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USA Today: Caitlin will not be selected for Olympic Women's Basketball Team
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Yes. She wouldn't start but after team USA goes up by 40 in the 3rd quarter she would get playing time. Which, would keep people watching well past the time they normally would have switched to something else.
There is a great chance this decision backfires. The Fever’s upcoming schedule all games have min 2-3 days of rest and most are against bottom half of the league.
Have to think this internally motivates CC and she continues off last nights momentum and her numbers look even better by mid July.
First up, she plays Taurasi and th Sun on Monday. Be great if she shows DT up.
Have to think this internally motivates CC and she continues off last nights momentum and her numbers look even better by mid July.
First up, she plays Taurasi and th Sun on Monday. Be great if she shows DT up.
I guarantee NBC is on the phone and is more than pissed off.
Per a article in "on 3", writer Riley Gates, it's not final.....
"While the roster has not been finalized officially, Charania reports that veteran selections of A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner, Alyssa Thomas, Napheesa Collier, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum, Jackie Young, Sabrina Ionescu, Chelsea Gray and Kahleah Copper are expected to be on the roster for Team USA".
We'll see, maybe there's hope that the USA women's bbk team selection can save what could be a career ending decision, aka weak rationalization, to not include Clark.
"While the roster has not been finalized officially, Charania reports that veteran selections of A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner, Alyssa Thomas, Napheesa Collier, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum, Jackie Young, Sabrina Ionescu, Chelsea Gray and Kahleah Copper are expected to be on the roster for Team USA".
We'll see, maybe there's hope that the USA women's bbk team selection can save what could be a career ending decision, aka weak rationalization, to not include Clark.
Some people are way too in love with double doubles….i have news for those people…30 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists is way better than 13 points and 13 rebounds or 16 points and 11 rebounds. Especially when it’s a PG getting 8 rebounds.
I haven’t either because it hasn’t been competitive—same for the men’s side. Mainly I prefer to watch so-called Olympic Sports that don’t have popular leagues in between. No interest in baseball for example, either.
I would likely have watched Caitlin if she were in this year’s Olympics—BUT—I would prefer she made it on merit rather than by popularity.
On the assist #'s, watch how many shots, including bunnies, that the Fever players have missed or mishandled on CC's passes. She could/should have 11 double doubles....... IMHO.
Surprisingly, I'm not too upset at this decision. The fact that this gives her a month to rest after playing non-stop for months and months may be a blessing in disguise. I don't think the Fever have an ice cube's chance in hell to get to the playoffs, but this is good for CC's mind and body.
Now, I think it's an insanely stupid reason to keep her off the team due to her fans. It's petty and downright pathetic, actually. If they wanted to grow the women's game on a global scale, this was their chance. Now no one will tune in.
But hey, won't someone please think of the veteran's feelings?
Now, I think it's an insanely stupid reason to keep her off the team due to her fans. It's petty and downright pathetic, actually. If they wanted to grow the women's game on a global scale, this was their chance. Now no one will tune in.
But hey, won't someone please think of the veteran's feelings?
Kachine Alexander did say she was relieved for Caitlin on Twitter—said she needs the rest out of concern she’ll get injured. I place a great deal of respect on her opinion.
That's the whole issue that's been lost right now. If they could have come up with any legitimate reason to not include her then this would not be an issue. The problem is they took Diana Taurasi who by just about every metric is having an inferior season to Clark, and two players who have been injured and are completely unknown as to if they will be able to play at all. So they eliminated any actual basketball reason to nix her. Instead, they found the weakest ass reason ever and tried to blame her snub on the fans! Seriously? You've been crying about how people don't pay attention to the league and then when decision time comes you blame the f****g fans for why you did something stupid?
Have the balls to just say, "The veterans on the team don't feel she has been hazed long enough to earn a spot". Of course, that obviously says a lot about the character of the players they did choose and I guess they thought blaming the fans was a better option. At least the second one is honest and team chemistry is an important factor. If they wanted to go with the veterans and they think that Clark would disrupt that, at least say it. If they lose, then you will lose your job. But people should lose their jobs anyway for the way this has been handled.
It already is backfiring, because of course it is. How incompetent are the people running this show?
I'm far more upset about their reasoning for not choosing her than her not actually playing. I had planned on watching the team if I could, but why would I want to watch a bunch of petty little jealous bitches playing high school mean girl games? It's pathetic.
