How is CC's rookie year going to go?

hermes · Post #121 » by **hermes** » Tue Jul 2, 2024 11:31 pm

jc23 · Post #122 » by **jc23** » Tue Jul 2, 2024 11:53 pm

i saw that, but dont trust the internet until something is confirmed. cute video tho.

Ghetto Gospel · Post #123 » by **Ghetto Gospel** » Wed Jul 3, 2024 1:05 am

saw this article on ESPN about her season thus far.

https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40471104/wnba-2024-caitlin-clark-indiana-fever-rookie-midseason-stats-analysis

tl;dr

she's the 2nd best ball handler in the pnr behind only jackie young in the entire W. she's even better when blitzed, hence why teams stopped doing it as frequently, though even til now she's the most blitzed of any player in the W. pnr with aaliyah boston might have struggled early because pnr hasn't been a big part of aaliyah boston's game stretching back to south carolina, but clark to boston assists per game have risen from 1.3 to start the season to 4.0 assists per game now

her 3-pt shooting has improved as the season has gone on.

the fever offense was 11th in the W to start the season but in the month of june, it's the 3rd best.

she's on a historic TO pace in the W, currently has 112, next is alyssa thomas with 72. though she also has the ball in her hands more than any other player taking over a thousand dribbles more than any other player in the W

the fever are good against bad teams but really bad against good teams

MrDollarBills · Post #124 » by **MrDollarBills** » Wed Jul 3, 2024 1:37 am

Ghetto Gospel wrote:saw this article on ESPN about her season thus far.

https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40471104/wnba-2024-caitlin-clark-indiana-fever-rookie-midseason-stats-analysis

tl;dr

she's the 2nd best ball handler in the pnr behind only jackie young in the entire W.

This is all I need to read because it matches the eyeball test

Clark is a savant.

Ghetto Gospel · Post #125 » by **Ghetto Gospel** » Wed Jul 3, 2024 2:50 am

for what it's worth, she's gonna get a triple double this season. probably within the next few games

rmontro · Post #126 » by **rmontro** » Wed Jul 3, 2024 3:33 am

I thought Clark being named to the All-Star game might have given her a boost tonight against Las Vegas, but it wasn't her best game. Even her passing seemed sloppy. There had been some who were thinking the players and media might freeze her off of the team, but that didn't happen.

Post #127 » by **Ice Man** » Wed Jul 3, 2024 11:24 am

rmontro wrote:I thought Clark being named to the All-Star game might have given her a boost tonight against Las Vegas, but it wasn't her best game. Even her passing seemed sloppy.

It was Game 5 of the road trip, so perhaps that was a factor. We shall see -- the Fever now started an extended home schedule.

rmontro · Post #128 » by **rmontro** » Wed Jul 3, 2024 8:31 pm

Ice Man wrote:It was Game 5 of the road trip, so perhaps that was a factor. We shall see -- the Fever now started an extended home schedule.

Too bad it starts with the Liberty.

Post #129 » by **Ice Man** » Wed Jul 3, 2024 8:46 pm

rmontro wrote:Too bad it starts with the Liberty.

True that. On the bright side, the Fever only have 2 road games left this season against teams with a winning record.

MrDollarBills · Post #130 » by **MrDollarBills** » Wed Jul 3, 2024 8:48 pm

rmontro wrote:
Ice Man wrote:It was Game 5 of the road trip, so perhaps that was a factor. We shall see -- the Fever now started an extended home schedule.

Too bad it starts with the Liberty.

Excellent. More fresh meat for the grinder :nod:

rmontro · Post #131 » by **rmontro** » Thu Jul 4, 2024 11:18 am

MrDollarBills wrote:Excellent. More fresh meat for the grinder

That better be a big grinder.

MrDollarBills · Post #132 » by **MrDollarBills** » Thu Jul 4, 2024 1:53 pm

rmontro wrote:
MrDollarBills wrote:Excellent. More fresh meat for the grinder

That better be a big grinder.

That's the spirit!! talk your trash

And that grinder is YUGE we got plenty of room

rmontro · Post #133 » by **rmontro** » Fri Jul 5, 2024 4:52 am

MrDollarBills wrote:
rmontro wrote:
MrDollarBills wrote:That's the spirit!! talk your trash

And that grinder is YUGE we got plenty of room

It's not trash talk, it's pessimism.

Ghetto Gospel · Post #134 » by **Ghetto Gospel** » Sat Jul 6, 2024 6:33 pm

Ghetto Gospel wrote:for what it's worth, she's gonna get a triple double this season. probably within the next few games

called this one

rmontro · Post #135 » by **rmontro** » Sat Jul 6, 2024 7:12 pm

Ghetto Gospel wrote:called this one

You did. We''ll see how much attention the press gives it, they've really been pushing Reese's double double streak.

Big grinder after all for the Fever. Huge win. They need to go on a winning streak now.

Ghetto Gospel · Post #136 » by **Ghetto Gospel** » Sat Jul 6, 2024 7:23 pm

rmontro wrote:
Ghetto Gospel wrote:called this one

You did. We''ll see how much attention the press gives it, they've really been pushing Reese's double double streak.

Big grinder after all for the Fever. Huge win. They need to go on a winning streak now.

i think the fever finally figured out that the best way to put up points is to just run and gun. they're taking the old thunder strategy of having the bigs box out for westbrook and letting them run loose. her numbers to end the year are going to go crazy because she's just going to keep racking up boards and assists

rmontro · Post #137 » by **rmontro** » Sat Jul 6, 2024 9:47 pm

Forgot to mention Clark shot a floater too! She must have been working on it.

JustBuzzin · Post #138 » by **JustBuzzin** » Sat Jul 6, 2024 11:05 pm

WOW!

They finally gave Angel Reese some shine on World News. Nice to see they are starting to include Reese with Clark. Still weird they are discussing Clark so much on World News. I mean sports are entertainment, but I don't want to see sports athletes on my world news daily.

Post #139 » by **Parliament10** » Sun Jul 7, 2024 2:09 am

Read on Twitter

Not too shabby.

Post #140 » by **Ice Man** » Sun Jul 7, 2024 11:33 am

Ghetto Gospel wrote:i think the fever finally figured out that the best way to put up points is to just run and gun. they're taking the old thunder strategy of having the bigs box out for westbrook and letting them run loose. her numbers to end the year are going to go crazy because she's just going to keep racking up boards and assists

Spot on. In fact, before reading this post, I was making that very same comparison with Westbrook, in my head. Caitlin's a good rebounder for a guard but her numbers are inflated, and will be even more so, because the Fever have figured out what you just wrote. Their best bet to win a game is let Clark grab every uncontested rebound, while the other 4 players sprint up the floor. Now that they realize that's how to play, they're not going to stop doing that.