r/sports • u/OkEscape7558 • Jul 20 '25

Basketball Elle Duncan makes an inappropriate joke at WNBA All Star Game

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u/Kayakman28 Jul 20 '25

Like a girl’s trip to Cancun, right now there’s no D.

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u/OatmealCremePiez Jul 20 '25

Yeah well my ex wife found D on a girls trip to Cancun

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u/temujin94 Jul 20 '25

Your ex-wife could find D in a Nun's covenant on the Greek Isle of Lesbos.

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u/Muthafuckaaaaa Jul 20 '25

Hi, it's me. I'm the Greek Isle of Lesbos.

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u/Street-Run4107 Jul 20 '25

Sorry about that dump I took on your shore. Bad souvlaki I think.

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u/Loggerdon Jul 20 '25

Egg-salad souvlaki? Open the windows.

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u/zipel Jul 20 '25

In the sixties, a Swedish comedian, Hasse Alfredsson, improvised the line: “My parents were from Lesbos. Both my mom and my…mom.”

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u/Parkedintheitchyl0t Jul 21 '25

THIS! IS! LESBOS!

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u/DEIreboot Jul 20 '25

Username checks out

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u/temujin94 Jul 20 '25

*Our Isle.

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u/CAPT-Tankerous Jul 21 '25

Something smells fishy here.

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u/CUNTRY-BLUMPKIN San Francisco 49ers Jul 20 '25

I was thinking about buying an Outback. Whats it like?

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u/screaminginprotest1 Jul 20 '25

Instructions misunderstood. Im looking for the lesbo aisle at the Greek market right now, but I cant find it. Should I ask a clerk?

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u/awake_receiver Jul 20 '25

Try asking for the beans

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u/DropDeadEd86 Jul 20 '25

D is for Domingo

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u/hesnothere Carolina Hurricanes Jul 20 '25

Came all this way, had to explain

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u/iAmTheRealLange Boston Celtics Jul 20 '25

We could use that kind of scouting ability in the NBA

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u/Apprehensive_Rub3897 Jul 20 '25

How'd you find out?

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u/OatmealCremePiez Jul 20 '25

She got back and hit me with the “I don’t love you, and I never have” so I was like wtf. She left the house so I could pack my things, but she left her laptop. I read her iMessages and bam, some used jewelry salesmen from Jersey was all up in it

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u/Apprehensive_Rub3897 Jul 20 '25

Damn. Your gain. She could have lied for month/years, instead saved you a lot of time. Hope all is well with you now.

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u/OatmealCremePiez Jul 20 '25

Honestly, I respected the hell out of her for that lol and I’m good! We were awful for each other, it was an impulsive elopement so I’m good

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u/V4pete Jul 21 '25

Why did you have to leave? She changed her mind so let her leave. I hate that shit the guy always has to move out. You don’t like it anymore?then get the fuck out.

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u/afganistanimation Jul 20 '25

And then you found D, divorce

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u/NotAPreppie Jul 20 '25

How to lose 130lbs overnight.

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u/thexsoprano Jul 20 '25

Kudos on the username

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u/Choccybizzle Jul 20 '25

Jokes on them!

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u/YouLearnedNothing Jul 20 '25

trust me, lots of wives do

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u/Im_a_Knob Jul 20 '25

she tries hard

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u/Consistent_Kale_1583 Jul 21 '25

I don’t know whether to laugh or… you good?

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u/lolas_coffee Jul 20 '25

Girls don't travel to Cancum with D.

You don't bring coal to Newcastle.

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u/SpringPfeiffer Jul 20 '25

Thanks. I kept hearing "there's no Dave" and was confused who Dave could be.

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u/Educational_Bee_4700 Jul 20 '25

...despite what they say, there's always some random D involved in a girls trip to cancun.

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u/screaminginprotest1 Jul 20 '25

Not when its a bunch of WNBA players. Unless you count silicone.

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u/Jay_Jaytheunbanned2 Boston Red Sox Jul 20 '25

Yeah right. The D is there waiting and had

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u/Breezyisthewind Jul 20 '25

Not for WNBA players lol

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u/BullRoarerMcGee Jul 20 '25

Thank you all I could make out is “theres no need”

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u/Mattbl Jul 20 '25

The subtitle said "there's no deed."

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u/BernieTheDachshund Jul 20 '25

I listened like 3 times and kept hearing 'deed'.

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u/wafflesareforever Buffalo Bills Jul 20 '25

I thought she said "there's no dating"

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u/AshgarPN Jul 20 '25

There is definitely plenty of D on those trips.

