USA Today: Caitlin will not be selected for Olympic Women's Basketball Team
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Mrs. High Road. Damn she is a PR machine.
Checked Kate's stats after their last game & she's shooting 27% from the field.
You know, I've looked at a few of these so-called power rankings and I haven't found any that agree, even though they claim to use a variety of metrics. Drama city.
I am confident that Diana will soon make a statement that she is 42 years old and has already participated in five Olympic Games and that it is time to pass the torch on to Caitlin.
Lol
Lol
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BirdistheWord
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She is pure class and just so mature.
I'd love to see Caitlin go to the games in Paris, not on the team but sitting courtside cheering on the team. She would probably be interviewed at halftime by every media outlet around the world. That would really steal the bitchy coaches & USA team member's thunder. I know CC would never do it, but that'd really piss off those petty ho's.
Guess I'll go another 4 years of not watching Olympic women's bball and only ever hearing of 4 of the players. LOL.
Hope they win gold, but not all that interested in watching.
Hope they win gold, but not all that interested in watching.
There's not many that handle the media and the questions like she does
Hopefully NBC shows all the games at midnight😂
they are too stupid to even comment on or care about anymore.
keep cashing those NBA welfare checks.
keep cashing those NBA welfare checks.
BirdistheWord
HR Heisman
And you know she is disappointed and possibly a little pissed but she never takes the bait and never shows it.
I think back to Christian Laettner when he got selected for the '92 Olympic Team.
I can't help but think that at least a part of his lack of success in the NBA can be attributed to his experience with the Dream Team.
I don't in any way, shape, or form see this as a bad thing for Clark.
This is the most bizarre thing I've ever seen in sports. I'm thinking back to 911 when they canceled some games or covid when they canceled stuff... But this is bizarro world
his lack of success in the NBA was due to lack of talent. There wasn't a single knowledgeable person that thought Laettner was the best basketball player in the world or a generational talent. Ever. Larry Johnson, Kenny Anderson, Shaq, Webber, Mourning, Jimmy Jackson, were all more highly thought of coming into the league. He wasn't even the best talent on that team ( Grant Hill).
He was great in college. Nobody thought he was a generational talent. think Jimmer, Morrison, Doug McDermott, Zach Edy for a current comparison. His lack of success in NBA surprised no one.
Also, Laettner wasn't entering a subsidized league with piss poor attendance and TV ratings. He was entering at the height of Jordan, Magic, Bird, Barkley, etc. So I don't even see how the two situations are comparable honestly.
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I've never even watched the guys play in the Olympics. Never seen the dream team I guess I should probably go back and watch clips of it
There is zero chance Caitlin is ok with being left off the team. She is just too smart to rise to the bullshit from all of those assholes. **** them
Never saw who was on the selection committee previously
BirdistheWord
HR Heisman
Lack of diversity
From the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
no. I can't. Leaving Bird and Magic off the 1980 Olympic Team would be a better example. When the NBA finals were on tape delay.You can't see it?
But David Stern wasn't that dumb. Because he was running a real business.
If cc were black she wouldn't be going through this bullshit
Current wnba is bad enough to watch.
No way I’m watching teams get their doors blown off that have even less talent.
No way I’m watching teams get their doors blown off that have even less talent.
I don't agree with this. It isn't about race. It's about a group of people protecting something they never built. There would be no post college US league without the NBA. They had something handed to them so they have no idea what opportunity is or how to capitalize on it.
Christine Brennan is dead on with this.
Swear to god the W must have a PR guide for their coaches and players that outlines every potential scenario they might find themselves in, and then instructs to do the absolute worst thing possible. Why TF would she share this?
BirdistheWord
HR Heisman
Good insight. I mostly agree that race is not the primary factor, but it is a factor…but so much more is at play.
They have in their mind who they want wnba fans to be. They want fans from certain geographies, that look a certain way and have certain beliefs. Most of the CC fans are from flyover country. Not exactly what WNBA brass had dreamed about.
A quandary. They want more viewership, more revenue (I think?) but they need to find a way to do it on their terms. Cannot have some flyover white girl leapfrog all the veterans that “built” this.
But CC is an avalanche. And an organic one. This isn’t the impossible burger being jammed down our throats. This is real buzz. Real excitement. Real interest. They cannot hold it back easily.
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Juju would not be getting the same treatment cc is getting
They will be banished to TruTV or whatever so only about 50% of the people will even be able to watch it if they wanted to.
