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Post by TheAlwaysClassy on Apr 20, 2024 12:38:44 GMT
They say back in the 90s, everyone's grandma could name two basketball players- Jordan and Shaq (not MY grandma, she pretty much just liked the white dudes and Reggie Miller...)
Anyways, Clark is already kind of the same thing for the 2020s. Even if you don't watch basketball, her name is already synonymous with the sport for this generation. My mom knows who she is and she doesn't follow any sports at all.
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Post by urbanpatrician on Apr 20, 2024 13:06:36 GMT
They say back in the 90s, everyone's grandma could name two basketball players- Jordan and Shaq (not MY grandma, she pretty much just liked the white dudes and Reggie Miller...) Anyways, Clark is already kind of the same thing for the 2020s. Even if you don't watch basketball, her name is already synonymous with the sport for this generation. My mom knows who she is and she doesn't follow any sports at all. Ehhh....Dennis Rodman? In my all time Top 10 NBA players, Shaq probably just misses. But I think everyone knew Rodman on a popularity basis. Hollywood personality, new vogue trans style dressing, got some movies made on him, America's bad boy, WWF associated. Maybe he might even surpass O'Neal as #2.
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Post by TheAlwaysClassy on Apr 20, 2024 13:30:52 GMT
They say back in the 90s, everyone's grandma could name two basketball players- Jordan and Shaq (not MY grandma, she pretty much just liked the white dudes and Reggie Miller...) Anyways, Clark is already kind of the same thing for the 2020s. Even if you don't watch basketball, her name is already synonymous with the sport for this generation. My mom knows who she is and she doesn't follow any sports at all. Ehhh....Dennis Rodman? In my all time Top 10 NBA players, Shaq probably just misses. But I think everyone knew Rodman on a popularity basis. Hollywood personality, new vogue trans style dressing, got some movies made on him, America's bad boy, WWF associated. Maybe he might even surpass O'Neal as #2. I was regaling some of my younger associates just the other day about Grant Hill. They couldn't believe me when I told them he lead the league in All Star votes when MJ and Shaq were both in the league. Dude was a megastar for like 3 years.... Anyways, yeah, Rodman was someone who would just appear anywhere. Sitcoms, late night, wrestling, the news... he's a 90s icon.
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Post by urbanpatrician on Apr 20, 2024 13:46:01 GMT
Ehhh....Dennis Rodman? In my all time Top 10 NBA players, Shaq probably just misses. But I think everyone knew Rodman on a popularity basis. Hollywood personality, new vogue trans style dressing, got some movies made on him, America's bad boy, WWF associated. Maybe he might even surpass O'Neal as #2. I was regaling some of my younger associates just the other day about Grant Hill. They couldn't believe me when I told them he lead the league in All Star votes when MJ and Shaq were both in the league. Dude was a megastar for like 3 years.... Anyways, yeah, Rodman was someone who would just appear anywhere. Sitcoms, late night, wrestling, the news... he's a 90s icon. Yeah Grant Hills career is forgotten unfortunately - people just see him for his appearances in the broadcast box these days. Really agile, great feet, good length, athletic, can shoot from anywhere. He was better at most things than Isaiah Thomas. Definitely looked like the guy to take Michael's throne early on. Unfortunately he wasnt the same post injury. I feel like the football counterpart to Hill was Bledsoe. People forget Bledsoe was a Top 5 QB in the late 90s before losing his job to Brady. Hes inconsistent for sure, and sometimes just flat out looks bad, but nobody not following at the time knows that in 1996 every time the media spoke of him, it's with high adulation. Maybe moreso than what Brady got before 2004.
