Also, Bobby Knight put Steve Alford on the 1984 Olympic Team after his freshman season. Back then we won with all college players, but Alford certainly wasn't one of the Top 12 men's college basketball players at that time.
USA Today: Caitlin will not be selected for Olympic Women's Basketball Team
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Just voted for All Stars: CC, The Meg, Kate.
Taurasi or Breanna Stewart as rookies being without a doubt one of the 12 best US players when the teams were selected is a bit much for me. They likely played less than 10-15 professional games at that point which is a pretty small sample size to be definitive.
So were they really selected because they were one of the best options available at the time, or was it because they were great in college and brought their own hype and notoriety? If it’s the latter, why can’t Clark be afforded the same opportunity?
It’s not really comparable imo. In ‘02, the WNBA was less than 5 years old so it’s not like there was a deep pool of vets to pick from. As good of a prospect Clark was, Stewar was even better coming out of college.
Actually, the vast majority of the country didn't care or start paying attention until the 2023 NCAA Tournament and Caitlin's/Iowa's incredible run
To be fair, it’s been gradually getting better as broadcast options have become more available. But yeah, last season was when we saw it explode - started building for us during conference play imo.
I think it’s ridiculous to confidently say a WNBA rookie who’s only played about 10 professional games is one of the twelve best. Regardless of the who or the when.
It leads me to believe the selection decisions are based on more than what happened on a WNBA court for a couple handfuls of games. Thus posing the question of whether Caitlin is being evaluated by a different standard than others that came before her.
And there are only 12 teams in the league with 144 players, yet 8 or 9 of those teams are bad with a lot of bad players on the roster. Can you imagine if there were only 12 NBA teams? They’d all be loaded from top to bottoms.
They have been holding camps periodically based on whenever the olympic rules allow so they've got some evaluating going on; and 9 of these players were on the last olympics team.
I'm genuinely surprised by the level of outrage this has generated - we knew in April when they had their last camp (Caitlin had to miss due to the final 4); that 11 out of 12 spots were for sure spoken for barring injury. So there was only 1 spot up for grabs to begin with.
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Geno Auriemma was also the head coach of the 2016 USA team that rookie Breanna Stewart was on.
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It's been reported that Caitlin is one of 2 alternates. I am still hoping that at least 1 of these 2 will bow out:
1) Chelsea Gray, who is recovering from a lower leg injury & has yet to play a WNBA game this season.
2) Brittney Griner, whose wife is expecting. The expected due date is sometime in July 2024.
1) Chelsea Gray, who is recovering from a lower leg injury & has yet to play a WNBA game this season.
2) Brittney Griner, whose wife is expecting. The expected due date is sometime in July 2024.
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Clark does not deserve to be on the Olympic team. Her WNBA stats are not good. I think she will eventually get it going.
She doesn't deserve to be in the WNBA, it's a thrash league and CC deserves better than to have to put up with the hate that spews from it.
Bill Burr was so ****ing right about this league.
There is no doubt that factors beyond play in the WNBA have determined who is named to teams, but there is VERY little doubt that Taurasi was one of the 12 best players in the US when she was a rookie. I find Taurasi's jealousy of Caitlin to be borderline disgusting (I was unlucky enough to watch part of the broadcast of the NCAA final, where UConn players and friends were belittling Iowa and Caitlin), given what Caitlin's presence is doing for women's basketball and the WNBA's popularity. We agree that Caitlin should be on the team, but this is not nearly the same as when Taurasi was named as a rookie.
Prediction - Will likely be the highest watched game of this year's women’s Olympic team’s games.
Reality - And all of America will be cheering for Caitlin and the All-Stars, if she plays. Otherwise, not many viewers.
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Did you receive the reaction you were expecting on post #493 @Franisdaman? 
Did you receive the reaction you were expecting on post #493 @Franisdaman?
I just wanna know who's the daddy
Also, I updated that post; Brittney Griner's wife's expected due date is sometime in July 2024. Maybe Brittney will skip the Olympics to be with her wife; who knows....
Like a good father wouldI just wanna know who's the daddy
Also, I updated that post; Brittney Griner's wife's expected due date is sometime in July 2024. Maybe Brittney will skip the Olympics to be with her wife; who knows....
I have always been curious, like many people; she's female, correct? Or is she trans female? Lord, and I just now double checked to make sure I used the correct pronoun.
maybe @shikreto knows....and again, I am just curious....lets just keep it factual and nothing more.
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I have always been curious, like many people; she's female, correct? Or is she trans female? Lord, and I just now double checked to make sure I used the correct pronoun.
maybe @shikreto knows....and again, I am just curious....lets just keep it factual and nothing more.
