***Official CAITLIN CLARK Thread***

[Archangel1775]

Originally Posted by mc1

Rookies dont belong on the Olympic team. Leave that to the vets.

Means nothing. You want the best players to represent Team USA. CC has a range nobody else has. If they didn't have 3-pointers in the Olympics, I'd understand. Besides as the face of the WNBA, even if she's coming off the bench, she's learning about the International game and the day-to-day operations and expectations.

[asujbl]

Originally Posted by Archangel1775

Means nothing. You want the best players to represent Team USA. CC has a range nobody else has. If they didn't have 3-pointers in the Olympics, I'd understand. Besides as the face of the WNBA, even if she's coming off the bench, she's learning about the International game and the day-to-day operations and expectations.

This isn’t even true (I appreciate the effort though)

Taurasi was a rookie in 2004

Literally no one gives a crap in 2024 it CC doesn’t play

This is about horrible business. As a CPA it’s gross

[asujbl]

Originally Posted by Archangel1775

I'm actually shocked, again, unless CC just opted out herself, I can't see the NBA, NBC or Nike just say no to a share of $100 million dollars(estimated) they would earn with her on Team USA. I'm shocked they don't have a say. Now the WNBA or Team USA executives....I could see them completely oblivious. The Head Coach, no idea even who that is but just a complete dumb ass.

This is true

She will make the team

Wait for the “injury”

[Archangel1775]

Edit yo sheet asujbl on Post 377..I know you aint quoting me..cause I know you're not saying CC doesn't have range or that she isn't the face of the WNBA even now. Then people not caring whether she starts, I can see some blowback but chemistry is important and the vets have played together more. Besides,as mentioned, she could probably use a break being on the bench and learning.

[JAMSC]

Caitlin Clark isn’t a top 20 player in the WNBA right now. So anyone complaining about her being snubbed is legitimately a moron who doesn’t understand basketball. Congrats on showing up to being a women’s basketball fan for the first time ever. No one who has been paying attention before a month ago has any of your terrible takes.

P.S. the nicer version, is she needs the break and not making the team is a positive for her. She will easily make it in 2028. Chill and let her progress the same way you would let any NBA rookie progress. She was never immediately going to be the best player in the league.

[boxbuster7]

you are right she isn't top 20 - she is top 10

[JAMSC]

Originally Posted by boxbuster7

you are right she isn't top 20 - she is top 10

Lmao not even close. Tell me more about how you know nothing about basketball.

[BambinoShuffle]

Brink’s skills translate better to the pros and is more marketable.

[cubsfan2154]

Originally Posted by BambinoShuffle

Brink’s skills translate better to the pros and is more marketable.

Define marketable

[PLB9eight]

Originally Posted by cdub6238

Don't worry...Griner will have the media in the palm of his hands with his story of emotional and mental struggle brought on by his horrible forced prison time for doing nothing wrong at all!

Why not just start a I hate women’s sports thread so you and the others can stop hiding in a player thread.

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by JAMSC

Caitlin Clark isn’t a top 20 player in the WNBA right now. So anyone complaining about her being snubbed is legitimately a moron who doesn’t understand basketball. Congrats on showing up to being a women’s basketball fan for the first time ever. No one who has been paying attention before a month ago has any of your terrible takes.

P.S. the nicer version, is she needs the break and not making the team is a positive for her. She will easily make it in 2028. Chill and let her progress the same way you would let any NBA rookie progress. She was never immediately going to be the best player in the league.

This is an embarrassing take. But consistent with everyone who has been in charge of growing women’s basketball for the last thirty years. Which is why the WNBA will never go anywhere.

[JAMSC]

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

This is an embarrassing take. But consistent with everyone who has been in charge of growing women’s basketball for the last thirty years. Which is why the WNBA will never go anywhere.

Guy who hated WNBA still hates WNBA. News at 11!

I’m rooting for Clark, but she’s nowhere near being good at a professional level right now. Putting her on the Olympic team would have been equivalent to the decision to put Christian Laettner on the Dream Team in 92. Let her earn her spot next cycle.

If you’re interested in actual good women’s basketball, check out Aja Wilson, who will likely actually be the greatest women’s player of all time by the end of her career.

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by JAMSC

Guy who hated WNBA still hates WNBA. News at 11!

I’m rooting for Clark, but she’s nowhere near being good at a professional level right now. Putting her on the Olympic team would have been equivalent to the decision to put Christian Laettner on the Dream Team in 92. Let her earn her spot next cycle.

If you’re interested in actual good women’s basketball, check out Aja Wilson, who will likely actually be the greatest women’s player of all time by the end of her career.

Thank you for proving my point.

[JAMSC]

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

Thank you for proving my point.

Go start your I hate women’s sports and know nothing about basketball thread.

[Archangel1775]

Originally Posted by JAMSC

Caitlin Clark isn’t a top 20 player in the WNBA right now. So anyone complaining about her being snubbed is legitimately a moron who doesn’t understand basketball. Congrats on showing up to being a women’s basketball fan for the first time ever. No one who has been paying attention before a month ago has any of your terrible takes.

You sound like a WNBA executive and player. Even down to the name-calling. The WNBA is a failed league, that is until CC showed up which gives it potential. Potential in both monetary value and the growth of women's basketball. Its in the numbers. Simply one of the worst business decisions in sports. She is the catalyst to the WNBA's success and some weird gatekeeping phenomenon seems to be happening. Bottom line, you put the face(or future face) of the WNBA on the team. Its already a disaster. If you don't believe me, check out social media, YT , USA Today or Portnoy's take.

[Archangel1775]

Originally Posted by JAMSC

Go start your I hate women’s sports and know nothing about basketball thread.

Cheryl Reeve, is that you?

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by JAMSC

Go start your I hate women’s sports and know nothing about basketball thread.

