Swoopes made news recently when she answered some questions for espnW after appearing at Nike Women’s Elite Basketball collection’s opening. As she normally does, Swoopes gave open answers to several questions, including players and teams from “back in the day” as she says, compared to today’s players, and her thoughts on the game and players. She thought it was innocent enough, but when the interview appeared on the website, it took on a life of its own.
Some of her answers were, in her opinion, taken out of context. She also felt that while the words may not have been twisted around, they lost some of the tone and manner in which they were said. Still, Swoopes was not going to respond, until a second piece appeared on espnW’s site, that gave a harsh response to her, including saying her ideas and her opinions were “wrong” and “half-baked.”
We thank Swoopes for the respect she gives to Dishin & Swishin for choosing our podcast as the place to respond to this piece, and attempt to expound on her original answers and explain what she truly meant in her responses. It is our pleasure to give her this forum. She addresses each of the claims made against her; the idea she promotes appearance in players, the comments about keeping your personal business private, and the thought her team was more passionate and played better than today’s players.
