WHEW. This escalated quickly.
Monica McNutt was on Monday’s First Take to talk about the Chennedy Carter cheap shot on Caitlin Clark and made some fantastic points overall, including this: “We’re still talking about competition, where you are allowed to get a little extra elbow in if you are competing and you do it in the parameters of the game. The game is physical, Caitlin is helping to grow the league, these women understand that, but she cannot be babied as a rookie!”
Well said! Both things can be true!
But then Stephen A. Smith asked who talks more about women’s sports than First Take. And McNutt responded — in the context of fans who are just following the W starting this season — with this: “Respectfully, with your platform, you could have been doing this three years ago if you wanted to.”
Smith was left mostly speechless:
Stephen A. Smith: "Who talks about the WNBA, who talks about women, who talks about women's sports more than First Take?"
Monica McNutt: "Stephen A., respectfully, with your platform, you could have been doing this three years ago if you wanted to."
Stephen A.: "Wow." pic.twitter.com/szQXOPQ3h4
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) June 3, 2024
Monica McNutt cooking Stephen A 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/oeVmTA0TLU
— E Booker✊🏾 (@E_Book88) June 3, 2024
