Chaplin
Better off silent
Stupid
Phoenix Mercury Regular Season Thread. 2026
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Chaplin
Better off silent
Deserved. She’s the star of the team. No reason for her to do what she did.
I'm not sure why I'm so mad about this. I'm not even a huge follower of the W.
Yuma
Suns are my Kryptonite!
Watching it on replay, it looks incidental. When I heard she "punched" Clark, I pictured in my mind a wind up and punch like a boxer. If her hand had been open instead of clenched, it would have been a no call. It's BS. But the league is really protecting Clark.
Chaplin
Better off silent
Are you really trying to explain it away?
Yuma
Suns are my Kryptonite!
No. Adrian posted a replay where the commentators said the same thing. I explain what I mean in another post in the Caitlin Clark thread. I've seen Mercury players straight up get punched for real and there was no giant outcry. It happens in the WNBA to other players all the time. It is rough play at times in the league. These ladies take a lot. They also don't have tons of fans treating them like they are Taylor Swift and flood social media when something happens to them. Clark is a viral phenom that gets treated with kid gloves. Good for her.