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u/Breezyisthewind Jul 20 '25

Not for WNBA players lol

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u/GoblyGoobly Jul 20 '25

I feel like most people on this sub don't get it.

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u/Skidpalace Jul 20 '25

A girls trip to Cancun means D every night. WTF she talking about?

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u/OkEscape7558 Jul 20 '25

What a disgusting act.

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u/killer_reindeer Pittsburgh Steelers Jul 20 '25

Some people missed your reference I see

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u/Theonlykd Edmonton Oilers Jul 20 '25

In a sports sub, it’s impressive how many people got wooshed

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u/NumberOneCombosFan Jul 20 '25

r/sports is the sports subreddit for people who don't actually care about sports. It's just in people's feed by default, so you get a lot of uninformed opinions on things.

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u/BoosherCacow Cleveland Indians Jul 21 '25

That is perfectly put. I adore the baseball threads in here because it's clear that 80% of the people commenting have no fucking clue what they are talking about where it concerns baseball. You get some real howlers in here.`

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u/NotACuck420 Jul 20 '25

"Reddit sports 💅"

A majority of these people dont know Joe Buck from Joe Blow.

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u/sessna4009 Hamilton Bulldogs Jul 20 '25

Can't wait for the inevitable "you dropped the /s because autistic people can't understand that 🤬🤬🤬"

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u/drthvdrsfthr Jul 20 '25

-100 in 10 min is actually pretty impressive lol

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u/limeflavoured Miami Dolphins Jul 20 '25

Yeah, I've not even had that on obviously brigaded political posts!

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u/Routine_Size69 Jul 20 '25

Combo of people not following the nfl or being too young. Happened 20 years ago.

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u/Thewall3333 Jul 20 '25

What are they referring to? Not familiar with the reference

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u/killer_reindeer Pittsburgh Steelers Jul 20 '25

https://youtu.be/00Spb_STNU8?si=aERystFe4Wcadr1K

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u/Thewall3333 Jul 20 '25

Ah this is before my time -- what's the big deal? It's not like he actually pulled his pants down. It's not like he mentioned it was inappropriate and moved on, he wanted about it for 30 seconds. Receivers used to do that X-chop thing with their forearms against their waist doing a humping motion, which seems worse.

Guess Joe Buck is a prude, as are the people upset with this commentator. Like most of these kinds of things, no one would probably even notice if the critics didn't bring so much attention to it. Anything that probably flies over kids' heads isn't a big deal, and adults who care anyway are just showing they're lame with no real problems.

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u/Carl_Lindenburg Jul 20 '25

Buck is on record saying he believes that is the worst call of his career and he regrets the overreaction.

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u/destinythrow1 Jul 20 '25

For some reason this call pops into my head all the time lmao

The worst part is Joe Buck didnt seem to know that there is a tradition in Green Bay where fans moon the opposing teams bus as it arrives. Moss was poking fun at that, it was hilarious.

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u/JollyRancher29 Washington Capitals Jul 20 '25

My all time favorite announcing moment (and I say that as a Packer fan—the team at the butt of the play).

Luckily, Buck has greatly improved and he’s a good sport about it lol

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u/totallydawgsome Jul 20 '25

Would've been hilarious if Joe Buck was the one who was in Elle's spot and said this lmaooo

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u/lionheart4life Jul 21 '25

A despicable act!

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u/GetKummy Jul 20 '25

People are so quick to judge when they have no idea what you're talking about

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u/BigMik_PL Jul 20 '25

At this point I just want to downvote with everybody else because it's just funny how much people misread this

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u/decisionagonized Jul 20 '25

Incredible joke, the downvotes make it even funnier

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u/fzkiz Jul 20 '25

the teenager in me chuckled... harmless... the people that shouldn't get it won't and the others will be fine

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u/thislife_choseme San Francisco Giants Jul 20 '25

With all the things going on in the world it amazes me that someone would be offended by a funny joke.

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u/xigua22 Jul 20 '25

Many people feign outrage for attention. There entire cable networks that are dedicated to it.

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u/SolarTsunami Seattle Seahawks Jul 20 '25

the teenager in me chuckled

Are we still doing phrasing?

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u/Oil_slick941611 Jul 20 '25

I can't be the only thinking that that was a tame joke.

Who hasnt said worse?

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u/HuluAndRelax Jul 20 '25

It’s the fact that it was aired on ESPN more than anything I think. It’s not on brand for them to make crude jokes.

