She purposely misconstrued what he said so she could be mad about it.
I don't think most cats on this forum could point Monica McNutt out of a lineup before that appearance. I couldn't and I watch sports all of the time. SAS point is correct even though he's an ass with how he's going about it.....I can't stand his ass, but I gotta defend him. He put her in a position to be national ambassador for the WNBA and she used it to slap him in the face.
Side note: Queen Latifah is fukking nuts if she thinks Monica helped promote the WNBA with how she went about it on his show and then doubled down on it later with Shannon's podcast. She got her day on the internet, but it's safe to assume that's basically it for her on First Take now.