Thursday’s saga comes roughly two months after Griffin and his former ESPN colleague, Ryan Clark, publicly feuded over Reese and Clark after the two got chippy during a Fever-Sky game. Clark was called for a flagrant foul on Reese at the time.

King’s daughter, Bernice King, responded to a post by Griffin that said, “We need more people ready to build bridges between us and not walls to divide us.

The rivalry between Reese and Clark, also 23, began in college when Reese’s LSU Tigers defeated Iowa in the 2023 National Championship game. As the game was winding down, Reese made a “you can’t see me” hand gesture at Clark and pointed to her ring finger, signifying the championship ring she was about to win.