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Several sources reported that 17% of the WNBA's Flagrant Fouls this year have been committed against Clark.And still draws flagrant fouls at a ridiculous rate. The hate is real and it's sickening.
Yeah like I've said in previous posts she is literally going to get the players more money by just being there. Don't bite the hand that feeds you. I don't understand the jealousy and hate she gets from some.saw them mention the other day , all Clacks games attendance averages close to 16,000 people , while the rest of the WNBA games averages a little over 8,000 people , with both the LA , and NY teams averaging around 10,000
they were saying how all these WNBA players just need to STFU, because Clark alone is going to earn them all more money
Oh yeah, she's already set for life.....we're actually talking about the WNBA?? CC has already had a major impact on WNBA revenue & media share. No question. She's even got her very own thread on a LA Rams board.
What an incredible player, but equally, what an impact she's had on women's basketball as a whole. The MJ of the WNBA. Prolly get her own Nike deal (if she hasn't already?)
Bruddas... she is absolutely a freak/generational talent... but...
I'm gonna say it like it is... even though today's climate for truth/facts is terrible and many people want to turn truths into agendas. It seems like I am always the person who is too willing to open my mouth when it comes to sensitive topics that really shouldn't be sensitive at all. So here I go again.
There is just no way in hell that Caitlin Clark could be effective playing against NBA players. She is one of the best women's B-Ball players I have ever seen... but most human beings (men or women) just wouldn't be able to compete on a basketball court full of NBA players. There is such a tiny percentage of D1 men's B-Ball players that are able to make it into the NBA that it's mind blowing. I believe that it is less than 1%.
NBA players are so far above other human beings in B-Ball talent that they should almost be considered a separate species from all other humans. It's literally like they are super human. I witnessed this up close and personal when I started refing NBA Summer League games here in Orlando years ago. It's very hard to describe, but it's almost frightening when you get to see the jump in talent level from D1 men's players to NBA players. Even the last players on the bench on every NBA team are light years ahead of some of the best D1 players. Honestly, NBA players should be much more recognized for just HOW gifted they truly are. 99%+ of humanity cannot compete on the basketball court with NBA players in a meaningful way.
I realize some will feel I'm just being sexist when I add this, but they shouldn't. Caitlin would definitely put a beating on most guys on a B-Ball court... but not most D1 men's players. I hate to say it this bluntly, but she wouldn't be able to make a D1 level team even with her generational talent. The games are THAT MUCH different. Sure she could drain some 3's on anyone... but not with the regularity you see her doing against other women.
I'm confident in saying this because of another personal experience of mine. Another one of the greatest women's B-Ball players ever went to the same HS as I did. We were in the same grade and I watched her dominate like a beast. Back in those days our HS B-Ball coach would make us (I played HS B-Ball) go to many of the girls games for support. I watched this freak... Bridgette Gordon... basically single handedly bring home the State Championship to our school. Every single college in the country recruited her hard... but she of course went to play for Pat Summit at Tennessee where she won National Championships. She also won Olympic golds for our country. There was no WNBA back then, but she played professionally in Europe and there are fricking statues of her standing over there today in front of some of the team's arenas she played for.
Back in HS I used to practice against her sometimes because she asked me to. I wasn't the greatest player, but I didn't suck. I did receive 1 offer from a D1 school to play B-Ball. That school (Stetson) made it into the tournament this year for the 1st time in their history lol (16 seed). So I had some game. When I practiced against her I could make her completely human on the court... we're both 6'2"... but when she played against any woman she might as well have been Aaron Donald playing against a middle schooler. The men and women's B-BALL games are just not on the same levels.
Sorry for the novel, but I wanted to try and explain this the best way that I could without it diminishing, or taking away from, the true greatness of Caitlin. I love watching her play... and I cannot say that about many women B-Ball players. I sometimes enjoy watching a women's B-Ball game, but I fucking LOVE watching Caitlin play. Huge difference. There just cannot be enough great things said about her B-Ball skills... but that still doesn't mean she can compete with NBA players and that is damn sure not a slight on her.
Some rando quips.
Caitlin Clark has 1 game left in her historic rookie season.
MOST AST IN A SEASONCaitlin Clark: 329Alyssa Thomas: 316Courtney Vandersloot: 314
MOST 3PTS IN A SEASONSabrina Ionescu: 128 Diana Taurasi: 121 Caitlin Clark: 120
MOST CAREER 25 PTS/10 AST GAMESCaitlin Clark: 5 (39 GMS)Sabrina Ionescu: 5 (141 GMS)Diana Taurasi: 3 (563 GMS)
MOST PTS BY A ROOKIECaitlin Clark: 761 Seimone Augustus: 744 A'ja Wilson: 682
MOST AST IN A GAMECaitlin Clark: 19Courtney Vandersloot: 18Alyssa Thomas: 16
View: https://x.com/Ballislife/status/1835660895625576670
View: https://x.com/BricksCenter/status/1835730492676882657
View: https://x.com/JonnyRoot_/status/1835422491336114648
View: https://x.com/IndianaFever/status/1835752825948647793
Agreed, after watching players constantly run her over, knock her down, and literally try to claw her eye out and minimal to no repercussions along with excuses and defending of the assaulters has really been appalling. I guess it's jealousy? I don't know what else it'd be.The WNBA will always amount to nothing more than an extreme "minor league" entertainment product that is way down the list for the majority of sports fans.
I've considered the fact that rookies need to be WELCOMED TO THE LEAGUE... but That League doesn’t have any real past or future. The "leaders" of the WNBA are complete failures.
I couldn't care less about Clark just to make sure that is absolutely clear. However, if I was in charge of a professional League that is basically only being kept alive by outside money (the NBA)... I wouldn't be fucking over the most unbelievable rookie the league has ever seen or hoped for. I understand a newbie needs to earn their stripes... but Clark did that in ways no other has ever done in this failing league.
The officiating in that playoff game tonight that eliminated Indiana was total bullshit. That League has no chance to succeed with the clowns who are running it into the dirt now. Total incompetence would be too kind of a description of that leagues leadership.
Sad.