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Post by pupdurcs on Aug 27, 2024 1:38:45 GMT
Why the hell does Clark keep disappearing in the 4th quarter? She does this consistently and it's annoying. This is one of the reasons she struggles to win Championships. She gets ultra passive when it really matters. This game against the Dream should have been wrapped up by now if Clark just shot the ball.
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Post by quetee on Aug 27, 2024 1:46:57 GMT
Why the hell does Clark keep disappearing in the 4th quarter? She does this consistently and it's annoying. This is one of the reasons she struggles to win Championships. She gets ultra passive when it really matters. This game against the Dream should have been wrapped up by now if Clark just shot the ball. I listen to a lot of sports podcasts and one thing is certain: they only talk highly about winners. Her career just started but still you got to win championships if you want to be the goat. Rookie of the year ain't it. There are a lot of people who won that distinction and you don't hear people talk about them.
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Post by pupdurcs on Aug 27, 2024 1:57:57 GMT
Why the hell does Clark keep disappearing in the 4th quarter? She does this consistently and it's annoying. This is one of the reasons she struggles to win Championships. She gets ultra passive when it really matters. This game against the Dream should have been wrapped up by now if Clark just shot the ball. I listen to a lot of sports podcasts and one thing is certain: they only talk highly about winners. Her career just started but still you got to win championships if you want to be the goat. Rookie of the year ain't it. There are a lot of people who won that distinction and you don't hear people talk about them. Clark can win Championships and contribute a lot to a team, but she's going to need to be in a stacked team, because I don't think she has the killer instinct to lead a team across the finish line. She gets incredibly passive in crunch time, when she should be taking over games. She's extremely fortunate to play with two All-Stars, who barely get any of the credit she does, but cover her ass a lot of the time. Kelsey Mitchell saved their team today and is arguably the MVP and real leader of the Fever. But you can't build a Championship winning team around someone who refuses to shoot in 4th quarters. If the Fever lose Mitchell next season, they will be in trouble. And you got a point. Rookie Of The Year isn't going to define anyone's career.
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Post by pupdurcs on Aug 27, 2024 2:13:43 GMT
Interesting...seems like Clark turns exclusively into a passer and refuses to shoot in many 4th quarters this season. I wonder if it's partially because she's acutely aware that the all-time assist record is within reach, so it's better to try rack up assists in the 4th quarter, than put the team on her back and shoot the ball. If so, that's some seriously canny statpadding.
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Post by pupdurcs on Aug 27, 2024 2:32:43 GMT
Wow....Kelsey Mitchell is the leading scorer in the entire WNBA for the month of August. Maybe she should be in the running for Top 5 league MVP....
If she decides to leave the Fever, she's going to be able to get any contract she wants.
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Post by pupdurcs on Aug 27, 2024 2:56:02 GMT
Haha. Reese low-key celebrating the Fever beating the Dream
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Post by pupdurcs on Aug 27, 2024 8:08:52 GMT
Yeah, Clark is definitely statpadding in 4th Quarters to get the season assist record by passing and not shooting. This girl is cold blooded. It's like fuck if the team wins or not, I'm getting that record
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 27, 2024 11:56:30 GMT
Why the hell does Clark keep disappearing in the 4th quarter? She does this consistently and it's annoying. This is one of the reasons she struggles to win Championships. She gets ultra passive when it really matters. This game against the Dream should have been wrapped up by now if Clark just shot the ball. I listen to a lot of sports podcasts and one thing is certain: they only talk highly about winners. She's been a winner at every level - she was the college goat for taking pale flabby white chicks to back to back finals without ONE other HS All American..........she won international gold medals ..........she carries Indiana on her back - not JUST RotY but an MVP contender - most wins in 8 YEARS because Caitlin Clark plays for Indiana W / !0 GAMES TO GO ..........she ain't no Lonzo Ball - another dumb thing you said btw..........she's 22 ffs........
