Jay Williams tells critics to 'please stop with all this race baiting s---' over Caitlin Clark hot take

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Last week, Jay Williams turned some heads when he suggested Caitlin Clark, who became the all-time women's college basketball points leader, is not yet "great."

Williams reasoned that she does not have a national championship to her name.

He doubled down on his take earlier this week.

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Guard Caitlin Clark of the Iowa Hawkeyes listens as the crowd cheers after she broke the NCAA women's all-time scoring record during a game against the Michigan Wolverines at Carver-Hawkeye Arena Feb. 15, 2024, in Iowa City, Iowa. (Matthew Holst/Getty Images)

"We were talking about ‘greatest,’ and in my interview we talked about GOATs," Williams said while calling Wednesday's LSU-Kentucky men's game. "For me, I’m like, you wanna be a GOAT? Fine. There’s levels of greatness. You gotta win championships to be GOATs. 

"So, when people want to don her as the greatest of (all time), I’m like, ‘Let’s slow down.’ I’ve seen Diana Taurasi. I’ve seen Breanna Stewart. And you can sit there and tell me all day long, ‘Well, she’s played with other great players.’ OK, great. Championships — that’s how we measure greatness overall."

Much of the criticism has come with people pointing out that Williams is Black and Clark is White. But that has nothing to do with his opinion, Williams says.

"Please stop with all this race baiting s---," Williams said in a video he posted to X, formerly Twitter. "Please. Ain’t nobody out here trying to do that. It’s just hoopers. Now, the comment of great, [Angel Reese and Clark]. Are both great, OK? We were talking about levels of greatness and immortality. And, in the pantheon of