Caitlin Clark is like the WNBA equivalent to Oscar Robertson or Wilt Chamberlain
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Caitlin Clark is like the WNBA equivalent to Oscar Robertson or Wilt Chamberlain
Now she may not set unbeatable records like those, but she’s clearly capable of putting up absurd state lines that will be historic anomalies. She’s also incredibly far ahead of her peers in terms of the game.
To be fair, Aja Wilson is also freakishly historic. Her numbers are just as insane. Aja could be the WNBA Wilt and Caitlin could be closer to an Oscar or even Jerry West.
To be fair, Aja Wilson is also freakishly historic. Her numbers are just as insane. Aja could be the WNBA Wilt and Caitlin could be closer to an Oscar or even Jerry West.
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I watched the Fever V Lynx game on Sunday and I saw that girl cross somebody over so badly they fell to their knees. Just crumbled under themselves Then she led the Fever to an impressive victory. Girls got juice and the game was really fun to watch.
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yeah but she doesnt get offensive rebounds so kinda worthless.
screw these absolute garbage refs
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She's been going nuts lately. I haven't been watching but my assumption is she's finally adjusting to professional game speed?
I hope she becomes the unanimous WNBA GOAT.
I hope she becomes the unanimous WNBA GOAT.
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picc wrote:She's been going nuts lately. I haven't been watching but my assumption is she's finally adjusting to professional game speed?
I hope she becomes the unanimous WNBA GOAT.
Yeah she's adjusting. I also keep bringing up to anyone who will listen that I think it matters that she really didn't have an off season.
Girls legs have to be gassed.
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i just watched Aja Wilson for the first time on youtube. Never heard of her but she’s close to 6’5 200 and got mad skills. Wild. Wilma Chamberlain.
https://youtu.be/sICvMqt_AC4?feature=shared
https://youtu.be/sICvMqt_AC4?feature=shared
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Hmmm, we'll see. Right now she's the WNBA equivalent of rookie Luka. She fills the stat sheet, you know that she will be a perennial All Star, and you're pretty sure that she'll be contending for MVP awards. More than that ... we shall see.
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Jay 20 wrote:Girls legs have to be gassed.
They are. Her 3 point shooting has fallen off so much that she's sometimes shying away from open shots, which is one reason that she got so many assists tonight. She has the deadest of dead legs. Fortunately for her, the league just started a 1 month break, for the Olympics.
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Ice Man wrote:Jay 20 wrote:Girls legs have to be gassed.
They are. Her 3 point shooting has fallen off so much that she's sometimes shying away from open shots, which is one reason that she got so many assists tonight. She has the deadest of dead legs. Fortunately for her, the league just started a 1 month break, for the Olympics.
So when they left her off the team, they were really trying to look out for her.
Great group over there at the Olympic committee. So much compassion.
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Ice Man wrote:Jay 20 wrote:Girls legs have to be gassed.
They are. Her 3 point shooting has fallen off so much that she's sometimes shying away from open shots, which is one reason that she got so many assists tonight. She has the deadest of dead legs. Fortunately for her, the league just started a 1 month break, for the Olympics.
Agreed. I said the same thing when she was left off the team. At least she will get some time off.
And damn I just now checked the box score. 19 assists is phenomenal!
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She could also be doing even better with a better supporting cast (although you can say that for nba rookies drafted to bad teams too). She plays with like one other good shooter and the rest are mediocre / barely shoot at all and just ruin spacing. I think the next highest assist average on her team is like someone with 2 assist a game too, so if Clark doesn’t create something, no one will. On a good team with other play makers she could have some type of Klay Thompson role, but instead she has to do everything.
Edit: it feels like her other teammates are black holes on offense when it comes to playmaking. If they put the ball on the floor going to the basket, you can assume they aren’t passing it back out.
Edit: it feels like her other teammates are black holes on offense when it comes to playmaking. If they put the ball on the floor going to the basket, you can assume they aren’t passing it back out.
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But her turnovers...
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rmontro wrote:But her turnovers...
Are a result of newness to the pro level and bad teammates.
One will get better with time, and the other will hopefully get better too.
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Right now she reminds me of Gretzky. Yeah, I said it.
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She's clearly the best WNBA player of all time. It's time to stop hating and get on board.
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theforumblue wrote:yeah but she doesnt get offensive rebounds so kinda worthless.
Ah I take it you're a Danny Fortson fan
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Yeah guys I dunno maybe let her be herself and not heap all these crazy comparisons on her. She's standing on her own two feet
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MrDollarBills wrote:Yeah guys I dunno maybe let her be herself and not heap all these crazy comparisons on her. She's standing on her own two feet
Threads like this are honestly weird and uncomfortable. Cringy
I think it’s pretty normal to make comparisons to other players, certainly nba-wnba, but even across sports. Like someone the other day was asking me about angel Reese’s nba comp because they don’t watch any wnba. I said maybe like domantis sabonis, although like less of a passer and a better rebounder. Then they had some idea of how she plays. Whether my comp is accurate or not, who knows, but it’s still like a totally common thing to do imo.
This is like when people were saying Anthony Edwards reminded them of MJ and a tiny minority of people were saying we shouldn’t put this pressure on Ant. The guy has been competing at the highest levels his entire life and is out here saying he’s the number 1 option for team USA. I think he’ll be fine if people want to make comparisons about him, even if those comparison are premature, inaccurate, etc. (and Caitlin will be fine too).
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She's exhausted and it shows.
She's going to be fun to watch and I wish her well. Angel Reese interest ne to and they've helped expand the viewership. They've done far more for the game in my opinion than even Diana Taurasi has.
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She's going to be fun to watch and I wish her well. Angel Reese interest ne to and they've helped expand the viewership. They've done far more for the game in my opinion than even Diana Taurasi has.
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MrDollarBills wrote:Yeah guys I dunno maybe let her be herself and not heap all these crazy comparisons on her. She's standing on her own two feet
I with MrDB here. I don't think comparisons like this are helpful.
It'd be one thing if Clark played like those guys, but she doesn't at all. Meanwhile there are modern guys she actually is similar to - you could say she's something of a cross between Curry & Nash. That's really cool!
I get that folks are trying to say what an outlier she's going to be, but honestly, there's a lot we can't yet know about how the arms race between Clark and opponents ends up going which will determine where she ends up stacking up on GOAT list. What we can do is talk about the specifics of her game, and connect those to other players they strike us of.
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