Yep, said that earlier. "Spoon" has been an enabler during this whole process. That parts a plus for the Fever because its not helping the Sky win games or build chemistry for their team.
You have to wonder if coaching decisions like having your worst free throw shooter shoot technical fouls, just so she can get a very meaningless double double, is one of the reasons their floor general, Marian Mabrey, demanded to be traded last month.
If I were Cardoso I'd have had enough of it already. She clearly outplayed Reese yesterday, had a double-double of her own with a better line of stats, yet most headlines were about Angel getting her double-double. Gotta be wearing thin.
She's 8-27 since coming back from the break... .296%
I know I’m a homer but for me, it’s kind of like when I was a kid watching Bo Jackson, just never knowing what you were going to witness.
It’s like watching all the greats…Jackson, Mahomes, Bird, Magic, Barry Sanders….whereas the only thing people watch Reese for is to see 10 and 10 (and it’s usually an ugly trip getting there). Reese is a glorified role player…she’s there for rebounding and that’s about it.
Not so fast…Reese has 10 rebounds and 6 points at halftime….don’t think the argument is going to go away (even though it should)….Clark is going to need to have a monster game when they play the Sun and they need to win for this to finally be put to bed.
She’s at 19 and 19 (the all time record is 24) now and they’re only down 13.
I take it nobody bothered much to box her out.
They’re too busy boxing out Cardosa.
Every time a stat line like this pops up all you need to do is watch about 5 minutes of a Fever game to see that it's not just stats, but Clark changes the entire game when she is in there. Reese gets rebounds and occasionally puts up some points. She doesn't change the flow or dynamic of the game by just being on the floor. Any other year and Reese would have an excellent case for ROY (although it wouldn't be a given). However this year, it's no contest. Clark keeps doing this and she's going to be in serious discussions for MVP, especially if the Fever make a deep playoff run.
Just mentioned this in the Caitlin thread before seeing your post. Crazy part is Kamilla took over last game and they won. I thought for sure they’d start giving her more minutes. Nope. Think maybe Weatherspoon doesn’t want to have to upset Reese’s ego?
No, I think her hate for Caitlin is a bigger driving force than wanting her team to win. Her, Reeve, & Swoopes only care about Caitlin not getting ROTY.
It’s a little conspiracy-theorist…but it makes me wonder if there aren’t “other” (relationship) reasons that Angel is so favored by her coach…
It would good like it did with jonquel (spelling?) jones in the all star game. Jones at the 5, Boston at the 4, Caitlin at the 1, and go from there. Hell, with this roster, I think adding jones to the fever would make them instant contenders for the title.
Ask yourself why Mabry asked for and received a trade. What did the Sky get in return to improve their team.
If teams focused on boxing, her out like they focused on double and triple teaming Clark Reese would be a nobody.
I think you can make a case for Caitlin being the #3 player in the league right now, behind Wilson and Stewart.
Because 50% of them get rejected. She has to lead the league in getting her own shot blocked and it shouldn't be close. Zero elevation.
Why teams don’t play a zone against the Sky is beyond me. They’re the worst perimeter shooting team in the league and they have two bigs that can rebound. Pack in a zone and keep them off the boards and make them beat you from outside. Middle school coaches could figure that out.
I keep hearing about Wilson having the greatest season ever, yet the Aces are in fourth place and are way worse than they were last year. I get Gray is hurt, but if you’re the best player in the league, you should be able to overcome that with the rest of the talent they have. I’m not sure Wilson should be anointed the MVP already.
I’m shocked that Cardosa only played 15 minutes last night…she played 28 the game before. Not sure what they were doing, but it obviously didn’t work.
They're tanking.
Just to clarify, the WNBA uses two year W/L record to determine the odds of winning 1st pick lottery. Washington is right with LA.
If I'm the league and rigging the lottery, I'm sending Beuckers to LA with Brink and Jackson.