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Post by pupdurcs on Aug 27, 2024 12:18:06 GMT
I dunno, it's pretty hard to claim CC "carries" Indiana Fever, when she plays with 2 All-stars, one of whom has scored more points than any other player in the WNBA in August (Kelsey Mitchell). Do you know what a luxury that is? Mitchell has a solid argument to be named Player Of The Month.
CC certainly gets most of the credit...but, y',know, media darling and all that. Clark is on a stacked team that needed a bit of time to learn how to play together. She definitely contributes a lot, but there's just too much talent on that team to say she carries it.
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 27, 2024 12:25:55 GMT
Those 2 all-stars were there last year but Clark wasn't ......take those all stars off and she'd make Lexi Hull an all-star too
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Post by pupdurcs on Aug 27, 2024 13:01:06 GMT
No she wouldn't make Lexie Hull and All-Star Boston and Mitchell were All-Stars last year in 2023, with Boston in her rookie season. Clark has just helped complete the team to make them a major threat. It's called team building. Indiana needs all those pieces to be a threat
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 27, 2024 13:12:20 GMT
That's what I said they were all-stars and the worst team in the league.......comprende? Well we can certainly say this: Caitlin Clark is the best player on the Fever and makes her teammates better....... Angel Reese ........was the 3rd or 4th best player on Chicago (3rd now) and one of them demanded a trade to get away from playing with her
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Post by pupdurcs on Aug 27, 2024 13:40:16 GMT
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 27, 2024 14:08:14 GMT
When ya have the best Point Guard in the league......having the best rookie year ever ......that ^ tends to happen huh?
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Post by pupdurcs on Aug 27, 2024 15:27:17 GMT
So, Double-Doubles don't mean much when Reese gets them, but we are supposed to celebrate Double & a halfs for Clark?
These made up stats/records to prop up Clark are embarrassing, and they usually pop out when Reese is breaking legitimate records and Clark isn't. 15 points + 5 assists is not a thing. Clark has got enough actual real records not to need this bullshit to make her look better.
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 27, 2024 15:39:08 GMT
Double-doubles are harder to get with assists than rebounds - because rebounds don't themselves translate to points - maybe Reese will score 40 tonight........but so far 30 games in.......not so much See these numbers? No one - not Rookie, NO ONE in the WNBA - has ever had these numbers for a season ........this is "around" her average atm......which is why....again, she's RotY GTFO Thoughts on Sabrina Ionescu? I am going to post about her today....... or tomorrow.........
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Post by pupdurcs on Aug 27, 2024 15:43:16 GMT
Angel Reese launching her own Podcast with Shaq's network called Unapologetically Angel. Launchs September 5th and goes out every Thursday.
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Post by sirchuck23 on Aug 27, 2024 16:41:37 GMT
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Post by pupdurcs on Aug 27, 2024 17:34:40 GMT
Well, well, well......so when they actually televise Chicago Sky games on a major Network, Angel Reese can move the viewership needle just as much as Caitlin Clark. It's always been obviously the case that she should be able to, but for some silly reason, the powers that be only wanted to give Indiana Fever games that kind of platform.
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 27, 2024 17:44:15 GMT
"Angel Reese can move the viewership needle just as much as Caitlin Clark"Sure Jan
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Post by pupdurcs on Aug 27, 2024 17:52:25 GMT
Yes Jan...peaked at 1.6 million viewers
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Post by pupdurcs on Aug 27, 2024 20:20:31 GMT
Players Of The Week....Clark for Eastern Conference and Collier for Western Conference.
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Post by pupdurcs on Aug 27, 2024 20:24:27 GMT
Elle Duncan Show for ESPN.
Duncan says anybody who thinks the Rookie Of The Year race between Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese isn't close is "stupid".
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 27, 2024 20:31:42 GMT
Players Of The Week....Clark for Eastern Conference and Collier for Western Conference. Angel is gonna be so jealous......... AGAIN.........
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Post by pupdurcs on Aug 27, 2024 20:39:50 GMT
Why would Reese be jealous? She's already won Player Of The Week
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