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 20, 2024 13:51:23 GMT
They say back in the 90s, everyone's grandma could name two basketball players- Jordan and Shaq (not MY grandma, she pretty much just liked the white dudes and Reggie Miller...) Anyways, Clark is already kind of the same thing for the 2020s. Even if you don't watch basketball, her name is already synonymous with the sport for this generation. My mom knows who she is and she doesn't follow any sports at all. ............and also, crucially - her visual mage.......like she is identifiable with so many visual cues - her physcal look (and yeah, race), the 22 uniform number, the Iowa (now Fever) jersey, the heart sign - and there's more too ............things that were not exactly available or as easy to sell for athletes prior to RIGHT NOW in ways to make up her visual image ......the intersection of things that she did herself - ie her skill level - and things she couldn't really actually control or plan: * Playing at Iowa instead of UConn who passed on her is a great story.............. playing for another Midwestern Pro Team rather than NY / LA and getting "overwhelmed",..............the rise of Tik Tok / Youtube which lends itself to very brief highlight clips.............. which helped create her "Taylor Swift" like Pre-Teen fans AND her celebrity fans (Travis Scott, etc)............... the rise of the women's basketball which she caught at a perfect crest........the fact that she is "relatively" small and regular looking / relatable (no Tatts, no Politics, no real controversy - and if there is it's good anyway - she's underpaid or some nonsense - blah blah blah).........also the fact that her game looks different - that you can get close or surpass her stats but not her court game impact - JuJu Watkins and Paige are not really like CC at all actually in what (and how) they actually do - they only approximate the statistics but not the manner * Even the very few people who can't recognize the name - can oddly link the name to her face - and can then link the face to the sport and come around to the name eventually.........the closest thing to this I think in the earlier era(s) was the Fab 5 - who all missed out on this fncking goldmine
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 21, 2024 8:19:23 GMT
Ok, so her deal is actually 28 million and has all kinds of things within it to go much higher than that - ie she'll be with Nike through THREE Olympics possibly.....so many other ads and stuff that can spin off this longer deal ..... Unprecedented shit tbh .......
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Post by Joaquim on Apr 21, 2024 12:27:16 GMT
Ok, so her deal is actually 28 million and has all kinds of things within it to go much higher than that - ie she'll be with Nike through THREE Olympics possibly.....so many other ads and stuff that can spin off this longer deal ..... Unprecedented shit tbh .......
LOL @ that adidas offer
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 22, 2024 18:37:47 GMT
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 23, 2024 22:50:23 GMT
First practice today, first exhibition game in a week and a half.....why is she smiling so much......oh right 28 +++ million, right, ok - disregard
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Post by mhynson27 on Apr 24, 2024 0:35:18 GMT
No one gonna mention the shower vid
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Post by urbanpatrician on Apr 24, 2024 0:40:34 GMT
No one gonna mention the shower vid Too many hotter OnlyFans models around
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 24, 2024 1:15:40 GMT
No one gonna mention the shower vid Not allowed to comment on it because I'm on a VERY SHAKY probation by THE MAN nah, j/k - but I will say that I preferred it to any hypothetical Simone Biles shower vid .........because Caitlyn Clark can shoot a round ball through a cylinder and is like waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay richer than her....... Thanks, thank you very much, I'll be here all week............no, no, it's ok.........I'll just show myself out.......... [/spoiler]
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Post by Joaquim on Apr 24, 2024 5:20:22 GMT
No one gonna mention the shower vid It’s the Paige leaks for me
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Post by mhynson27 on Apr 24, 2024 5:43:01 GMT
No one gonna mention the shower vid It’s the Paige leaks for me Knew you would like those Too bad I've only been able to find one Paige pic, and none of the Caitlin stuff.
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 25, 2024 7:25:22 GMT
As someone who periodically gets called a sexist and racist on MAR - let me just say, this is the greatest thing for females since Greta Gerwig became our leading auteur and for race relations since Anthrax and Public Enemy combined forces on Bring The Noise The next Jordan / Pippen?.......except it's in the WNBA so no one actually cares.......
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 28, 2024 18:43:48 GMT
Always smiling.....it's so cute tbh....just 22....a multi-millionairess with a lot more to come......shoots from half court and stuff
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 30, 2024 4:14:48 GMT
Wait until she does this in an actual game instead of passing to anybody......
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Post by pacinoyes on May 1, 2024 17:16:25 GMT
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Post by pacinoyes on May 1, 2024 23:44:46 GMT
Caitlan Clark.....and puppies on National Puppy Day or something........look at the way she pets them like "Don't bite my hand, it's worth 50 million"
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Post by pacinoyes on May 2, 2024 12:52:59 GMT
Show White getting the bling from her teammates who know what's up ..............given this post, and 287 year old pacinoyes dominating that Kendrick Lamar / Drake thread - spitting facts bitches - over the "supposed" hip hop heads on this board (pffft, you fncking lightweights) .......this has been a very problematic week hasn't it ladies?......
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Post by pacinoyes on May 3, 2024 16:38:11 GMT
Gonna make this real simple....it ain't just me ..I'm what the culture's feeling......getit? Pffffft The GOAT's pro (exhibition) debut tonight .........
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Post by pacinoyes on May 6, 2024 18:24:43 GMT
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