"Quit all that WNBA tearing down y'all": Dwyane Wade finally makes his feelings clear on Angel Reese & Caitlin Clark's 'disrespect' from controversial pod

NBA legend Dwyane Wade made his thoughts clear about all the bad comments the WNBA and certain players have received in recent times. An excerpt of his The Why podcast shared on Wednesday shows the three-time NBA champion talk about the controversies the W has been involved in recent weeks.

For starters, Wade noted that the WNB is showing something different compared to the NBA: their players (or most of them) are together.

"One thing we can't get in the NBA is togetherness. What the WNBA is showing, they're showing togetherness in a time when it's all about pulling them apart because they're becoming the next thing.

After lauding players for sticking up for the competition and inspiring young kids to follow their dreams, Dwyane Wade went straight at people criticizing the league, telling them to be quiet if they don't like the product.

"Man, quit all that tearing the WNBA down, y'all. Like, come on now! Y'all got nieces, you got daughters, you got people who have dreams and they want to see themselves and want to see people that look like them play the sport that we all love, and so, tearing the league down because it's something that you can't do or something that may not fancy you. That's not cool, just don't watch it," he finished.

This comes after Jeff Teague and his "Club 520" podcast made the rounds for the wrong reasons. First, comedian Charleston White said Angel Reese should dunk a basketball while wearing only panties. That situation even made a former NCAA player call out Dwyane Wade over the behavior of some of his peers.

At the same time, Teague said the worst NBA player would beat A'ja Wilson, the reigning unanimous WNBA MVP.

Dwyane Wade compared Angel Reese-Caitlin Clark rivalry to legendary NBA feud

Dwyane Wade has been one of the biggest WNBA advocates in recent years, more so after buying a stake in the Chicago Sky. The Miami Heat icon even sees similarities between the Caitlin Clark-Angel Reese rivalry to Magic Johnson-Larry Bird.

During an appearance in Reese's podcast in October, Wade said that the race factor made a lot of people see some resemblances between the two rivalries. (Around 14:33 mark)

Wade added that Reese and Clark are different players who impact the game in different ways. He's been the evolution of Reese firsthand, attending some of her games in 2024. If there was somebody who needed to raise his voice against the negative comments, that was Wade.