Should Caitlin Clark have been included on the Olympic team?

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Anonymous wrote:So you prefer for her to go and ride the bench? Team chemistry is important…I don’t see her fitting with this group. Matters not to be if she made the team or not; I’ll watch the games just like I’ve done for previous Olympics.

If you said this about a young black player, it would be racist.

A white woman being good at basketball is not exactly novel. There are four white women on the team. Four of the top 10 players in WNBA history - Breanna Stewart, Sue Bird, Diana T, and Lauren Jackson - are white. CC would have fit in fine. The reason she was left off the team was not racism but because she is shooting 37% from the field, 33% from 3, leads the league in turnovers, and is a below average defender. Those are the facts.

Yet better than Tuarasi across the board. But keep trying. Fact is they want her to pay her dues it's not about objectivity and talent.

Clark and Tuarasi have very similar stat lines this season.

But one is better.

Is it the one with 5 gold medals, 3 WNBA titles, 3 NCAA championships? Or the one that never won an NCAA championship?

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So the excuses for the mid performance of Caitlin Clark are her coach sucks, she is the focal point of the defense, the reigning WNBA rookie of the year sucks, racism, jealousy, and Diana Taurasi (arguably the greatest player ever) is not good at basketball. CC soccer moms have more excuses than Jay Z has problems!

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Anonymous wrote:So the excuses for the mid performance of Caitlin Clark are her coach sucks, she is the focal point of the defense, the reigning WNBA rookie of the year sucks, racism, jealousy, and Diana Taurasi (arguably the greatest player ever) is not good at basketball. CC soccer moms have more excuses than Jay Z has problems!

No, the defenders of the old guard keeping an iron clad grasp on its fading glory are the ones with excuses and problems.

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Anonymous wrote:So you prefer for her to go and ride the bench? Team chemistry is important…I don’t see her fitting with this group. Matters not to be if she made the team or not; I’ll watch the games just like I’ve done for previous Olympics.

If you said this about a young black player, it would be racist.

A white woman being good at basketball is not exactly novel. There are four white women on the team. Four of the top 10 players in WNBA history - Breanna Stewart, Sue Bird, Diana T, and Lauren Jackson - are white. CC would have fit in fine. The reason she was left off the team was not racism but because she is shooting 37% from the field, 33% from 3, leads the league in turnovers, and is a below average defender. Those are the facts.

Yet better than Tuarasi across the board. But keep trying. Fact is they want her to pay her dues it's not about objectivity and talent.

Clark and Tuarasi have very similar stat lines this season.

But one is better.

Is it the one with 5 gold medals, 3 WNBA titles, 3 NCAA championships? Or the one that never won an NCAA championship?

I thought the Olympics are about the best of the best and what have you done for me lately? Are you saying we're just awarding people based on nostalgia now? Pick a lane.

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Anonymous wrote:So you prefer for her to go and ride the bench? Team chemistry is important…I don’t see her fitting with this group. Matters not to be if she made the team or not; I’ll watch the games just like I’ve done for previous Olympics.

If you said this about a young black player, it would be racist.

A white woman being good at basketball is not exactly novel. There are four white women on the team. Four of the top 10 players in WNBA history - Breanna Stewart, Sue Bird, Diana T, and Lauren Jackson - are white. CC would have fit in fine. The reason she was left off the team was not racism but because she is shooting 37% from the field, 33% from 3, leads the league in turnovers, and is a below average defender. Those are the facts.

Yet better than Tuarasi across the board. But keep trying. Fact is they want her to pay her dues it's not about objectivity and talent.

Clark and Tuarasi have very similar stat lines this season.

But one is better.

Is it the one with 5 gold medals, 3 WNBA titles, 3 NCAA championships? Or the one that never won an NCAA championship?

I thought the Olympics are about the best of the best and what have you done for me lately? Are you saying we're just awarding people based on nostalgia now? Pick a lane.

Dont have to. DT still has the better stat line.

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Why so many posts about a sport nobody cares about? The WNBA is awful.

