Charles Barkley doubles down on 'petty nonsense' regarding Caitlin Clark: 'Really bad publicity for the WNBA'

Charles Barkley doubled down on the "petty nonsense" that WNBA players have against Caitlin Clark.

Charles Barkley was one of the first to call out the "pettiness" of WNBA veterans against rookie Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, and the TNT basketball analyst is sticking with his original stance.

Since Barkley's original take, Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese seemed to take a shot at Clark on social media (which was denied by her mother), and more famously, Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter hit Clark with a blindside hip-check, resulting in a flagrant foul.

Barkley seems flabbergasted, considering he thought the WNBA was "[hitting] the lottery" with the "shining star" in Clark entering the league.

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Charles Barkley is sticking with his stance that WNBA players are jealous of rookie Caitlin Clark. (Getty Images)

The Hall of Famer first praised Clark for focusing on her job.

"The thing I like about her, she doesn't say a word. She's never said a word about anybody. She just shows up and does her job," he said. 

Barkley says Clark was inevitably going to get some sort of rookie treatment, "but I didn't think she was going to have to worry about all this petty nonsense that's going on."

And it's made the WNBA look bad, he says.

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, left, is watched by Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter during the game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Saturday. (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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"This is not the old days where any publicity is good publicity," he said. "It's really bad publicity for the WNBA, because we're not