Dave Portnoy says NBA players would be 'crucified' for acting like Angel Reese after playoff failure

Dave Portnoy believes an NBA rookie wouldn't beryllium capable to get distant with the behaviour of Angel Reese successful their archetypal play aft being drafted.

Portnoy launched into an astonishing onslaught connected the Chicago Sky rookie during an quality connected the Barstool Sports 'Pick Em' podcast, wherever helium was asked astir Reese attending the WNBA Finals successful a 50-50 jersey of New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx. 

Barstool Sports laminitis Portnoy said helium didn't ticker the finals due to the fact that Caitlin Clark wasn't competing for Indiana Fever, earlier slamming Reese for launching her 'Unapologetically Angel' podcast connected the backmost of a play wherever she failed to marque the playoffs.

Reese has spoken astir the rivalry she shared with Clark connected her show, arsenic good arsenic having Travis Kelce's ex-girlfriend Kayla Nicole connected arsenic a impermanent to speech about the Chiefs star.

'The past clip I saw Angel she had (Travis) Kelce's ex (on her podcast),' Portnoy said. 

'If a antheral was doing what Angel Reese is doing she would get crucified, careless of tegument color, careless of anything.

'She's a rookie successful the league whose squad sucked, who a**ed retired astatine the extremity of the play with an injury, who won't unopen up astir herself, who ran their champion subordinate retired of town, the manager got fired, and she started a podcast 5 seconds into the happening creating each this controversy.

'Imagine if your archetypal circular Draft prime had the play she had, the contention she had, got injured successful a questionable injury, a**ed retired and past started a podcast gossiping astir everything successful the league arsenic a rookie. Please.

'Meanwhile Caitlin is caput down, conscionable f***ing successful the gym, you don't perceive a peep from her.'

Reese's play ended aboriginal owed to a wrist contented that needed surgery, meaning she missed the last fewer games of the regular season. 

She is expected to instrumentality successful January for the motorboat of the caller Unrivaled league, with an array of WNBA stars signed up to the 3x3 tournament.

It was reported earlier this week that Unrivaled is readying an connection for Clark to articulation the franchise, replicating the lucrative woody Major League Soccer made with Lionel Messi to motion for Inter Miami.

Clark could beryllium offered much than $1million arsenic good arsenic equity successful the league, which has been co-founded by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier.

Messi signed a $150million woody with Miami that included contributions from Apple and Adidas, arsenic good arsenic aboriginal opportunities for squad ownership successful the league.

Clark shared a video connected Wednesday of herself backmost connected the signifier courts, adjacent though the WNBA play doesn't commencement until astir April adjacent year.