Radio host says Caitlin Clark is WNBA's version of Jeremy Lin: 'The exact same thing'

A talking caput is disconnected the Caitlin Clark train.

The WNBA's 2024 archetypal wide prime and Rookie of the Year made her instrumentality to the hardwood Saturday aft being constricted to conscionable 13 games past season, with a groin wounded ending her 2nd campaign.

She dropped 20 points successful what was a conflict from 3-point land, going 2-for-9 from deep, including missing a imaginable tying 3 successful the game's last seconds.

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Tyrone Johnson compared Caitlin Clark's popularity to Jeremy Lin's. (Trevor Ruszkowski; Brace Hemmelgarn/Imagn Images)

Clark took the sports satellite by tempest during her clip successful Iowa and has undoubtedly been the superior crushed for the maturation of women's hoops — but soon, it volition each end, says erstwhile Philadelphia sports vigor big Tyrone Johnson.

"The Caitlin Clark happening is implicit due to the fact that she’s not the champion subordinate successful the WNBA," Johnson said connected SportsGrid's "The Craig Carton Show." "She’s not the champion defender successful the WNBA. She’s not adjacent the champion defender from her assemblage people due to the fact that that’s Paige Bueckers, who plays for [the] Dallas [Wings], who bushed them successful the play opener. This could beryllium a concern wherever we look backmost connected Caitlin Clark, and we’re not gonna look backmost connected her similar she’s Michael Jordan. She’s Jeremy Lin. This is conscionable Linsanity."

Johnson besides criticized Clark for joining forces with Morgan Wallen astatine his performance successful Indianapolis.

"Morgan Wallen says the N-word liberally. Says it much than I do, and I’m Black," Johnson said.

Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark drives to the handbasket against the Dallas Wings connected May 9, 2026, astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis, Ind. (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire)

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Johnson besides called retired Clark's "b----ing and moaning to the refs nonstop."

"But erstwhile we look backmost connected this, we’ll go, this miss had the satellite by the balls. She had everybody loving her. People who hatred women’s sports were tuning successful conscionable for her. And erstwhile we look astatine Jeremy Lin and look astatine her, we’re going to find retired that astatine the extremity of the day, it was the nonstop aforesaid thing."

Lin took the satellite by tempest successful 2012 erstwhile helium abruptly became a prolific scorer for the New York Knicks aft riding their bench. In a 17-game stretch, helium averaged 20.7 points and 8.5 assists, including a memorable 38-point effort against the Los Angeles Lakers and a game-winning 3-pointer against the Toronto Raptors, but that benignant of occurrence was short-lived. He was, however, capable to negociate a good vocation coming disconnected NBA benches until 2019.

Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark shoots the shot successful the 2nd fractional against the Dallas Wings astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis, Ind., connected April 30, 2026. (Trevor Ruszkowski/Imagn Images)

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When Awful Announcing referred to Johnson's monologue arsenic a "hot take," Johnson said it was "the bestest" take.

Clark acceptable galore records successful her rookie play aft becoming the NCAA's all-time starring scorer, averaging 19.2 points and 8.4 assists (for what it's worth, Lin's career-high was 18.0 points). Battling done injuries past season, Clark enactment up lone 16.5 points but handed retired 8.8 assists per contention and was named to her 2nd All-Star team. Lin was ne'er an All-Star but did decorativeness seventh successful the NBA Sixth Man of the Year voting successful 2015-16.

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