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Well it totally would be..........IF she did more than just get boards, but she doesn't - so it's not

Reese is a no-brainer #2 though .......and that's..........ok

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When hate watching goes wrong  

With O points at the half, Angel Reese has a stunning 3rd Quarter with 9 points, 16 rebounds. Pretty much a guaranteed double-double with the entire 4th quarter left to play, and she's keeping her team in contention to win the game. Also now running away with the rebound record race between her and A'ja Wilson. That's what the great players can do. They can be having a poor game and suddenly find another gear when neccesary. So yeah, a worthy Rookie Of The Year indeed.

Chicago Sky fall to the league's #2 team Connecticut Sun in a surprisingly close game. Rookie Of The Year contender Angel Reese puts up another record breaking performance . The first player  (not rookie) in WNBA history to record consecutive 20+ rebound games.

Good thing Rookie Of The Year isn't a team award then. Victor Wembanyama  won Rookie Of The Year for the NBA and his team were godawful and didn't make the play-offs. Chet Holmgren was his closest rival for Rookie Of The Year, the Oklahoma City Thunder did make the play-offs, and Wemby still got ROTY. Reese's individual achievements are keeping her in the race, which is why the hate-watching will continue till the last game of the regular season

Crazy that people are already saying Reese might be the best rebounder of all time, as a rookie. That's generational talent.




Even the NBA Twitter account is talking about what Reese has just done.

If there is going to be a runner-up to A'ja Wilson in the MVP race, it has to be Minnesota Lynx's Napheesa Collier,despite the Vegas odds not saying so (though Vegas odds often reflect popularity more than merit). Collier is easily the 2nd Best player in the WNBA after Wilson this season, and congratulations to her on a historic performance tonight and a fantastic season.

Oh dear, I guess Reese's latest feats have put a sizable dent in the narrative the CC army have been trying to hammer home since the return from the Olympic Break that "there is no Rookie Of The Year race. Caitlin has it sewn up, poor Angel can't be compared to CC etc etc".

Napheesa Collier,  the only serious alternative to A'ja Wilson as MVP ( though Wilson's stats are too good not to win it) gives Indiana Fever a beating with a 30+ point game with the Minnesota Lynx.

I think the difference between Reese and Clark, is that even Reese's biggest supporters are willing to acknowledge that she's far from the finished article and has plenty of things to work on (like efficiency at the rim, which can be fixed). It feels like the loud majority of Clark supporters live in some delusional wonderland, where she's already the best player in the WNBA, legitimately going toe to with Wilson and Collier for MVP on merit (thankfully, that should die down after last night's turnover masterpiece), not just because she's insanely popular with Vegas and a media darling, and has zero flaws or anything to work on.

Both are rookies, and both are having historical seasons and showing major flaws that you'd expect rookies to have and expect to be corrected in following seasons. But we are only supposed to notice those rookie deficiencies in Reese. I think the ROTY race between them is incredibly close, because both have major positives and negatives in their games in their first season. They both deserve praise and both deserve grace for their flaws, but only one is getting any grace for their flaws.

But maybe that's too measured an assessment and not fanboyish enough   

I am begging you Pup, put some of these tweets in fucking spoiler tags. My computer gets possessed every time I come in here