I don’t hate women’s sports. I’m indifferent to them. Like 99% of the country. I’m at least intelligent enough to see opportunities to grow the sport. Unlike everyone responsible for this decision.

[mc1]

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

This is an embarrassing take. But consistent with everyone who has been in charge of growing women’s basketball for the last thirty years. Which is why the WNBA will never go anywhere.

It will never go anywhere because the product is subpar. One single player will never change that. Once the hype dies the on-court product will remain subpar.

[Archangel1775]

Originally Posted by mc1

It will never go anywhere because the product is subpar. One single player will never change that. Once the hype dies the on-court product will remain subpar.

Growth is important. CC has the Steph Curry IT factor. She's a guard , not ungodly tall and shoots from way, way beyond WNBA 3-point range. I'm sure She already has a generation of young girls calling out their deep shot with a "CC" or "Caitlin". She's simply relatable as a basketball player on multiple levels. On top of that you have the rest of the rookie class like Reese and Brink. Throw in Ionesco and Wilson and it's a solid marketable foundation for the WNBA

[kluke84]

Own goal

[majestik101]

The "reason" is complete BS

What if Caitlin was black

Bet dollars to donuts there wouldn't be an issue then

Just sayin

[Archangel1775]

Originally Posted by majestik101

The "reason" is complete BS

What if Caitlin was black

Bet dollars to donuts there wouldn't be an issue then

Just sayin

USA Today posted a quote from the Head Coach of Team USA of a "reason"....completely ridiculous if the context was indeed about CC.

Honestly, I can't say it's a color thing. It's a domination thing in college along with that range. It's Steph Curry-like and kids/people love Steph. She's literally the female clone of him in skill-set except she comes with all those college accolades and NIL.

Back to the main point, nobody said hand a roster spot over to her.
Ultimately, my point is she was never even given a chance. As I stated earlier, host a rookie camp and see if any of the players are good enough. See if she's good enough to hang with the old guard. Then make a decision. But even then, you just have to hate money and could care less about the growth of woman's basketball to not have her on the team. I'll tell you now that if Team USA in its current iteration hosted a scrimmage against a woman's college team, they might get a couple hundred people to watch. If they played CC and the rest of the rookie class, it'll sell out a 20,000 seat arena.

[JAMSC]

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

I don’t hate women’s sports. I’m indifferent to them. Like 99% of the country. I’m at least intelligent enough to see opportunities to grow the sport. Unlike everyone responsible for this decision.

Yep, you’re so indifferent that you’ve spent time making all these posts hating on women’s sports to make sure everyone knows how indifferent you are.

Clark has brought some real new fans to the WNBA, which is awesome. What she has also brought is another opportunity for the same people who have been hating on women’s sports for years to hate on women’s sports some more.

These people are easy to spot. They’re the ones that first claimed Clark was going to come in and dominate the league because of how weak they claimed it was. When anyone who was paying attention knew she would have some good games and would also face the challenges all rookies do in professional sports.

Then when it became obvious she wouldn’t dominate right away, they went on to the asinine argument that for the good of the league, the other W players should just let her score more and let her win. It’s an argument that no one would ever make in a men’s sport, and it’s rooted in the fact that these people who have hated on women’s sports for years have always believed that women aren’t actually competitive athletes. And now they can’t reconcile their world view with what is actually happening.

Now we’ve landed on the argument that Clark should be handed a position on the national team, even though she isn’t as good as the best players who did make the team. She’s not even close to being the best player left off the team. Again this is rooted in not thinking of women’s sports as real sports, because nowhere on the men’s side will you see these same people arguing for inferior male athletes to be placed on the national team over better athletes.

It’s consistently disrespectful to women’s sports, and it’s consistently disrespectful to Caitlin Clark as a competitive athlete. The argument being made is that we need to hand things to her and make her path easier. Clark doesn’t want things to be handed to her that she hasn’t earned, and her supposed fans shouldn’t want that for her either if they truly support her.

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by JAMSC

Yep, you’re so indifferent that you’ve spent time making all these posts hating on women’s sports to make sure everyone knows how indifferent you are.

Clark has brought some real new fans to the WNBA, which is awesome. What she has also brought is another opportunity for the same people who have been hating on women’s sports for years to hate on women’s sports some more.

These people are easy to spot. They’re the ones that first claimed Clark was going to come in and dominate the league because of how weak they claimed it was. When anyone who was paying attention knew she would have some good games and would also face the challenges all rookies do in professional sports.

Then when it became obvious she wouldn’t dominate right away, they went on to the asinine argument that for the good of the league, the other W players should just let her score more and let her win. It’s an argument that no one would ever make in a men’s sport, and it’s rooted in the fact that these people who have hated on women’s sports for years have always believed that women aren’t actually competitive athletes. And now they can’t reconcile their world view with what is actually happening.

Now we’ve landed on the argument that Clark should be handed a position on the national team, even though she isn’t as good as the best players who did make the team. She’s not even close to being the best player left off the team. Again this is rooted in not thinking of women’s sports as real sports, because nowhere on the men’s side will you see these same people arguing for inferior male athletes to be placed on the national team over better athletes.

It’s consistently disrespectful to women’s sports, and it’s consistently disrespectful to Caitlin Clark as a competitive athlete. The argument being made is that we need to hand things to her and make her path easier. Clark doesn’t want things to be handed to her that she hasn’t earned, and her supposed fans shouldn’t want that for her either if they truly support her.

Is this a WNBA distributed memo?

[jcardstore]

This means the league is gonna stop crying about “fair pay” right? RIGHT?

Obviously CC is not a top20 WNBA player today but that’s not the point. Chelsea Gray made the team and she’s injured…

The league is squandering its only opportunity for relevance for what?