Caitlyn Clark

garyt1957

On another note Chicago has finally found a way to make Angel Reese a functional player.

johnnydoom

garyt1957 She is a valuable player. Shouldn't even really be any part of the offensive strategy, but anyone that can get possession of the ball as well as she does can be a huge value to a team as long as she gives it to the scorers and makes the garbage baskets as the opportunities present. I often think of her as a version of Kurt Rambis from the 80's Lakers except that she is a better rebounder.

Par4QC

garyt1957 Another losing season for Chicago, and another coach that will be done at season's end.
She has a skill, only 1, yet they (their coach.....again....) are trying to make her into something she cannot be/will never be. And it is all causing the team as a whole to be nothing short of shit.

She is all over the floor, mainly out of position for most of the game. This disrupts the other 4 players. Again, the coache's fault as he wants her to be a 'star'. She is. At rebounding only and ever.

She is not the point guard......7 TOs last night!!! WTH are they thinking? Yet a forward is shooting many times a game from top of key??? And got beat up by a sloppy team.

Cardoso would be top scorer in the NBA right now if it were not for AR's antics.
jmo, of course

garyt1957

johnnydoom Shouldn't even really be any part of the offensive strategy

They've been using her out at the foul line and she can actually drive from there and be efficient. She's terrible with her back to the basket. She's only taking about 10 shots a game, many off offensive rebounds so while she touches the ball a lot she's not shooting much. I think they've found her niche. Get rebounds, put backs and the occasional drive. 12 points 12 rebounds 5 assists is a nice asset. She does throw some horrible passes though.

garyt1957

Par4QC Cardoso would be top scorer in the NBA right now if it were not for AR's antics.
jmo, of course

Cardoso is an absolute stiff, imo . She's the biggest player out there and can't make a layup. But that's like the majority of bigs in the W.

Bravopilot

ode Not sure the motivation is there, NBA players make multi-millions $$--a shared motivation not to hurt each other to keep the cash rolling. WNBA do not and sure Refs make equally less. No shared motivation to "grow the game" from my seat. Have to admit, I have not watched a WNBA game yet, do not watch NBA either.

I can see negative side for the jealousy of the money Clark must make off the court.

Par4QC

garyt1957 Coming up and chest bumping Clark

That was elevated to a Flagrant 2 today, from only being called a technical.

Of course if it was called correctly during the game, Mabrey would have been ejected at that point.

johnnydoom

Supposedly Sophie Cunningham's jersey sold out as a result of her hard grab and hold foul at the eye of the game on the eye poker. Also fines of supposedly miniscule amounts were levied on several players. I'm sure that doesn't matter to the Fever with all of the money they (Caitlin) brings in.

Par4QC

johnnydoom The fines are miniscule, $200 for the 1st couple techs, then goes to 400, then 800. I say miniscule, but consider they only make in the $70K range the 1st 4 years in the league.

Sophie's jerseys have been hot sellers since signing with The Fever. Was 2nd to CC's from the start.

No suspensions, Mabrey played last night.

Good thing they don't hand out techs for what is said during games. As a fairly decent lip-reader....that Clark girl has a mouth on her! 🤣Of course, she went to Catholic schools.

johnnydoom

Par4QC She (Clark) will "F'in do what I want". Yeah, Sophie isn't afraid to sell the sex, but she also knows how to keep the interest rolling. Not really a bad basketball player either.

Saw something earlier that said Mabrey and Cunningham have basically both been thugs throughout their WNBA stints. Can't say since I haven't really seen them play with Sophie missing most of the games this season and Mabrey playing for teams I have no interest in. I guess if the league can't make money, the players have to do whatever they can to use the platform in order to get individual attention. Mabrey will probably make more in social media clicks in a day than the fine is, and I wouldn't be surprised if Caitlin covers all the fines the players and coaches get on her behalf so she doesn't have to get too dirty herself.

Par4QC

🤔just a 'basketball play'???....NOT!

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16m6p4LVVB/

johnnydoom

Par4QC Looking at that, the eye poke looks like it was very intentional and then they followed up with dead ball action on top of it.

johnnydoom

Caitlin can’t hit a shot tonight. I guess she needs someone wrestling her down the court and slapping her in the face to get a normal feel for her shot. Good fast paced game so far.

Par4QC

johnnydoom Good fast paced game so far.

😫I'm wore out and sweatin like a pig.

Par4QC

johnnydoom Caitlin can’t hit a shot tonight.

No one ever gets too excited about that, except announcers. And Angel Reese lovers.😁

She has 4 rebounds, 6 assists. When they have her shut down, or she is having trouble finding the basket, you can bet money that someone else is having a helluva a game. And Boston is!!

garyt1957

Par4QC She has 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

And 7 turnovers to be fair. She's playing an awful game.

PA-PLAYA

Just like when Detroit with Rodman, Isaiah, Laimbeer, etc. were the bad boys. People tuned in. There were real rivalries. Players hated each other. You knew something was going to happen just about every night. Not only did people watch the game, but they read the morning sports pages to see what was said in the post-game.

Same thing here. Not saying it's manufactured drama, but I'm guessing the league has let the officials know that the more physical it is, the better the ratings.

This is post 182 in a thread about Caitlyn, yes, but also the WNBA. There's no such thing as bad publicity in women's sports.

Par4QC

garyt1957 6. But also 9 assists and 7 defensive rebounds, which led to more points taken than given up. 😉
Turnovers will never make 'an awful' game for anyone. A lot of them have more than that some games, without + points.
CC will forever lead the league in that stat category, its given.

The game turned when Boston got in foul trouble and had to sit & be less aggressive when in. She only scored 2 points the 2nd half, plus only 1-2 rebounds. No one picked up that slack....she was picking up the slack for CC.

Sabrina, in the earlier Liberty game, went 3/16.....only 1/10 from 3pt & only scored 16 (with 9 FTs). They also lost again.
So, it happens to everyone in some games. (Sabrina had 5 TOs & Stewie had 6, btw!!)

The Valkyries did a helluva job on CC. Every shot from outside was terribly forced and off balance. I imagine Kate is smiling today, with the game she had and with the win over her bestie.

johnnydoom

The Fever were out coached and out hustled overall last night along with poor shooting performances from distance. Because Caitlin, Kelsey, and Lexi couldn't hit the outside shots, the Valkyries successfully tightened up the passing lanes to Boston and Howard in the 2nd half and got the better of them. As good as those 3 normally play at the pace of last night's game, they either weren't prepared for it or each of them just had a bad game.

johnnydoom

Par4QC I would be very curious to know why they haven't worked Makayla Timpson into the line up at all this year. It seems either she has an injury no one is reporting, or the coaches and/or players don't have confidence in her. But at least at this point it looks like a completely wasted roster spot. They probably have a master plan for her, but I don't know why they'd be so mum about it unless it's all negative about her.

garyt1957

Par4QC You're caught up in your fandom. Turnovers will absolutely lead to an "awful game". Especially when added to 3-14 shooting. I get it, I'd like to see her do well too. But that was an awful game. Everybody has them.

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