I was thinking the same. Reese said it was totally fine when she got clobbered multiple times. Gotta pay your dues, lol.
Probably. I wasn't expounding on their skill levels because I figured that was pretty apparent at this point.............
I also wasn't going to try to quantify and argue about something that isn't going to happen.
I have done a pretty good job, all things considered, of reserving my commentary and not pissing off ALL the sides when it comes to Caitlin Clark, because nobody in 2024 likes being told they're wrong nor are they willing to shut the f*** up and let life happen anymore..............
Friends?
I don't want to believe this decision was based on race or sexual orientation. But looking at the selected 12 and the selection committee, one is left to wonder.
With all of the blowback, it makes me wonder if they will reconsider this very bad decision.
Yep, her assists per game should be way higher and her turnovers per game should be way lower.
She should have had at least 10 assists last game. And the biggest thing she gets criticized for are the turnovers and last game two of her turnovers were dropped passes and two were offensive fouls, so really she had four, and that’s with defenses hounding her like no other player in the league.
There is an article on ESPN where they state that one of the reasons Caitlin was left off the team was because of the high number of turnovers
I wish someone who is not biased took a look at the 12 games and assigned Caitlin the proper number of turnovers because right now the number is way overstated
Evidently they've already stated that the decision isn't set in stone yet, especially since it is likely that Chelsea Gray won't be able to play. If I'm the Aces management I would be putting a lot of pressure on her to not play. Not that these women get paid a lot, but I would be pissed if she were not able to play for the team that is paying her, she goes to the Olympics and reinjures her foot again and now I don't have her for the rest of the season either.
But then again, having Clark on the team is clearly going to cause team chemistry issues and I'm not sure how you overcome that, especially since not even the coach seems interested in doing anything about it. They've created a shit sandwich with no good outcome.
I heard that shit, and thats the stupidest thing I've ever heard. If international ball is really 10X more physical then the WNBA it would have to be a MMA death match. That was a total BS cop out lie. The international game is no way anymore physical then the W. Frankly I've lost all respect for Andrea Carter and her cohorts that cover the womens game for ESPN. Bold face cover ass lies on story after story from all of them.....
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Can you imagine how Clark would be treated if they put her on the team now? No thanks....She should tell them to go screw...
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Yes, we should stick with the people more likely to be murderers, rapists, and stalkers. Better the Devil you know.
Make sure to watch the Portnoy clip above. He says the same thing and it is hilarious.
I don't know. Clark has been around gays her whole career and many are her best friends. Its pretty obvious the main issue is her being the "golden child", both in terms of her stardom and the fact that she has brought a white majority into the WNBA's arena.
Thanks for being the online gestapo and letting anyone who thinks the rest might be good for her to STFU. Clark will be fine, and she'll make her mark in many olympics as well as the league. The losers here will be the league and the sponsors. It would be great to have her on the team, but if they add her now, (which may very well happen if Grey can't play) what do you think her reception will be from the majority of the players. Does she really need that grief at this point?
They’re coming up with any excuse they can to justify it. The biggest problem with this is they’re focusing on why Clark didn’t make when people should be focused on why in the hell Taurasi, Griner, and Gray did make it.
Team chemistry doesn’t really matter, they will win gold if nobody was speaking to each other on the whole team. Hell, Clark’s 19U team that won gold four years ago could get back together and win gold. Coaching this team is the easiest job in the world.
I agree with you from a getting the Gold medal standpoint. Although the level of pettiness I've seen from some of these ladies tells me that I can't rule out a group of them sabotaging the team to the point they lose simply because they don't like her. I'm not saying I think they would do that, but I'm saying there isn't a 0 percent chance that would happen.
From what I saw/heard: Beyond what's been printed and tweeted, this story was being discussed everywhere yesterday.
* Local TV stations
* FOX Sports radio
* ESPN Sports radio
* NBC Nightly News
* Local TV stations
* FOX Sports radio
* ESPN Sports radio
* NBC Nightly News
One thing is that Clark has a fanbase. I could see her sitting on the bench or not being passed the ball if she was on the team.
I think the WNBA will struggle until the over 25 yo players now are gone along with the dinosaurs in control of it.
The NBA ending subsidies also might help in the long run.
