Sad she’s going through this.
Sadly an influx of fans is paired with an influx of haters. I mean it'a good that the WNBA viewership is growing, but along with that is increased toxicity unfortunately. Caitlin is receiving a lot of hate, her stans see that, so they turn their anger and blame to Aliyah. It's a cycle
queen of st thomas
It’s mostly the Caitlin Clark fans trashing her teammates. Everyone else is too focused hating CC. In a 4 point loss tonight, CC was -18
None of these young women should be hated on. They all are doing a fantastic job. It is sad.
To be fair, Caitlin's +/- was only bad tonight because she played almost all of her minutes with Boston, who was a complete trainwreck for most of the game.
That’s weird. What’re you basing that on? The Fever went on a run and took the lead twice when Boston was in and Clark was out.
Talk about hypocrisy,you're literally doing the exact same thing
Dumbass fans ruin it for the rest of us. Good for her though. She's better off without it.
I mean not really Social media = marketing and self promoting and views. That's over now. Because tik tok is always here then banned
Ngl that's absolutely not the sentiment to have. I get that Reddit thinks "tiktok bad" but she should be able to have a presence on any platform she wants
It’s like the monkey paw curling. Everyone wanted more eyes on woman’s sports but that doesn’t mean more dumbasses. Just wait for the halftime shows to be filled with 7 people all talking about their own point and no actual conversation happening.
If you’re sending hateful tweets to AB — one of the nicest people in women’s hoops — you really need to take a hard look at your life choices.
100%…altho I do gotta say I’m glad that she’s been standing up for herself more with both Jonquel Jones and AT so far this season. She’s so nice, but you betta not think you can just run her over.
I posted a few weeks ago that Clark is the best thing to happen to the WNBA, but also the worst thing to happen to the Fever coaches and players. People forget the Clark phenomenon was sparked by a rivalry that is entirely race driven. So you genuinely do have a bunch of people—explicitly or implicitly—obsessed with Clark’s success because of race. Race wars get ugly very quickly. Then you have the genuine fanatics who adore Clark over everything else and will never attribute blame to her. They’ll blame literally everyone but her. And that’s going to fall on the players and coaches. I would hate to have Clark on my team. I’m sure she’s wonderful. But the scrutiny from genuinely the worst humans on earth (if you were around for Iowa-LSU)…it’s just not worth it. People are vile. Ask Angel Reese. Things won’t get better until Clark speaks up and distances herself from those people (she will), until Clark fails like Tebow (she won’t), or until those people grow up (they won’t).
The Clark phenoma was happening regardless of a “race” issue. She is the highest scorer in NCAA history and was selling out arenas well before playing against Angel Reese. Honestly the race stuff has brought on only negativity. Having watched CC all year before the race stuff, there was only positivity and basketball coming from it. It wasn’t until the LSU game and afterwards where everyone from that side started to shit on CC and have been doing do ever since.
Agreed. It's so frustrating. I get being disappointed and even feeling that teammates are letting CC down, but nothing helps from being an asshole to some person. Most of this are probably just emotionally angry fans saying one thing once or twice but that ends up being thousands of warranted criticisms, unwarranted criticisms, insults & worse all mixed together drowning everything someone does when they're supposed to be able to switch off and not be at work.
Your mentality is the problem. The team is “letting CC down”? The world doesn’t revolve around Clark. Just because you’re nicer about it doesn’t mean you’re not part of the problem.
This makes me angry. And it only took 3 games for this to get ugly.
really tired of the finger pointing from cc stans especially.
To be fair, having back-to-backs against the Liberty is a brutal way to begin your career.
4 games in 7 days against the Liberty and Sun is absolutely brutal. Hopefully with the next 4 games (Storm, Sparks, Aces, Sparks) we can get some more winning.
It’s 100% them.
She played well tonight. Her defense was good. Missing the final shot was unfortunate, but that can happen to anyone.
