Far-left ESPN writer mocks Caitlin Clark for WNBA playoff loss and says it proves she’s not a top guard

An ESPN writer openly celebrated Caitlin Clark’s elimination from the WNBA playoffs on Friday by posting a smiling photo of himself on X.

David Dennis Jr. later posted a lengthy thread mocking Clark, calling him overrated. Dennis referenced her previous argument that Clark was “not a top four guard” in the WNBA and claimed that these playoffs proved her right.

“But let it be on the record that I was also 100% here. Because yes, we talked about winning and my concerns about his play translating into a win,” Dennis wrote.

He then rejoiced over Clark’s first-round defeat.

“A team with 3 top 10 players, according to ESPN, that was one game away from the Finals without its star player and gets bounced in the first round with said player is reason to ask questions. That’s still the case.”

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As a reminder, the Fever lost to the Las Vegas Aces, the big betting favorites to win their fourth championship in five years. Framing this as Clark getting “bounced in the first round” is intentionally more dismissive than descriptive.

Clark also played well. She became the first player in WNBA history to score 25+ assists in any game. It’s not because of her that the Fever lost to a superior team.

Those unfamiliar with Dennis might reasonably wonder why an employee of ESPN, which owns the rights to the WNBA Finals, would celebrate eliminating the league’s biggest television draw. Imagine an NBC personality gloating about the Chiefs or Cowboys playoff exit during a season in which NBC airs the Super Bowl.

We can explain.

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark waits to check in for a game against the Dallas Wings on May 9, 2026, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Brian Spurlock/Sportswire Icon)

David Dennis Jr. is a hack. This is the same commentator who last year called on Caitlin Clark fans — who make up a significant portion of the WNBA audience — to stop watching the league.

ESPN hired Dennis in 2021, saying he had “hired the son of a civil rights leader.” Her addition was part of the network’s post-George Floyd hiring push, during which ESPN publicly emphasized race and representation in its talent strategy.

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Dennis is a DEI employee, by definition.

Host David Dennis Jr., left, speaks while his father Dave Dennis, right, watches during a live broadcast of ESPN’s SportsCenter at Jackson State University at the Lee E. Williams Athletics and Assembly Center in Jackson, Mississippi, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (Ayrton Breckenridge/Clarion Ledger/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

And he’s trying way too hard.

Last year, he posted a rant on Bluesky saying Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle jeans ad “mortified” him because he thought it promoted eugenics.

Dennis seems to have a problem with successful white women, whether it’s Clark, Sweeney, or Sophie Cunningham. He uses the same playbook that Jemele Hill, Bomani Jones and Ryan Clark used before him.

Clark’s firing, followed by his unfounded accusations of racism against the network, will likely keep Dennis on the job for a few more years. But he drifts into territory where only Dan Le Batard would offer him a job.

Speaking of Le Batard, one of its employees, Jessica Smetana, also celebrated the loss of Fever. She compared watching Sophie Cunningham play basketball to serving time in Shawshank.

Like Dennis, Smetana seems very bitter. She’s probably jealous of Cunningham too.

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And yet, these same commentators who proudly demean Clark and Cunningham continue to assert that black lesbian women are the ones the sports media relentlessly targets.

This is all a lie.