The Caitlin Clark Effect
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She actually hasn't been playing very well. But no surprise she is being treated badly. I mean if she was an unattractive lesbian, with her exact same basketball skillset but less cultural appeal, the fans never would have cared about her to begin with. The league knows that, and is reacting to it in the predictable way.
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@Horace said in The Caitlin Clark Effect:
She actually hasn't been playing very well.
She's done better than any rookie in WNBA history.
@kluurs said in The Caitlin Clark Effect:
@Horace said in The Caitlin Clark Effect:
She actually hasn't been playing very well.
She's done better than any rookie in WNBA history.
That's good to know, thanks Kluurs. Maybe she's playing better recently, or maybe what I heard a few weeks ago was inaccurate. I don't actually follow her stats.
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In all fairness, the girl just finished a year of college, a full season and postseason of NCAA basketball, won the championship in April, was drafted late April, and went straight into the league amidst unbelievable press responsibilities and pressure. She was also drafted by the absolute worst team in the league and is getting no help or protection from her own team. So…
The Brad
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In all fairness, the girl just finished a year of college, a full season and postseason of NCAA basketball, won the championship in April, was drafted late April, and went straight into the league amidst unbelievable press responsibilities and pressure. She was also drafted by the absolute worst team in the league and is getting no help or protection from her own team. So…
@LuFins-Dad said in The Caitlin Clark Effect:
In all fairness, the girl just finished a year of college, a full season and postseason of NCAA basketball, won the championship in April, was drafted late April, and went straight into the league amidst unbelievable press responsibilities and pressure. She was also drafted by the absolute worst team in the league and is getting no help or protection from her own team. So…
To nit pick, she didn't win the championship in April, she lost (as she did the year before)? Still incredible since she's from Iowa, stayed loyal, and the team did great to get to the finals two years in a row. Or at least final 4.
She's also double or triple teamed often in the WNBA. Makes it really hard to score, and if the rest of your team are "meh", then she can't just pass the ball for someone else to score each time.
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She is so mean. She brutlally blocks a shot by a 7 year old!!!
Just kidding. She is not mean.
Clark, along with Pacers player Isaiah Jackson and more than 200 employees at Group 1001, were in the company's parking lot volunteering for a wall panel build for Habitat for Humanity. Those panels will be the walls of Eli's future home, which are being put into storage until the land is ready for the rest of the house to be built.
If all goes as planned, Eli and his family will move into their new house in Boone County by October or November. And they will never forget all the people who helped them get there. They especially will never forget Clark.
"She didn't have to come. She didn't have to help with the house. She didn't have to play basketball with the kids," said Dusten, whose last name is not being published due to privacy. "But, you know, it just shows what kind of heart she has."
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@Mik said in The Caitlin Clark Effect:
That's not even football. It'd be a block in the back.
Caitlin had the ball, it would be a legal tackle.
Of course, there aren’t legal tackles in basketball…
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Those straight white people are such bullies.
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Black people are among the most rascist folks in the country. The WNBA is over 73% black. White players are only 17% of the league. The goal of any team should be to put the best players they have on the court, no matter if all are green.
Subsequently, the money that fans pay for seats, is all the same color. By putting the best product on the court, the WNBA assures they have the most butts in the seats.
It's head-banging stupid to let your best players get hurt on purpose.