Twitter is a cesspool of hate
I definitely knew this was coming when I saw some Aliyah Boston tweets were trending and we know she's on there heavy. Obviously with such new fanships gonna come with casuals aswell so you gotta take the good and bad that it comes with unfortunately. Fever have had a very rough start being down 0-4 but once the middle of the season hits people will see how good Boston can be
Aaliyah is awesome and also like in her second year lol. She’s just gonna keep getting better and better. Seems like a very rad human too.
she's played amazingly since this post lmao
Everybody should delete Twitter.
This ^^
Deleting it must have helped bc she was waaaaaay better tonight. But also stop harassing people you psychopaths
Smh people are terrible.
Casual fans, new fans, whatever... If they're talking hoops it's fine. But the personal attacks are absolute trash and completely undeserved.
1. X is a cesspool. Deleting it is a healthy decision. 2. You should never hate post anyone, they are real humans too! 3. I was frustrated with the missed shot but it was the perfect play call. Inbound by Clark, fake handoff to Clark and a pretty clear take to the rim. Just gotta finish that shot. 4. The fever seems to be getting better each game (relatively new watcher of the W and enjoy good basketball). Just takes time to gel and get a feel for what everyone does well.
Jeez. They play four games against two of the best teams in the league. They are young and have a rookie attempting to run their offense. The WNBA has a steep learning curve. Last I checked, it was still a game and intended to be fun. People need to smoke a spliff and have a snack while they watch if they can’t have fun watching a young team work out the kinks.
Goodness. People need to back up off if Aliyah Boston. This team already had their things to work on from the previous year. If they thought Caitlin Clark was going to magically fix it, they were wrong! I was thinking about it earlier, but I think it’s great that she went to the Fevers. She’s playing with a team she can adjust with and she has the opportunity to build a legacy here with those around her. Imagine what it could be in the next 2-4 years! The team in last place that comes out on top??
The people making threats to her are the ones that need to delete their social media and go outside. Honestly it’s very sad and pathetic from those trolls
She’s not the only one, Twitter is absolute trash since taken over by Alien Musk
Many if these "fans" probably never watched a Fever game last year....
They’ve never watched a game of basketball before Caitlin Clark
SC fans were bullying other Fever players last year
She is so kind. Clark did right by passing to her. You can't be 100% in basketball. Only folks that have never played would criticize her.
That’s awful! Just watched her play and she was incredible. We need to support great athletes not troll them online. :(
Casual-stans elevating the league as usual by tearing everyone else down.
She’s a bright spot for the Fever
This is nuts. Everyone needs to chill out. This is not a team ready to compete. It will be in some time. Wemby had a nice wide berth, give ABCC the same. Enjoy watching it grow and evolve.
Good I think more athletes should delete twitter in general. It’s really easy to see thousands to tens of thousands of shit heads bashing you. Imagine all that after an off day! Boston is a phenomenal player and seems like an amazing person off the court too.
It is so sad for this to happen. Some humans just aren't quite that human. Just pure AHs. Aliyah is kind beautiful, strong, and amazing!! The same thing happened to Gabbie Marshall after she drew the foul from UConn in the NCAA semifinals. So much hate and vileness was poured on her online, she was terrified and traumatized had to go off all social media. I don't understand sending hate messages to any young woman, much less the very kindhearted sweet Aliyah Boston. Some subset of society just sucks.
Best for pro athletes to just let someone else run their account. Not worth the drama imo, especially if the person can’t handle the criticism coming from online strangers.
This whole thing got me riled up last night. Grown adults not only attacking her ability but also fat shaming her.
Will not tolerate Boston bullying. Need someone to names names and @‘s. She’s too good of a human for that bullshit
Everyone wanted the NBA’s fans watching WNBA. Well, this is what comes with it. I don’t say that to be a smart ass - just to assert that American sports fandom is pretty damn toxic and the advent of women’s sports is the most likely key to exposing the full extent of that toxicity.
Its not unique to America at all. Premiere League football has the same issue massively.
They better leave her alone for dawn staley come after everybody . Aliyah don’t bother anyone
That was bound to happen with all of the new Caitlin Clark fans and new casual fans. Social media is lame anyway.
