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Michael Porter Jr. Drops Controversial Claim, Suggests McDonald’s All-American Would Defeat WNBA All-Stars

Denver Nuggets star made a controversial statement on the WNBA last year as well.

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The 2023 NBA champion Michael Porter Jr. surprised everyone with a controversial claim on WNBA. The Denver Nuggets star’s recent words on female basketball players will not be taken lightly as he made a insult to the WNBA All-Star players. This is not the first time when Porter Jr. came out with such statements on WNBA.

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Michael Porter Jr. Questions WNBA’s Talent, Drops a Disrespectful Claim on Female Basketball

Michael Porter Jr. is currently enjoying the offseason but he made headlines for his most recent talk on an August 29 stream of popular streamer plaqueboymax. He dropped a big claim on the WNBA’s players and how it compares to the men’s basketball talents.

“If the WNBA All-Star team, if the Olympic team played the McDonald’s All-American high school players, it’s one of them things, bro. You can’t dance around it,” Porter said. “In high school, when I was in high school, we were grown men, pretty much… If we play the WNBA All-Star team, that, no disrespect, bro. No disrespect, bro. I’m not even gonna say it.”

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Porter went on to make a bold prediction that McDonald’s All-American team would beat the WNBA All-Stars. McDonald’s All-American team has the best high school players each season. It would surely make WNBA fans angry in the country and it would be considered as a disrespectful comment.

As we mentioned earlier, the Nuggets star made a controversial statement on the WNBA last year. During the episode of The Pivot Podcast, Michael Porter Jr. spoke about the gap between the male and female basketball players. He added a context of a pin-pong player to disrespect WNBA stars.

“I know these females [WNBA players] want to get paid more, and they’re very talented. But so is a famous ping-pong player. Like, the best ping pong player is just as talented as the best NBA player. That doesn’t mean that they’re going to get paid the same, because it’s what the people wanna watch.

Michael Porter Jr. on WNBA wage inequality:

“I see from both sides. I know these females want to get paid more, and they’re very talented. But so is a famous ping-pong player.”

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“As much as I understand females wanting the same treatment as men basketball players, it’s a different sport,” Porter continued. “They’re not packing out the arenas, obviously, their TV deals aren’t the same. So as much as I advocate for women and kind of the equality of the respect of their craft, and all those things, I mean, you can’t pay them the same thing. But I do feel like there should be a little way to make a little bit more money because they are very talented.”

Porter claimed that WNBA stars can’t fill arenas and TV deals should come first to discuss the comparison. The 2023 NBA champion didn’t back the same pay formula for male and female basketball players. Meanwhile, the WNBA changed his claims in past few months where we saw a rapid rise to the league.

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A native of Jaipur, Rajasthan, journalist, and a complete soccer and basketball fan, he found the huge interest with basketball by watching videos of Allen Iverson and Tony Parker, but fell head over heels in love with the sport during the Warriors’ championship era (2015-2018). A sports game addict since his late PS1, he’s also passionate about the Eagles, Inter Miami and the Fever. He’s fortunate to have seen all his favorite teams win championships. He also has a special love for cricket and football (soccer), where he is a fan of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Barcelona.