mattg wrote:MrDollarBills wrote:Ice Man wrote:Shooting percentage is different than scoring efficiency, which considers the effect of both 3 point baskets and free throws. On scoring efficiency, as measured by TS%, Clark is having among the very best seasons ever for a rookie guard. In either the WNBA or NBA. For example, she's scoring more efficiently than Steph, Luka, CP3, Kyrie, Dame, Donovan Mitchell, Wade, Klay, and Booker did when they were rookies. Also more efficiently than pretty much any WNBA guard whom you can think of.
I don't think many fans realize this. They know that she passes great and gets a lot of assists, and also passes recklessly and gets a lot of turnovers. But I don't think they realize how good she has been at scoring, for a rookie guard.
I'm not using raw FG as a knock against CC (i honestly could care less about rookie efficiency, especially hers, year 1 is an adjustment period), I just used that as critical pushback for the poster who thinks that Reese, who is also putting up historic production and is the best rebounder in the league, being considered for ROY honors is "an insult to Clark"....I'm sorry, but that's absurd.
This is an open competition where both players should be graded objectively, but some folks seem to believe that it's Caitlin’s award by default...it's not, especially when they've both hit the ground running and are doing generational things on the court.
What an absolute joke of a backpedal you're doing. YOU are the one who brought up raw FG% to criticize Clark when I said the efficiency gap between her and Reese was so massive that it's insulting to even compare the 2 as scorers. Which it is, it's literally not even remotely close. Both immense gaps in TS% and eFG%. You can say it's absurd, but the stats don't lie. Look at Reese's TS% relative to the rest of the league and then compare Clark in the same way, when you do that maybe you can have an informed discussion. Clark has higher volume, higher degree of difficulty on shots, far more defensive attention on her, far more versatility in her shot profile...and still is immensely more efficient than Reese who is shooting point blank layups and shots within 3 feet.
It's not Clark's award by default, but she has been objectively better than Reese and it's not close. It's just the media drumming up interest with a fake ROY race that has no basis in reality.
Nah, you calling Angel being considered for ROY "an insult to Clark" is absolutely absurd, you should be embarrassed for saying it, and it reeks of cult like mentality. Sorry bud.
I love CC, but when people/her fans say crazy stuff like that, and get upset when you call it out, makes me think there's other reasons for it. I'll leave it at that.