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Anonymous wrote:So the excuses for the mid performance of Caitlin Clark are her coach sucks, she is the focal point of the defense, the reigning WNBA rookie of the year sucks, racism, jealousy, and Diana Taurasi (arguably the greatest player ever) is not good at basketball. CC soccer moms have more excuses than Jay Z has problems!

Anti-white racism is why they chose Diana Taurasi is a special kind of argument.

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Anonymous wrote:So you prefer for her to go and ride the bench? Team chemistry is important…I don’t see her fitting with this group. Matters not to be if she made the team or not; I’ll watch the games just like I’ve done for previous Olympics.

If you said this about a young black player, it would be racist.

A white woman being good at basketball is not exactly novel. There are four white women on the team. Four of the top 10 players in WNBA history - Breanna Stewart, Sue Bird, Diana T, and Lauren Jackson - are white. CC would have fit in fine. The reason she was left off the team was not racism but because she is shooting 37% from the field, 33% from 3, leads the league in turnovers, and is a below average defender. Those are the facts.

Yet better than Tuarasi across the board. But keep trying. Fact is they want her to pay her dues it's not about objectivity and talent.

Clark and Tuarasi have very similar stat lines this season.

But one is better.

Is it the one with 5 gold medals, 3 WNBA titles, 3 NCAA championships? Or the one that never won an NCAA championship?

I thought the Olympics are about the best of the best and what have you done for me lately? Are you saying we're just awarding people based on nostalgia now? Pick a lane.

Dont have to. DT still has the better stat line.

Wrong again.

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No she should not. She is too weak and inefficient at the moment and has not been a part of the USA basketball system for the last few years.

If she improves, she can be there in the next Olympics.

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Anonymous wrote:So you prefer for her to go and ride the bench? Team chemistry is important…I don’t see her fitting with this group. Matters not to be if she made the team or not; I’ll watch the games just like I’ve done for previous Olympics.

If you said this about a young black player, it would be racist.

A white woman being good at basketball is not exactly novel. There are four white women on the team. Four of the top 10 players in WNBA history - Breanna Stewart, Sue Bird, Diana T, and Lauren Jackson - are white. CC would have fit in fine. The reason she was left off the team was not racism but because she is shooting 37% from the field, 33% from 3, leads the league in turnovers, and is a below average defender. Those are the facts.

Yet better than Tuarasi across the board. But keep trying. Fact is they want her to pay her dues it's not about objectivity and talent.

Clark and Tuarasi have very similar stat lines this season.

But one is better.

Is it the one with 5 gold medals, 3 WNBA titles, 3 NCAA championships? Or the one that never won an NCAA championship?

I thought the Olympics are about the best of the best and what have you done for me lately? Are you saying we're just awarding people based on nostalgia now? Pick a lane.

Dont have to. DT still has the better stat line.

Wrong again.

Shooting splits are near identical between Taurasi and Caitlin Clark at similar volume. CC is 37/33/89 and Taurasi is 37/34/85. Points are similiar. 16.6 vs. 16.3. Caitlin Clark has more assists, but leads the league in turnovers by a wide margin. Neither is a plus defender. Honestly, neither should be on the team, but hard to see any metric by which Caitlin Clark is clearly better.

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Anonymous wrote:So you prefer for her to go and ride the bench? Team chemistry is important…I don’t see her fitting with this group. Matters not to be if she made the team or not; I’ll watch the games just like I’ve done for previous Olympics.

If you said this about a young black player, it would be racist.

A white woman being good at basketball is not exactly novel. There are four white women on the team. Four of the top 10 players in WNBA history - Breanna Stewart, Sue Bird, Diana T, and Lauren Jackson - are white. CC would have fit in fine. The reason she was left off the team was not racism but because she is shooting 37% from the field, 33% from 3, leads the league in turnovers, and is a below average defender. Those are the facts.

Yet better than Tuarasi across the board. But keep trying. Fact is they want her to pay her dues it's not about objectivity and talent.

Clark and Tuarasi have very similar stat lines this season.

But one is better.

Is it the one with 5 gold medals, 3 WNBA titles, 3 NCAA championships? Or the one that never won an NCAA championship?