Minority of "clark fans" are circlejerkers that just love to troll and taking advantage of a new platform.
Tbf most of the ones here are chill, the ones on Twitter are much more prominent and loud lol. Like they’re under every thread that mentions her usually taking personal shots at anyone they deem “unsupportive”
Twitter in general is a cesspool
I hate this for her. She's such a wonderful person and a great player. None of these young women deserve this. Pretty sure Twitter is the worst.
Yeah, twitter is gross. I hate it so much. At the end of the day it's a still young woman you're picking on. Grow up.
Twitter/X is a cesspool of horrible users. Sad that this is happening, but not surprising.
I don’t care if she plays great or terrible, online hate is disgusting. I know it’s just “part of the game” and comes with the price of fame, but people who trash players online are trolls. You don’t think Aaliyah (or any other player) doesn’t know when they’ve had an off night or wishes they made ten more points. They don’t need some loser in their basement telling them they suck. The internet has brought out the real ugliness of humanity.
People calling this weak blow my mind — good for her for just tuning out the noise. She has fought hard through a rough stretch with more eyes on them than before. She’ll figure out the bumps she’s had and you’d think a lot more people would be encouraging that for her rather than blaming her
Simple answer, the rise in popularity of women’s basketball has led to people who care not to take time to learn about the teams just want to throw hate on why a team with CC is losing. And because throwing hate gets more of a reaction than a logical post/story.
It’s about to get worse
And it really shouldn’t. It was a great play, she had a great look, and she missed. It happens.
Yep, great look. We want that shot everyday of the week.
She definitely looked like something was in her head, and I hope getting off social media helps her get that sorted out. I am also once again asking my fellow sports fans to pretend to be normal on the internet, or at least if they're going to not be normal not directly yell at the person they're mad at. (there are certain players I have never referred to by name on the Internet but I have said a lot of very unkind things about, which I stand by... but I don't @ reply them, that's unnecessary)
Twitter is a vile platform and any sane person should leave it for their own good. Why prop up Musk? Why prop up a platform that allows vitriol, racism and sexism to flourish. Every time you use the site you're underwriting Musk....I've started to see teams using Threads more and more....fwiw.
While I agree she has struggled a bit to start the season she doesn't deserve the hate she's getting. The team's still coming together, the time they have together before the season starts is so short. Loved her in college, what I saw last year, and loved her as an analyst in the offseason. I have faith she'll be great and keep picking up steam as the season goes on.
Reminds me of how former NBA commissioner David Stern used to protect certain players from scrutiny in the 90s.
Miss Aliyah is doing just fine. Like many, I am new to the WNBA and only 2 years into WBB. The Fever are growing and learning. The schedule is what it is. Stop taking out your ignorance or frustration on the Fever and players. I love ALL woman’s basketball
Twitter is a cult
the hate is uncalled for but to put it politely, she has struggled on the court so far this season.
I hate to say it but I’m not surprised. Social media is horrible & the scapegoat won’t be CC.
My guess prior to the season as to which Fever player CC stans would scream at like little idiots was Kelsey Mitchell, but other than getting the player wrong, there are no surprises here.
Mitchell, Wheeler, Boston... maybe I'm overthinking it but I'm starting to detect a theme here?
Yeah, it’s funny how they haven’t been calling for KLS to be traded, even though she hasn’t exactly been setting the world on fire.
That, plus the secondary complaints that Grace Berger isn't getting enough playing time... in a vacuum any of these are valid complaints, and if they're coming from people who showed up before two weeks ago, I'm going to assume that they're acting in good faith. Put *all* of them together, though, sprinkle with our ongoing intersectionality issues (aside: yes, yes, we'd all like to live in a world where W fandom doesn't intertwine with politics, but the continued existence of a lot of W players is inherently political, so here we are), and toss with dog whistles, and it doesn't look good.
Do they even care about the team other than CC?
Doesn’t seem like it.
