Analyst can't stop raving about Caitlin Clark's meteoric rise: "never rooted for a white woman so much"

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark is arguably the WNBA's biggest star despite being a rookie. ESPN's Monica McNutt couldn't stop praising Clark during an appearance on Power 105.1 on Wednesday. And host Charlamagne The God expressed his views on Clark's contributions to the league.

"I have never rooted for a white woman so much in my life," Charlamagne said. (Timestamp: 1:25.)

Charlamagne said that Clark has to succeed, because the more success the Fever star has, then the more success women's basketball will have. He also expressed his concerns about people hating Clark and her popularity and said that he doesn't understand why people do it.

McNutt said that she's had conversations with the WNBA players and that they are thrilled to have Clark on board. Moreover, McNutt criticized the idea of intentionally letting Caitlin score more points.

The concept is that the WNBA should intentionally let the Fever rookie score more points for the next few seasons to build solid viewership off her popularity.

However, McNutt said it's disrespectful to Clark as a professional athlete in the world's best women's basketball league. She said that the WNBA should remain a competition where the competitors give their all for the ultimate prize.

Caitlin Clark delivers a stunning performance in Fever's seventh loss in eight games

On Tuesday night, Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever were handed their third straight home loss and their seventh loss by the Los Angeles Sparks. The Fever beat the Sparks 78-73 on Friday in Los Angeles. However, the Fever were unable to recreate the same finish, losing 88-82.

Clark delivered a spectacular performance, scoring a season-high 30 points. She also collected five rebounds, dished out six assists, made three blocks and had three steals. She was great from start to finish, but the Sparks were more dominant, outscoring the Fever in three of the four quarters.

"I think I just played with an aggressive mindset,” Clark said. “I think that was the biggest thing, to play downhill the best I could. We did some good things, and then we just kind of shot ourselves in the foot."

Dearic Hamby and Kia Nurse led the way for the Los Angeles Sparks, scoring 22 and 17 points respectively.