It may seem like we’re covering the absurdity of the depths of Sheryl Swoopes’ intense dislike of Caitlin Clark supporters on a daily basis. And that might be because we are.
Swoopes is providing endless fuel to the fire. The legendary WNBA star is seemingly engaged in a one-sided jealous feud with Clark which, in turn, extends to anybody who might support the Indiana rookie.
Whether it’s making up statistics to downplay Clark’s achievements, or falling silent – despite being paid as a basketball analyst – when it comes to discussing Clark’s role in transforming the league into an intriguing sports phenomenon, it’s clear Swoopes has a personal agenda.
Now, that apparently is spilling over into friendships.
Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman revealed that after giving Swoopes a little criticism of the way she was handling her beef with Clark, Swoopes ended their years-long friendship.
Talk about being obstinate.
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Sheryl Swoopes Dumps Her Friend Over Support For Caitlin Clark
Nancy Lieberman, speaking on the weekend edition of “The Stephen A. Smith Show,” revealed that she mildly criticized Sheryl Swoopes after she got basic facts wrong in trying to denigrate Caitlin Clark’s scoring record.
As Bounding Into Sports readers know, Swoopes tried to downplay Clark’s all-time NCAA scoring record by claiming the Iowa star needed a fifth season to top Kelsey Plum.
That was, in a word, false. In fact, Clark could have played a fifth year of eligibility but instead declared for the WNBA draft.
Swoopes also falsely suggested Clark took over 40 shots per game and referenced a “25-year-old playing against 20-year-olds” in the discussion. The Indiana Fever star won’t be 25 until January 22nd, 2027.
She has since apologized and admitted to the mistake. But Swoopes doesn’t feel she owes anybody else anything. Including her friends.
“I called her as a friend and I said ‘you can say whatever you want … but you do have to get the statistics right. I mean, facts matter … It’s ok to have a difference of opinions,” Lieberman told Smith.
“She got upset with me on the phone and I was like, ‘Sheryl, I’m not doing anything to hurt you.’ … So our relationship pretty much is not happening at this point. I tried to talk to her at the Final Four, she didn’t want to talk to me. My life is going to be good or great with or without Sheryl Swoopes in my life. I’d rather have her in it.”
Nancy Lieberman on the Stephen A Smith Show discussing how she called Sheryl Swoopes to discuss her comments on Caitlin Clark pic.twitter.com/bSIvI3TVvw
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Swoopes Issues More Pettiness With Response
Sheryl Swoopes, who has already been feuding with Smith over the Caitlin Clark situation, probably wasn’t thrilled that Lieberman called her out as a terrible friend on his show.
She issued a petty response to Smith and Liberman on X, where she has consistently been going after anybody and everybody.
“Now here you go! I get what you trying to do wit ya boy @stephenasmith but it ain’t working,” Swoopes wrote in sharing a video of Lieberman’s comments.
“You know good and well what happened. And ditto…my life is good without you too (and him). You wanna go there?”
Sheryl Swoopes has since claimed her false comments about Caitlin Clark were simply a case of her engaging in hyperbole. She even posted private text messages from the WNBA star showing she apologized to her over the mistake.
The four-time WNBA champion and first-ever player to be signed by the league claims Lieberman never called her and instead posted on social media and sent her text messages.
“Don’t say you called me to talk about that when you didn’t,” Swopes fumed. “You posted that on Twitter and then I responded to you, I texted you, and said ‘Nancy if you have something to say, call me, since we’re supposed to be, quote, friends.”
Careful Nancy, Sheryl likes to post private messages on social media. You might be next.
Swoopes is a TV analyst for the Dallas Wings. Reports have surfaced that she was pulled from coverage of the Wings’ loss to Indiana due to her personal grudge against Clark.
It’s difficult to justify the employment of a WNBA analyst when that person can’t objectively analyze one of the league’s best and most important players.
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