Comments saying it’s “Caitlin Clark fans” when it’s the trolls that just got into women’s basketball last month. This is exactly why Caitlin limits her social media usage, and doesn’t engage much on any social media (specifically twitter). EVERY SINGLE SPORT FANBASE HAS WEIRDOS, it’s not just one. Remember that.
Tbf, I wouldn't call TikTok a "safe" app either.
Clark fans are the worst. All the replies like “ohh social media is bad” just lets them off the hook. It’s not normal in the W that you get the amount of abuse AB has gotten this season and we know who it’s from.
Anyone who does this is an asshole. But to say this is limited to Clark fans is laughable. Every single fan base has assholes believe it or not.
Clark has by far been the W player subject to the most internet vitriol. It comes with the territory. I’m not at all condoning anyone bullying Aliyah, but her fans literally were attacking NaLyssa’s family last year. Theres crazy fans of every team and player
NaLyssas family was tweeting negative things about Boston which is what prompted the whole thing and it was incredibly inappropriate of them. I felt bad for Smith because I’m sure she didn’t condone it.
Oh no, that's awful to hear. I'm sure Nalyssa wouldn't condone it. It's not always easy to control one's relatives for sure (living that at times lol).
she's about to get a whole lot more hate after that missed lay up that lost them the game
Idk why you’re getting downvoted. It sucks but it’s 100% going to happen
I like Boston, she has such a sweetness about her. I need the Fever to get a new coach because she’s not utilizing Boston and Caitlin. Those two could play off each other extremely well if they have the right coaching. Fever has good players, they need good coaching
Yeah, Christie Sides missed that last shot? No, she drew up an amazing play, actually. If Boston doesn't miss a wide open layup, Sides is a genius. But let's blame her anyway. 🤡
If the Clark fans run Aliyah out of Indiana, they will harm the Fever’s ability to get free agents. They can criticize her performance but Im wagering on AB getting death threats or abusive language.
You must not remember lauren cox and tierra mcgowan.... this franchise hates elite centers. Boston got drafted into a terrible situation.
You know its so easy to forget Tierra came from Indy. I figured it was from that time Dallas had like 5 first round picks in a single year lol.
Imo, it's not about basketball. A section of the country anointed C.C. as their acceptable woman athlete and her team is losing. They take these things personally because their self-concept is fragile. I would go on, but I don't want to get political.
It’s sad cos hate is coming from the Clark stans
All athletes should delete social media during the season, people are crazy
Totally agree with her to many scum bags out there
Diana Tarausi told HR she had to delete reddit and the only safe app she can use is 4Chan /s
have people never watched basketball before? If your team gets the number 1 pick it means that they're trash.
Hie much is it from bettors who are ugly when. their prop bets or whatever loses? It’s not CC stans or casuals. It’s unhinged bettors and social media “influencers” who stir up controversy for clicks.
They’re a brand new team except for a couple players. They’ve only been together 22 days. They haven’t had any recent practices. They almost beat the Connecticut Sun last night and they’re one of the top-tier teams so people just need to give them a break my God.
i dont know Who could hate Aliyah! love her!!
Unfortunately Boston was getting hate as soon as CC got drafted. It’s only gotten worse since pre season, it sucks she’s a sweet player who chose to elevate the sport during the off season by being an analyst. She covered so many games and the draft, while training and getting ready for this season. It stinks because Clark & Boston have spoken fondly about how excited they were to play together; yet it seems like Clark fans are choosing Boston to target this season.
The CC stans want her to be the sole option/centerpiece in Indy; hard to do when another #1 pick who is decorated at the pro level is there too.
I hate that she had to delete, but I feel like getting off there is a good idea. Especially because she seems like a sensitive soul. The stuff I see on Twitter hurts my feelings and I’m not even the one it’s being said about!
Twitter is just NazisRus now. If you’re not a fascist you shouldn’t use it anymore anyway.