I thought the Olympics are about the best of the best and what have you done for me lately? Are you saying we're just awarding people based on nostalgia now? Pick a lane.

Dont have to. DT still has the better stat line.

Wrong again.

Shooting splits are near identical between Taurasi and Caitlin Clark at similar volume. CC is 37/33/89 and Taurasi is 37/34/85. Points are similiar. 16.6 vs. 16.3. Caitlin Clark has more assists, but leads the league in turnovers by a wide margin. Neither is a plus defender. Honestly, neither should be on the team, but hard to see any metric by which Caitlin Clark is clearly better.

Nearly identical is not identical. You tried it though. Just admit you don't like her and will keep inventing reasons to keep her off the team.

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Anonymous wrote:So you prefer for her to go and ride the bench? Team chemistry is important…I don’t see her fitting with this group. Matters not to be if she made the team or not; I’ll watch the games just like I’ve done for previous Olympics.

If you said this about a young black player, it would be racist.

A white woman being good at basketball is not exactly novel. There are four white women on the team. Four of the top 10 players in WNBA history - Breanna Stewart, Sue Bird, Diana T, and Lauren Jackson - are white. CC would have fit in fine. The reason she was left off the team was not racism but because she is shooting 37% from the field, 33% from 3, leads the league in turnovers, and is a below average defender. Those are the facts.

Yet better than Tuarasi across the board. But keep trying. Fact is they want her to pay her dues it's not about objectivity and talent.

Clark and Tuarasi have very similar stat lines this season.

But one is better.

Is it the one with 5 gold medals, 3 WNBA titles, 3 NCAA championships? Or the one that never won an NCAA championship?

I thought the Olympics are about the best of the best and what have you done for me lately? Are you saying we're just awarding people based on nostalgia now? Pick a lane.

Dont have to. DT still has the better stat line.

Wrong again.

Shooting splits are near identical between Taurasi and Caitlin Clark at similar volume. CC is 37/33/89 and Taurasi is 37/34/85. Points are similiar. 16.6 vs. 16.3. Caitlin Clark has more assists, but leads the league in turnovers by a wide margin. Neither is a plus defender. Honestly, neither should be on the team, but hard to see any metric by which Caitlin Clark is clearly better.

Nearly identical is not identical. You tried it though. Just admit you don't like her and will keep inventing reasons to keep her off the team.

To the extent they are not identical they favor Tarausi. The 5.4 turnovers a game for Caitlin Clark to 1.5 for Taurasi is the main difference. CC is literally last in the entire WBA in turnover rate. 117 out of 117.

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Anonymous wrote:So you prefer for her to go and ride the bench? Team chemistry is important…I don’t see her fitting with this group. Matters not to be if she made the team or not; I’ll watch the games just like I’ve done for previous Olympics.

If you said this about a young black player, it would be racist.

A white woman being good at basketball is not exactly novel. There are four white women on the team. Four of the top 10 players in WNBA history - Breanna Stewart, Sue Bird, Diana T, and Lauren Jackson - are white. CC would have fit in fine. The reason she was left off the team was not racism but because she is shooting 37% from the field, 33% from 3, leads the league in turnovers, and is a below average defender. Those are the facts.

Yet better than Tuarasi across the board. But keep trying. Fact is they want her to pay her dues it's not about objectivity and talent.

Clark and Tuarasi have very similar stat lines this season.

But one is better.

Is it the one with 5 gold medals, 3 WNBA titles, 3 NCAA championships? Or the one that never won an NCAA championship?

I thought the Olympics are about the best of the best and what have you done for me lately? Are you saying we're just awarding people based on nostalgia now? Pick a lane.

Dont have to. DT still has the better stat line.

Wrong again.

Shooting splits are near identical between Taurasi and Caitlin Clark at similar volume. CC is 37/33/89 and Taurasi is 37/34/85. Points are similiar. 16.6 vs. 16.3. Caitlin Clark has more assists, but leads the league in turnovers by a wide margin. Neither is a plus defender. Honestly, neither should be on the team, but hard to see any metric by which Caitlin Clark is clearly better.

