Breaking ESPN star Peter Rosenberg sparks new Caitlin Clark ‘race’ storm with claim about NBA prospect Cooper Flagg EnglishHeadline

Caitlin Clark has been dragged into one more debate about race after Cooper Flagg was chosen first general within the NBA draft.

The 18-year-old, thought-about one of the vital thrilling prospects of current instances, was  taken by the Dallas Mavericks with the No 1 decide this week.

Flagg has been tipped to turn out to be a basketball celebrity, very similar to Caitlin Clark, who has lifted the WNBA to new heights since becoming a member of the Indiana Fever.

However Clark has additionally turn out to be a lightning rod for discussions round race since becoming a member of the league, with some accusing her rivals of bullying and jealousy, whereas others have urged she advantages from ‘white privilege’.

Now the WNBA star finds herself on the heart of one other storm after ESPN analyst Peter Rosenberg in contrast her and Flagg.

Rosenberg was accused of ‘race-baiting’ throughout his look on First Take, when he mentioned Flagg’s potential impression within the NBA.

Caitlin Clark has been dragged into one other race debate after Cooper Flagg joined the NBA

‘We’re all adults, we will have a real-life dialog,’ he mentioned. ‘Final time I checked, we nonetheless stay in America. Cooper Flagg is a white man, perhaps the very best white American prospect since Larry Chicken. 

‘Let’s not act as if we do not stay in America and we’re not seeing what’s occurring with Caitlin Clark within the WNBA. 

‘Cooper Flagg goes to be an prompt impression participant within the NBA. He is able to go. That child might play proper now. 

‘If he is almost nearly as good as folks anticipate then I believe on the subject of “intrigue” – that individuals are speaking about each day – nobody goes to be extra intriguing and get extra eyeballs than Cooper Flagg in Dallas.’

However Rosenberg got here below hearth from some basketball followers for mentioning race. 

‘Caitlin Clark is not getting consideration as a result of she’s white, she’s getting consideration as a result of she’s a generational expertise,’ one mentioned on social media. 

‘Cooper Flagg is intriguing as a result of he is the very best school basketball participant we have seen in a very long time Why does ESPN all the time must make it about race?’

One other fan echoed these ideas, claiming it was ‘unhappy’ and ‘pitiful’ that race had been introduced into the dialog. ‘That is very cringe, ESPN must be ashamed of themselves,’ a 3rd mentioned. 

However others defended Rosenberg. ‘He is proper,’ mentioned one fan, whereas one other agreed that Clark is being handled in a different way as a result of she is white.

‘If she was every other race however simply as proficient, her present followers wouldn’t assist her,’ they mentioned.