Stats don't lie and don't take into account emotions. If I like to keep track of former Hawks by looking at the stats, what's it to you? I'll follow the way I want to follow and will not tell you how you should follow. Good grief.
*****Official Caitlin Clark/Indiana Fever at Dallas Wings Game Thread*****
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Don't get upset. I acknowledged your right to do what you want. Take a breath and relax.
Obviously, follow how you want to follow. In a thread about how she actually played, there were shots fired based on the numbers alone, and the numbers without context don’t tell an accurate story. Just struck me as odd.
The hate directed at CC on social media, particularly X, pisses me off. Some jerks suggesting she’s a man playing as a woman.
Haters gonna hate.
Haters gonna hate.
On the flip side, it looks like antionio brown has either come around, or is in between psychotic episodes.
that nalyssa smith fits the bill. I am thinking in a regular game with Kelsey Mitchell back we will see more rim running and the ability to take some pressure off Clark so that she doesn’t need to take on the defense by herself, at times.
Brown is a nut case that no one should take seriously
I stopped reading right there. Anybody who says this is just not a serious human being.
I didn't watch the game either and I can tell you that she didn't have a sub-par game.
Stats don't lie.......
I enjoyed watching the game but found the piped in music and chants annoying. I prefer just the normal crowd noise from college, I guess missing cheerleaders in WNBA may be a part of the problem where they need to try to generate atmosphere.
40% shooting isn't good, only 3 rebounds, 2 assists is way subpar her game, 5 turnovers, and 4 fouls - she is much better than that. Her game was way off. I do expect her to be more Clark-like.
Her first half was stellar, and then she picked up a couple of quick fouls in the 3rd quarter, which I thought were pretty cheap, given how the game was being reffed to that point. She sat most of the 3rd quarter and the lead she helped build dissipated. When she was brought back in, in the 4th quarter, it seemed like the Fever was a bit desperate and discombobulated. In my opinion she then had to try to force the issue on a few plays that did not go well. In the end she had her shit thrown on an attempted layup, which was a good no-call. She then had to try to heave up a 3 with less than a second left on the clock.
Taking all of that into account, given her short time with the team and them playing short-handed, I thought she played a great game with what she had to work with. Most of the world agreed, using terms like "stunning" and "stellar". You are the only person I have seen calling her performance subpar. The only way it was subpar is if you compare to the brilliant performances she delivered down the stretch in the college game. So, subpar compared to her collegiate crescendo, but great for a WNBA rookie in her first preseason game with a new team. With that being said, she has definite room for improvement.
It is hard to say, but I generally agree. As their coach said, Clark was run ragged fighting through all of the double teams and physical defense. It would have been less tiring if she had some reliable outside shooters to dish to. On the other hand, if she can mix it up not having the ball and running off screens, she might get some easy looks from deep.
With the quickness of WNBA guards, teams will challenge her full court if she's the primary ball handler & she'll have to expend a bunch of energy doing that as well. I thought the way they used her in the 1st half was smart. She had 16 pts, was 4-8 from 3, & they led 48-40. Her foul trouble & the Fever slowing the pace were the issues in the 2nd half. It will interesting to see how the offense flows when Mitchell is back. She'll get 10-12 shots per game.
Caitlin Clark > your version of Caitlin Clark40% shooting isn't good, (Sure it is) only 3 rebounds (She's not getting paid to rebound the ball.....), 2 assists is way subpar her game (Then tell her teammates to f***ing make more shots..........), 5 turnovers (BAU), and 4 fouls (The refs were biased.)- she is much better than that. Her game was way off. (No it wasn't) I do expect her to be more Clark-like.
Someone above mentioned rebounds among other things that were not good for CC. At Iowa, I think she played forward on defense most if not all of the time. That puts her in a better position to get rebounds.
Is CC's clock awareness awful this year? That's at least the second time I've seen her pass it at the end of a quarter instead of shooting the ball before the horn.
