Dave Portnoy rips Stephen A. Smith for Solitaire controversy in Caitlin Clark defense
Dave Portnoy pulled out a trump card to dunk on Stephen A.Smith.Portnoy chided the star ESPN personality for his recent Solitaire controversy during the NBA Finals while calling him out on X for his opinion that Fever phenom Caitlin Clark can be an instigator, and saying she set off the drama with rival Angel Reese during their college days.The Clark discussion came the day after the former No.
1 overall pick was at the center of a WNBA ruckus that featured her getting knocked to the ground during a win over the Sun on Tuesday.“I’ll take things that never happened but ESPN always pretends did for 100 Alex,” Portnoy tweeted Wednesday night over a quote tweet of Smith’s comments.“Less solitaire.
More facts.”Portnoy’s comment hits on several factors, but at the core of the matter is a dig at Smith for being captured playing Solitaire on his phone during the Thunder’s Game 4 win over the Pacers.Smith confirmed the legitimacy of the photo, but denied he was playing during the game.However, several folks have claimed Smith was playing the card game on his phone during action, and one video corroborated that claim, showing the teams in action in front of Smith.“Yep! That’s me.Who would’ve thought….I can multi-task.
Especially during TIMEOUTS!” Smith tweeted.“Hope y’all are enjoying the NBA Finals.
This is going 7 games now, peeps!”Smith later said those bothered by his actions can “kiss my ass.”While the Solitaire line seemed to have a joking undertone, Portnoy’s zealous defense of Clark is nothing new.The Barstool Sports founder is an ardent supporter of the former Iowa star and ripped the WNBA for not ejecting Sun star Marina Mabrey after she bumped Clark to the floor Tuesday.After Jacy Sheldon poked Clark in the eye, resulting in Clark making contact with her, Mabrey ran over and bumped Clark, sending her crashing to the floor in the third quarter.“Imagine not kicking Marina Mabrey out after she assaults the face of the league...