‘The Caitlin Clark thing is over’: radio personality is wrong about her
May 13, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) looks on in the second half against the Los Angeles Sparks at Crypto. com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images This week, a sports radio personality made headlines with a scorching hot take where he compared Caitlin Clark to former NBA player Jeremy Lin, who had a weeks-long run at NBA stardom before fading back into relative obscurity again.
Like most hot takes in sports, however, it was completely wrong. Philly radio host and current co-host of The Craig Carton Show , Tyrone Johnson, boldly claimed this week that Clark’s dominance in the WNBA is “over” as he dismissed her superstardom as “just Linsanity,” referring to Lin’s brief stardom in February of 2012. “The Caitlin Clark thing is over because she’s not the best player in the WNBA,” Johnson said.
“She’s not the best guard in the WNBA. She’s not even the best guard from her college class because that’s Paige Bueckers, who plays for Dallas, who beat them in the season opener. This could be a situation where… we look back on Caitlin Clark, and we’re not gonna look back on her like she’s Michael Jordan.
She’s Jeremy Lin. This is just Linsanity. ” Johnson went on to criticize Clark for going on stage with country music star Morgan Wallen, which has nothing at all to do with her play on the court, before insisting once again that Clark and Lin were “the exact same thing.
” “She’s gonna fumble this, and it’s because of two things,” Johnson said. “She decided to roll up with Morgan Wallen. Morgan Wallen says the N-word liberally.
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