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u/ztkraf01 Jul 20 '25

Shane Gillis’ monologue at the espys a few nights ago was more inappropriate and approved by Disney so I don’t see what’s wrong with her joke

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u/QuakinOats Jul 20 '25

There's nothing wrong with it. Like at all.

It's subtle enough that the people it could even be considered inappropriate for would never understand. There are far worse lyrics on public radio everyday all day.

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u/dicjones Jul 20 '25

Can confirm. My 80 year old mother did not call me to ask about that joke. But she did text me to complain about the defense. I had to explain to her it’s an all-star game, this is what they do. Her response: “Boring game”. lol.

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u/runnerswanted Jul 20 '25

I have never watched a full NASCAR race in my life, but I am aware that Dick Trickle raced throughout the 90s thanks to Sportscenter, so this joke is definitely on brand for them.

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u/joluboga Jul 20 '25

They know that no one's watching anyway.

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u/RitsuFromDC- Jul 20 '25

part of the reason why i think this was good. wnba will always just be a "worse nba" if they don't do something different than them

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u/SorryAbootEh Jul 20 '25

This whole time I thought the W stood for woman.

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u/Mite-o-Dan Jul 20 '25

You're right. More watched on this sub right now than heard it live yesterday.

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u/ValyrianSteelYoGirl Pittsburgh Steelers Jul 20 '25

And now we are. It worked.

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u/CapnDanger Jul 20 '25

Don’t they employ Pat MacAfee?

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u/Wapow217 Jul 20 '25

Change ESPN to WNBA and you'd have a good argument.

ESPN couldn't careless about this joke. This is the company that has Pat McAfee's podcast as a daily show now.

Had this been said at the NBA all star game it would be non-news.

The fan base of WNBA though can be more triggered by this kind of joke compared to the NBA.

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u/breakingvlad0 Jul 20 '25

That is absolutely their brand

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u/filbert13 Jul 20 '25

I could see it being different if a man was saying it about female players. But I agree it's a funny and tame joke with a touch of edge.

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u/Historical-Bike4626 Jul 20 '25

Yep. Different joke when a female announcer says it calling an WNBA game. Super funny

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u/Realistic-Scheme-38 Jul 20 '25

If a male commentator made a sexist joke it’s a different story

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u/kontrolk3 Jul 20 '25

That's true but irrelevant because this wasn't sexist

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u/c_c_c__combobreaker Jul 20 '25

It is tame. People are extra sensitive for no reason. This should be a non-story.

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u/ColdNyQuiiL Jul 20 '25 edited Jul 20 '25

I say worse all the time.

“Like Britney Griner’s Domestic Violence case, both teams are taking it right on the chin.”

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u/DrexlSpivey420 Jul 20 '25

Way too wordy, needs work

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u/Apprehensive_Rub3897 Jul 20 '25

It's okay b/c no one was watching.

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u/mediumcheese01 Jul 20 '25

Inappropriate if you're a baby perhaps

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u/Own_Spell_2042 Jul 20 '25

It's only inappropriate...if the kid understands it. If the kid understands it...then there's no point.

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u/2legit2knit Jul 20 '25

That shit is funny lmao

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u/theyoloGod Jul 20 '25

Little “controversy” to increase engagement. Well played

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u/Overlordz88 Jul 20 '25

I am all for it. Kids won’t get it. Adults will think it’s hilarious. No worse than what you can find on other late night programming.

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u/datruerex Jul 20 '25

So like SpongeBob? I will say I totally missed some jokes and references as a kid and rewatching as an adult I’m horrified. That’s brilliant writing

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u/bulldogbigred Jul 20 '25

I guess you’ll have to miss - the panty raid

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u/Cantdecide1207 Jul 20 '25

Or the simpsons either. They have some extremely adult humour.... but kids are too young to understand it. It's fine. People just love to be offended these days!

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u/obliquelyobtuse Jul 20 '25

People just love to be offended these days

Which people? Everyone in here basically thinks it was amusing. Are we talking about "them", the other people not here, who were watching the WNBA game and were outraged to hear it and are now writing letters (posting) about it?

OP appears to be a human with a serious Reddit habit who loves to accumulate Karma with witty posts. So OP isn't offended either.

Literally nobody is offended except some who didn't watch that game, or ESPN, or WNBA, and they only hear about it third hand, days or weeks later, and then think they're having a great social 'take' on crudeness in cable TV.

Also, being offended and complaining about things is literally as old as human society. Has always been going on, will always be going on. Just a question of who is complaining about what and why.

