Monica McNutt and Chiney Ogwumike share a message after Caitlin Clark's flagrant foul on Angel Reese in Chicago Sky-Indiana Fever.

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00:00I think folks that truly love the game of basketball need to be mindful.

00:04You need to respect the humanity of these women, whether you are Team Clark or Team Reese,

00:08although you can certainly be both, right?

00:10The aftermath, the fact that the WNBA has to put out a statement because of racist comments

00:15and unsafe conditions toward Angel Reese, like, I just want people to be mindful that

00:20whether you like it or not, anytime something happens with the two of them, one is automatically

00:24put as a victim and one is automatically put as someone who needs to be saved, when in

00:28reality, both are excellent competitors.

00:30They both said this was a basketball play.

00:32Now, Greeny, let's be honest.

00:33If this was the other way around, oh, Lord, you can only imagine how the conversation would

00:37have gone.

00:37Yeah, I absolutely agree.

00:39And when you think about this circumstance and this day and age that we're in, a lot of

00:42people project their own subjective feelings on these ladies as, you know, people that

00:46have gotten to know them.

00:47They just want to compete at the highest levels.

00:49Once the play was over, they were on to the next.

00:51But I'll lastly say this, when it comes to racism and the hateful rhetoric and the statement

00:55that the WNBA is saying, I think it's important because at the end of the day, if you are truly

00:59a basketball fan, you would understand and agree.

01:02We have no space in our game for those types of comments and also not, you know, putting

01:07more gasoline on the fire in a circumstance where we're here to appreciate the beautiful

01:11basketball.

01:12That's all Caitlin and Angel want you to do.

01:14Why not just continue on that?

01:16Well, that was the moment over the weekend.

01:18Again, somewhat overshadowing, I think, unfortunately, Clinton having this enormous first game.

01:23Well, watch where it goes from here.

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