Think of it this way, if you are the ref who calls tech #7, the hate mail for CC missing a game would be brutal.
No! So when some home run hitter has 70 home runs and he needs 2 more for the all time record and they have first place locked up. do you sit him out until playoffs start?But, wouldn't that be considered "Stat Padding?"
Clark should be third at worst. This list is a joke.The WNBA has Caitlin Clark ranked #6 in the MVP ladder. Too low or too high?
1 A'ja Wilson, Las Vegas
2 Napheesa Collier, Minnesota
3 Sabrina Ionescu, New York
4 Breanna Stewart, New York
5 Alyssa Thomas, Connecticut
6 Caitlin Clark, Indiana
Also note that she's considered to be very close to being FIRST TEAM ALL WNBA.
They all complain and many of them do worse than throw up their hands. Clark is just under more of a microscope than most.
Sides needs to step up and do something. That’s her biggest weakness as a coach…you can’t continually let your team get sh!t on and do nothing about it.
Clark is high risk high reward. Take that away and she’s not Caitlin Clark. She’s going to have turnovers, that’s just her game. I’ll take that along with the double digit assists and 20+ points every game.
I agree, but she needs to eliminate the careless ball handling turnovers.
I mean, I know we've all discussed this so why even post that? "Send Smith to the Sun"? Really? Like under the cover of night where we just replace her with someone from their roster? Why would the Sun trade one of their players for Smith? And anyone for KLS? For what a bag of chips and a 2 liter of Coke? These are the issues for Dunn/Sides with this mess. Other then MAYBE Wheeler, who is going to trade the Fever for anyone on that bench, any player worth a damn? The other issue is these teams know damn well, that a decent player or two added to this core roster, and the Fever are going to be a big damn problem for the league. I can't see anyone trading a player of any value to them. They're going to have to find something in the draft, or get really lucky..
If Wilson doesn’t play it would be extremely disappointing to not take 1. Cmon.
Every player has weaknesses…she has some careless turnovers, but she’s not going to change….that’s just her game. You take the good with the bad. The games where she’s had low turnovers, she just isn’t as good overall.
Agree.
Need to hire Fran as an assistant and have him go apeshit and kick a water bottle off the scorer’s table.
I guess double-doubles do matter.
I’d just like to get one before I die…😩
Okay, and that would be great. So as to my post WHO is going to trade the Fever anyone worth a damn for anyone on their bench? Anyone? Buellar? I guess Smith has some value, but I don't see anyone trading an upgrade for her. She has way too many holes in her game. As for KLS? Her value is basically a 10-12 the player on the bench. Teams rarely trade for those players, and surely not anyone of value.
Sabrina is ahead of her because her team is ahead of the Fever, nothing more....
Another option is to leave them for the expansion draft and hope for the best. If smith has no trade value she would surely be taken if left unprotected. You would need to be damn sure free agents were coming though…
Based on the CBA being vague and exact expansion draft rules not released.
If I'm GM, I am not letting Mitchell go. The players I'm protecting in order: Catlin, Mitchell, Boston (it was close, but the way Caitlin likes to play you need a reliable scorer at the other guard spot), Hull, Temi, and Dantas (insurance policy having another big). I am leaving Smith unprotected, and I am not resigning Wheeler. I don't think Temi is a threat to get taken or go somewhere else given her age and proneness to injury. Love her on the team, but she has availability issues. This would clear 2 spots on the roster and allow for 2 big signings.
My problem with Smith is how undisciplined she is. With Caitlin, assuming she has a couple of other options to pass to on the break, in the half court she is better with a highly predictable plodder like Monica than Smith who you have no idea what will do with the ball other than shoot it. Meaning, she doesn't really like to pass and she makes some bizarre choices with the basketball, not valuing possessions. Dantas can fill the the role of Monica.
I’ve heard many pundits say CC had to adjust to the speed of the game. I’ve always thought the others needed to catch up with Caitlin’s speed of the game. I feel confident I was right. Ppl greatly underestimated her and I wish I’d kept receipts.
This is exactly what it is and some players still haven't done it. Just think if the refs didn't buy into the "rookies need to get the shit kicked out of them, particularly famous rookies" hazing bullshit that they've done. The number of free throws CC would get a game would have tripled. Well, at least until teams got tired of giving her 10 free points at the free throw line.