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u/Legionnaire11 Jul 20 '25

Yeah, I'm doing a full rewatch of the Simpsons right now and it's shocking how much sexual humor there is in it that I didn't remember from the original run. I want my kids to be able to watch it, but basically every episode has multiple sex jokes.

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u/Rawesome16 Jul 20 '25

Only thing wrong with it is the girls trip to Cancun is full of D. But good joke

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u/FredericBropin Jul 20 '25

Not a WNBA girls trip

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u/XanthicStatue Jul 20 '25

But there is lots of scissoring

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u/dotcomse Jul 20 '25

That’s not even a double entendre. Back to joke school with you!

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u/RoyalT17 Jul 21 '25

So insensitive, all women can't sew!?

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u/modestmurmur26 Jul 20 '25

ohhh scissor me timbers

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u/redruss99 Jul 20 '25

But not in the Girls Trip movie she referencing.

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u/4shavid Jul 21 '25

I took it as the girls on the trip took all the D.

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u/Ilikepancakes87 Jul 20 '25

I have to imagine on a girl’s trip to Cancun there is aggressive and suffocating D everywhere you turn.

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u/Breezyisthewind Jul 20 '25

Not for WNBA players tho

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u/Skweril Jul 20 '25

You really went through this entire thread pasting the exact same joke over and over, that's dedication

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u/Great_Hambino2022 Jul 20 '25

That’s absolutely hilarious

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u/ColdNyQuiiL Jul 20 '25

A softball compared to anything Barkley has said on broadcast. Solid, not laugh out loud funny, but solid.

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u/veyrahkruze Jul 20 '25 edited Jul 21 '25

That dude has an entire city against him just off of one sentence. 🤣 The WNBA needs more women like her.

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u/bunc Jul 20 '25

More women like her, less women from San Antonio.

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u/drewjsph02 Jul 20 '25

The ‘…….gurlllll’ and ‘mmm you’re in time out’ had me dying

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u/Hownowbrowncow8it Cleveland Guardians Jul 20 '25

Why can't Dave go to Cancun with the girls?

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u/RebelToUhmerica Jul 20 '25

I wish they wouldn't have cut away. I would have loved to see their reactions.

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u/BeastCoastLifestyle Jul 20 '25

The problem with the joke is that a girls trip to Cancun has a lot of D

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u/Exact_Swing5692 Jul 20 '25

thats golden lmfao

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u/InsaneJamez Jul 20 '25

That was a good joke. People are so sensitive

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u/Publius83 Jul 20 '25

That’s hilarious, why can’t women make jokes with sexual innuendo? Isn’t our President a pedophile?

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u/imdaviddunn Jul 20 '25

Wasn’t even sexual. Just saying there are no men around.

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u/thatsprettyfunnydude Jul 20 '25

Hawk Tuah became a millionaire with a podcast, so I think whatever line existed was hopped over a long time ago. As a career broadcaster, it's not a great look, but my sensibilities also became antiquated a long time ago.

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u/CanadasNeighbor Jul 20 '25

"Elle, you're in time out."

"Ok."

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u/chuckloscopy Jul 21 '25

It was a FANTASTIC joke!

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u/ToxicBTCMaximalist Jul 20 '25

Why was it inappropriate? Was there in any Defense

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u/alterego1984 Jul 20 '25

Let her cook

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u/TNF734 Jul 20 '25

That's OK, it's the WNBA. So no one heard it.

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u/scoobynoodles Jul 20 '25

Inappropriate?! Soft. Funny ass joke 

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u/Special_Sea_4813 Jul 20 '25

Its quite funny actually. People need to relax and not be so hypersensitive. 

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u/Zark_Muckerberger Jul 20 '25

It’s a joke, not a dick (ironically.) Don’t take it so hard.

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u/thikhead Jul 21 '25

I’ll watch more games if she commentating 😂

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u/Medium_Apartment_747 Jul 21 '25

So if SAS made the same joke, we'd be laughing too?

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u/missbullyflame84 Jul 20 '25

Did she say 4 point circle?

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u/a_phantom_limb Jul 20 '25

Yes. AT&T sponsors four-point circles in the All-Star Game.

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u/Downtown_Sun_9996 Jul 20 '25

That's a great joke

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u/princemark Milwaukee Brewers Jul 20 '25

Wait a minute, women don't get laid in Cancun? That's an issue? Men hand out dick all day. Can't be that hard, even if your friends are blocking.

