An already exciting final of the women’s NCAA championship, grabbed the attention of the entire basketball world following a raging controversy between opposing players Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. After the LSU Tigers emerged victorious over the Iowa Hawkeyes in a thrilling match-up, Angel Reese enacted the infamous John Cena ‘You can’t C me’ gesture while pointing to her ring finger, as a response to Caitlin Clark’s gesture in a previous game. A popular Boston Celtics legend recently shared a unique perspective on the whole scenario, while addressing the state of women’s basketball.

As the LSU star received widespread backlash for being ‘unclassy’ after her team’s National Championship win, many came forward in her support calling out the double standards of Reese’s detractors. One of the most noted exchanges on Twitter was between actor Samuel L. Jackson and sports commentator Keith Olbermann. While the commentator criticized Reese’s gesture using expletives in his tweet, Samuel L. Jackson responded with equally harsh and ‘vulgar’ language, calling out the Olbermann’s bias.

Celtics legend Paul Pierce brings forth an interesting take on the Angel Reese Controversy

The Celtics legends Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett discussed a lot of topics on their latest podcast episode on ‘SHOWTIME Basketball’. The duo discussed the NBA playoffs before moving on to the trending Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese controversy.

While most of the sports world and fans are engaged in debating whether Reese’s gesture was in good taste or not, Paul Pierce focused on a different angle of the story. The NBA legend approached the topic from the perspective of the state of Women’s basketball.

The Celtics’ shooting guard in a passionate and insightful response to the Clark-Reese controversy said, “They talk about the trash talk that went on between Caitlin and Reese, but this is my thing- despite all of that, the interest in the women’s game went to another level and that’s what I love about this. It [the controversy] sparked so much interest people already talking about next year’s [NCAA tournament]. The girl’s basketball scene is getting to another level and I’m happy that you know people are starting to garnish more interest in that because these girls are skilled, they play the right way, they’re getting better, they’re revolutionizing the girl’s gang… you see more girls even dunk, I mean it’s crazy.”

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Kevin Garnett certainly seemed to agree with Paul Pierce. He even went on to praise Caitlin Clark and other women’s basketball players like Paige Bueckers, who have stolen the show in recent times.

Caitlin Clark is a rising star in women’s basketball

Kevin Garnett began talking about women’s basketball and could not help but sing Clark’s praises, comparing her to Stephen Curry. He said “Caitlin Clark is the f*****g truth bro. Like there [are] so many narratives in women’s basketball right now, [and] when I’m watching her I feel like I’m re-watching Stephen.”

Garnett strongly advocated for Clark to play in the league and a possible matchup between Connecticut’s Bueckers and her.

While that would certainly be interesting to watch, let us know what you think about the Reese-Clark controversy. And what do you think about Pierce’s take on the whole scene?

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