Though definitely androgynous, I believe Brittney uses she/her pronouns (but I could be wrong bc I’m not a huge fan of the W — and preferred pronouns can change — but those are what the media and her friends/supporters use). She is also certainly a cis woman!
thanks; now adays you just don't know and sometimes you use a pronoun and then worry that someone will be offended because you used the wrong one
people laugh about using the wrong word or pronoun....
I was at Target and went to Customer Service; the worker with their back to me had beautiful, very long, brown hair. I said, "excuse me, miss?" HE turned around and said "how can I help you." I couldn't get out of there faster!
I was at Target and went to Customer Service; the worker with their back to me had beautiful, very long, brown hair. I said, "excuse me, miss?" HE turned around and said "how can I help you." I couldn't get out of there faster!
Nice job posting the same Tweet in multiple threads in an effort to see how many of your own threads you can keep near the top.
The top 10 players make the season ending All-WNBA teams.
As you can see in the tweet below, Caitlin is on her way to be named one of the 10 best players in the WNBA. So, the obvious questions is, why isn't one of the 10 best players on the 12 person Olympic team?
2023 ALL-WNBA FIRST TEAM
Breanna Stewart, New York
Alyssa Thomas, Connecticut Sun
A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas
Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx
Satou Sabally, Dallas Wings
2023 ALL-WNBA SECOND TEAM
Nneka Ogwumike, Los Angeles
Jackie Young, Las Vegas
Chelsea Gray, Las Vegas
Jewell Loyd, Seattle
Sabrina Ionescu New York
As you can see in the tweet below, Caitlin is on her way to be named one of the 10 best players in the WNBA. So, the obvious questions is, why isn't one of the 10 best players on the 12 person Olympic team?
2023 ALL-WNBA FIRST TEAM
Breanna Stewart, New York
Alyssa Thomas, Connecticut Sun
A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas
Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx
Satou Sabally, Dallas Wings
2023 ALL-WNBA SECOND TEAM
Nneka Ogwumike, Los Angeles
Jackie Young, Las Vegas
Chelsea Gray, Las Vegas
Jewell Loyd, Seattle
Sabrina Ionescu New York
The easy answer to that is, "The top 12 players in the league do not necessarily create the best team we can field". However, they haven't used that explanation yet so I don't see them using that in the future. They seem to think that having a UConn/SC graduate club for the team is worse reasoning than all the bullshit explanations they have come up with to this point. The PR people at USA Basketball really need to be fired.
I look forward to seeing the TV ratings for when the women play
An update on the changing of the OLD guard:
Diana turned 42 on June 11.
Caitlin turned 22 on Jan 22.
Through yesterday's games, Caitlin's numbers are better or just as good.
And look at the assist difference.
.....................Pts...Rebs..Asts...Stl...Blk...FG%...3Pt%...FT%
Caitlin Clark....16.2...5.4......6.2...1.4...0.9...39.6...33.8...89.9
Diana Taurasi..16.3...4.8......2.3..0.6...0.3...39.3...35.0...86.5
Diana turned 42 on June 11.
Caitlin turned 22 on Jan 22.
Through yesterday's games, Caitlin's numbers are better or just as good.
And look at the assist difference.
.....................Pts...Rebs..Asts...Stl...Blk...FG%...3Pt%...FT%
Caitlin Clark....16.2...5.4......6.2...1.4...0.9...39.6...33.8...89.9
Diana Taurasi..16.3...4.8......2.3..0.6...0.3...39.3...35.0...86.5
What has always bothered me about CC not making the Olympic team is the reasons always change. First it was the CC fans wouldn't like her not playing. Then it she wasn't one of the best players. Which is a hard argument to make when DT is on the team. Then we go to some unique criteria that was almost made to give cover for not including her.
If they were consistent in saying we don't believe she was the best. If they don't include DT. While unlike those spouting that off, it's probably a 50/50 proposition. It's an argument that can be defended rather easily. When you throw some of the other nonsense is when you lost people.
If they were consistent in saying we don't believe she was the best. If they don't include DT. While unlike those spouting that off, it's probably a 50/50 proposition. It's an argument that can be defended rather easily. When you throw some of the other nonsense is when you lost people.
Here’s the deal. They botched this. They should have taken the 8-9 best players and then had 3 slots for the up and comers.
They also put Chelsea Gray on the team and she hasn’t played in 8 months, so she’s not one of the 12 best either because no one knows how she will be after the injury.
Well, through a couple games, she’s averaging 2.5 points with a blistering FG% of 12.5%. Hardly Olympic type stats.
She and Diana Tarausi should be ashamed of accepting spots on the Olympic team with dozens of more deserving players.
We took the 12 best players…well, other than Diana Taurasi, she’s a legacy pick. Oh, and Chelsea Gray, she made it based on the previous few years. Oh, and Britney Griner, she also made it based on past performance. But other than that, we took the 12 best players.