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u/LeroyBrown1 Jul 20 '25

Ye i thought there would be plenty of "d" on a girls trip to Cancun

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u/limeflavoured Miami Dolphins Jul 20 '25

I suspect the intended implication is that the girls in question wouldn't be interested in that.

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u/king_lloyd11 Jul 20 '25

She’s probably implying that they’re all in relationships and just going with their friends.

I don’t think a TV host is flippantly talking about debaucherous sexcapades where they’re getting plowed over a railing by the Mexican bellhop at Secrets

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u/Gambit6x Jul 20 '25 edited Jul 23 '25

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u/farm_sauce Jul 20 '25

Chuck can say way worse jokes - this was tame

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u/justadude713 Jul 20 '25

bending the rules just a little bit might be what it takes to bring more enthusiasm for the wnba.

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u/thacap Jul 20 '25

Idk

I'd argue Elle  on a heater right now

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u/Truid_Audio Jul 20 '25

I mean, it's whatever as long as it wasn't shots fired at someone in particular lol

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u/bbbourb Jul 21 '25

"Inappropriate."

Good grief, the fuck are we back to the 1950s? Grow the hell up.

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u/Loose_Goose Jul 21 '25

OP is a certified purse-clutcher 👵🏻👜

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u/nuke1200 Jul 21 '25

I think you need to go outside.

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u/Wrong-West-9581 Jul 21 '25

I thought it was pretty funny actually haha don't necessarily agree with "inappropriate" tho but maybe it is to someone else

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u/Steeltown842022 Jul 21 '25

Gotta get those ratings up

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u/Peasant_and_computer Jul 21 '25

lol let them cook

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u/TheLatkeOverlord Jul 21 '25

Sounds like a Rodney Dangerfield or Leslie Nielsen joke lol

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u/biznezz1 Jul 21 '25

I’m dying 🤣🤣

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u/GuzPolinski Jul 21 '25

I got no problem with it

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u/DONT_PM_ME_NOTHIN Jul 21 '25

Meanwhile Sportscenter during every single top 10 when there is a homerun in baseball, "hit so deep he put that pitch to sleep" but yeah the no defense joke is too far HAHA

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u/RickyEmy Jul 21 '25

Honestly this just felt funny and harmless

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u/hotsjelly Jul 21 '25

Appreciate it. I kept hearing people say "there's no Dave" and couldn't figure out who they were talking about.

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u/spikus93 Jul 21 '25

Won't someone think of the children?

They won't get the joke and it's funny, so someone should explain it to them.

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u/Slinktard Jul 21 '25

Dad joke. Not funny. Not inappropriate.

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u/Grapple_Shmack Jul 21 '25

Charles Barkley called all them women in San Antonio big. This is hardly scandalous

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u/BigFuckHead_ Jul 20 '25

What is wrong with this. Shaq says shit like this constantly and doesn't get in trouble

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u/JJRizz Miami Heat Jul 20 '25

Elle is so awesome. I hope she can host next years ESPY’s!

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u/DarrellIsMyRealName Jul 20 '25

That's a solid joke 🤷🏿‍♂️

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u/Sic39 Jul 20 '25

I don't think it's an inappropriate joke, it's a nonsensical one. When people hear about a girls trip to Cancun their thought isn't "wow there's gonna be no dick to be had on that trip".

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u/tossaway7374 Jul 20 '25

That's what people are mad about?

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u/LARGEBBQMEATLOVERS Jul 20 '25

Imagine if Shaq was saying there’s no P on a Vegas trip in a segment. He’d be lit up, double standards at it’s finest

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u/alphaballzz Jul 20 '25

If the WNBA wants to be taken seriously, they will embrace this moment

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u/FaroutIGE Jul 21 '25

the inappropriate joke would be "like a lot of these women's sex life, there's been no d"

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u/dethegreat Jul 21 '25

That joke was hilarious. Go touch grass and calm down dude.

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u/Biggie2207 Jul 20 '25

Don't worry no one is watching

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u/Dry_Kangaroo_1234 Jul 20 '25

Inappropriate?? 😂 Charles Barkley has entered the chat

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u/joern16 Jul 20 '25

Soft if you got offended

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u/SeanOTG Jul 20 '25

There's no ...what ? Dave ?

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u/RhubarbPi3 Jul 20 '25

It's just locker room talk

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u/playtrix Jul 20 '25

I don't get it. Also, F Donald Trump

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u/S-Archer Jul 20 '25

That's hilarious, but I understand why it may not be "appropriate" for television

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u/No_End6215 Jul 20 '25

The 7 ppl watching this game were outraged