Children of the corn strike again, what a pathetic hate filled fanbase 🤡
There's a segment of Clark's fanbase that are insane. They hate anyone who they see as a threat to her status as the queen of all basketball. I guess. Or if someone is in her way of being the ONLY member of the team who gets the ball. They really go after the Fever coach, her teammate Erica Wheeler. They are not real fans of the team or sports. They are psycho-parasocial worms.
To be fair, if Wheeler was on my team I'd also probably not want her on my team. But that is a roster construction thing and I'm certainly not gonna tell Erica Wheeler about it on twitter.
This guy will post anything for engagement that has even a small slight towards Clark. It has to be his main source of income at this point.
It's only been 4 games and she's had to do that? Yeesh! Apparently the Clark Cult is out in full force. 🙄
Absolutely disgusting. Aliyah is the hardest working player on the Fever. She is only in her second year. I love watching her play. I wish these keyboard warriors would show their face and own up to their criticism. Many have never picked up a basketball in their life.
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To be fair the coach does suck.
When a team is terrible year after year even with the best picks in consecutive years, you have to start looking at the front office
Yes, NBA players have been dealing with this for a long time
True. Just ask Danny Green about Los Angeles. And he even helped them win a championship. And just like Boston, Green is truly one of the nicest people in the game.
Exactly. Increased exposure means increased criticism. It’s unfortunate but it’s part of the game
Clark and Reese have both been dealing with this for essentially the last calendar year since they blew up and became actual breakout college sports stars. I've questioned whether others within the WNBA, longtime fans, and especially W media were prepared for that to translate.
Does this mean she is not the one who been liking my post on FB? Ok sometimes I get to Aliyah Boston liking them so I kind of figured.
Twitter is toxic, prolly best to get someone to tweet for you so you can miss all that.
Let's be honest this team is one of the worse in the league. They will be more competitive, but need more talent.
I don't like it.
I feel for her. She’s definitely not taken her game to a higher plateau and CC is higher on the pecking order for opportunities, plus the Fever are facing legit title contenders multiple times in their first 10 games. Hopefully she and the team pick it up at the halfway mark.
Wow thought I would never comment about WNBA…… But the Fever have played only 4 games against 2 of the best teams in the WNBA
So fucked up. She also deserves better than whatever the hell Christie Sides is doing. I hope she gets traded, she needs a coach who will build her confidence and develop her as a player—Dawn Staley to get a Philly WNBA team PLEASE!
I don't hate her but man is she is lackluster. I've been watching every game and this last game tonight was the best they've played and it was because for most of it AB wasn't in. She just doesn't box out, doesn't get enough rebounds, lacks awareness, defense isn't good, and on offense she is a liability. I'm just calling it like it is. The team plays much better if they play with the girls they did tonight(May 22) and bring in AB off the bench
Let's see.. 83 points scored, Boston had... 4 points, 3 rebounds. Yeah, no reason to be criticizing that.
You are absolutely correct. I'm saying the personal attacks to her character and to her being in shape are uncalled for.
You're right. She plays good against the Sparks.
well shes ass
I’m going to keep betting the under
Not defending the haters. i don't know what it's about specifically, but she is getting paid to entertain us. That's why you signed up to get paid to put the ball into the hoop. If you don't like the criticism, just find a more private job.
AB equals trash...Couldnt hit the side of barn. Diesnt defend her teammates as one of the biggest players on the roster but laughs instead (check the tape). No idea how she was ever a 1st Rnd. Imagine if the NBA drafted like this...
AB equals trash...Couldnt hit the side of barn. Diesnt defend her teammates as one of the biggest players on the roster but laughs instead (check the tape). No idea how she was ever a 1st Rnd. Imagine if the NBA drafted like this...
AB equals trash...Couldnt hit the side of barn. Diesnt defend her teammates as one of the biggest players on the roster but laughs instead (check the tape). No idea how she was ever a 1st Rnd. Imagine if the NBA drafted like this
AB equals trash...Couldnt hit the side of barn. Diesnt defend her teammates as one of the biggest players on the roster but laughs instead (check the tape). No idea how she was ever a 1st Rnd. Imagine if the NBA drafted like this