Nearly identical is not identical. You tried it though. Just admit you don't like her and will keep inventing reasons to keep her off the team.

DP. I like her. She's just not there yet. It's nothing personal.

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Anonymous wrote:So you prefer for her to go and ride the bench? Team chemistry is important…I don’t see her fitting with this group. Matters not to be if she made the team or not; I’ll watch the games just like I’ve done for previous Olympics.

If you said this about a young black player, it would be racist.

A white woman being good at basketball is not exactly novel. There are four white women on the team. Four of the top 10 players in WNBA history - Breanna Stewart, Sue Bird, Diana T, and Lauren Jackson - are white. CC would have fit in fine. The reason she was left off the team was not racism but because she is shooting 37% from the field, 33% from 3, leads the league in turnovers, and is a below average defender. Those are the facts.

Yet better than Tuarasi across the board. But keep trying. Fact is they want her to pay her dues it's not about objectivity and talent.

Clark and Tuarasi have very similar stat lines this season.

But one is better.

Is it the one with 5 gold medals, 3 WNBA titles, 3 NCAA championships? Or the one that never won an NCAA championship?

I thought the Olympics are about the best of the best and what have you done for me lately? Are you saying we're just awarding people based on nostalgia now? Pick a lane.

Dont have to. DT still has the better stat line.

Wrong again.

Shooting splits are near identical between Taurasi and Caitlin Clark at similar volume. CC is 37/33/89 and Taurasi is 37/34/85. Points are similiar. 16.6 vs. 16.3. Caitlin Clark has more assists, but leads the league in turnovers by a wide margin. Neither is a plus defender. Honestly, neither should be on the team, but hard to see any metric by which Caitlin Clark is clearly better.

Nearly identical is not identical. You tried it though. Just admit you don't like her and will keep inventing reasons to keep her off the team.

DP. I like her. She's just not there yet. It's nothing personal.

Of course it is. We were told she was better. Then the stats came out and they were "near identical". If in doubt why wouldn't you take the person in the upswing of their career, not the downswing? There are obvious subjective factors at play here.

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Anonymous wrote:So you prefer for her to go and ride the bench? Team chemistry is important…I don’t see her fitting with this group. Matters not to be if she made the team or not; I’ll watch the games just like I’ve done for previous Olympics.

If you said this about a young black player, it would be racist.

A white woman being good at basketball is not exactly novel. There are four white women on the team. Four of the top 10 players in WNBA history - Breanna Stewart, Sue Bird, Diana T, and Lauren Jackson - are white. CC would have fit in fine. The reason she was left off the team was not racism but because she is shooting 37% from the field, 33% from 3, leads the league in turnovers, and is a below average defender. Those are the facts.

Yet better than Tuarasi across the board. But keep trying. Fact is they want her to pay her dues it's not about objectivity and talent.

Clark and Tuarasi have very similar stat lines this season.

But one is better.

Is it the one with 5 gold medals, 3 WNBA titles, 3 NCAA championships? Or the one that never won an NCAA championship?

I thought the Olympics are about the best of the best and what have you done for me lately? Are you saying we're just awarding people based on nostalgia now? Pick a lane.

Dont have to. DT still has the better stat line.

Wrong again.

Shooting splits are near identical between Taurasi and Caitlin Clark at similar volume. CC is 37/33/89 and Taurasi is 37/34/85. Points are similiar. 16.6 vs. 16.3. Caitlin Clark has more assists, but leads the league in turnovers by a wide margin. Neither is a plus defender. Honestly, neither should be on the team, but hard to see any metric by which Caitlin Clark is clearly better.

Nearly identical is not identical. You tried it though. Just admit you don't like her and will keep inventing reasons to keep her off the team.

To the extent they are not identical they favor Tarausi. The 5.4 turnovers a game for Caitlin Clark to 1.5 for Taurasi is the main difference. CC is literally last in the entire WBA in turnover rate. 117 out of 117.

Sure, sure. But it says above "DT has the better stat line." And that is demonstrably false.