Dave Portnoy tells NBA icon to ‘bow down’ to

Caitlin Clark did not have to reply to latest criticism with phrases after her career-high 45-point game had Dave Portnoy throw on his cape as the Indiana Fever star’s greatest unauthorized mouthpiece against any of her critics, including NBA icon Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Portnoy shared his pleasure on X after Clark’s big night time for the Indiana Fever of their 110-107 win over the Seattle Storm. She turned the quickest participant in WNBA historical past to attain 200 profession three-pointers.

Clark completed with 10 assists and hit 6 of 10 three-pointers, all while playing just 29 minutes on a minutes restriction. She turned the first WNBA or NBA participant to report 45 factors and 10 assists in under half-hour.

Portnoy celebrated her achievement with a message to Abdul-Jabbar and Englebert. He told each basketball figures and all of Clark’s detractors to bow down in awe of her game.

“Caitlin the great with 45!!! 10 dimes!! 6 of 10 from 3! The game of the year,” he wrote. “She is box office! She is the league! She is the moment! They hate her cause they ain’t her!”

Portnoy stored celebrating while tagging each of his targets. He typed “Bow Down to her,” twice, tagging each of them while including, “She is the queen of the WNBA. If you disagree, you have no brains.”

Portnoy tagged Abdul-Jabbar after the Los Angeles Lakers legend and basketball Hall of Famer replied to a letter from Rep. August Pfluger and 10 other GOP lawmakers that requested Engelbert to tackle the bodily play Clark has confronted.

Abdul-Jabbar wrote that Clark is “a very good, possibly even a great, player,” however argued that naming one participant as the face of the league, without the dominance of a Michael Jordan or LeBron James, was unfair to other WNBA stars.

Portnoy responded by saying Clark never requested to be the face of the WNBA. He pointed out that Clark has advocated for increased pay for all gamers and shown respect to those who got here before her.

Englebert was as soon as rumored to have said that Clark needs to be “on her knees and thanking her fortunate stars” for the platform the WNBA supplies, which helped develop Clark’s superstardom.

Clark just lately confronted criticism after scoring 13 factors against the Golden State Valkyries and reacting strongly to a name she disagreed with from referee Gerda Gatling.

Some followers on social media said she was powerful to watch, and ESPN commentators advised she was turning into less likable.”I just thought I was aggressive from the start. Missed a shot, came back and made the next,” said Clark after her historic night time.

“I knew my team needed me to step up with AB (Aliyah Boston) out, but I’m just proud of this group. We were down by eight with four minutes to play, so just some true resiliency. But we got another one tomorrow, so it’s just great, but move on.”