Should Caitlin Clark have been included on the Olympic team?

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Anonymous wrote:CC could definitely become a great player in the WNBA but it will take time. She’s not going to make first team all WNBA for at least 3 and more likely 5 years, and that’s ok. People thinking a rookie is the best player in the pro game just don’t know what they are talking about

It's almost like you think it never happened before. Strange for someone so into WNBA.

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Stephen Curry invited her to NBA All Star shooting contest to compete against him.

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Anonymous wrote:Stephen Curry invited her to NBA All Star shooting contest to compete against him.

Sucks for Sabrina. I wonder if the new Clarks will just be rebranded Sabrinas

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Anonymous wrote:Stephen Curry invited her to NBA All Star shooting contest to compete against him.

It will be interesting to see whether Steph can beat the 35th ranked 3 point shooter in the WNBA!

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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.

10/10 times I would take the veteran who has been there before and won multiple times over someone who has never been to an international competition and hasn’t even played a full season of professional basketball.

That’s basically the reason Alex Morgan is likely going to the Olympics over players who have a much better claim to go than CC.

I would not take the vet. Don't need to. Gold medal is a given.

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Anonymous wrote:CC could definitely become a great player in the WNBA but it will take time. She’s not going to make first team all WNBA for at least 3 and more likely 5 years, and that’s ok. People thinking a rookie is the best player in the pro game just don’t know what they are talking about

5 years she may be retired. Things do not work that way even in the NBA. Larry Bird was the best player the year he joined. MJ was his second year. Magic took a year but that is all. It is her WNBA.

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There is not a general manager or coach in the wnba that would not trade their entire starting five for Collins right now. Hell, if the entire Olympic team were a wnba team the coach/general manager would trade the entire Olympic squad for Collins.

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Anonymous wrote:There is not a general manager or coach in the wnba that would not trade their entire starting five for Collins right now. Hell, if the entire Olympic team were a wnba team the coach/general manager would trade the entire Olympic squad for Collins.

I assume you are talking about Doug Collins. Problem is he is ineligible for the WNBA because he is both male and dead, so I doubt it.

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Anonymous wrote:There is not a general manager or coach in the wnba that would not trade their entire starting five for Collins right now. Hell, if the entire Olympic team were a wnba team the coach/general manager would trade the entire Olympic squad for Collins.

I assume you are talking about Doug Collins. Problem is he is ineligible for the WNBA because he is both male and dead, so I doubt it.

Maybe John Collins?

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/collijo01.html

If I was a WNBA GM and could play him, I would absolutely trade my entire roster for him. Like you said, probably not eligible

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Only if they want to win.

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Caitlin Clark should have been included on the roster of the men’s team. Most talented basketball player of all time.

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Morgan isn’t going to the Olympics- the roster is only 18. But, while not always making great choices, the US national women’s team does always take young players. That’s why Thompson - a kid who just graduated from high school - was on the World Cup roster.

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Anonymous wrote:CC could definitely become a great player in the WNBA but it will take time. She’s not going to make first team all WNBA for at least 3 and more likely 5 years, and that’s ok. People thinking a rookie is the best player in the pro game just don’t know what they are talking about

5 years she may be retired. Things do not work that way even in the NBA. Larry Bird was the best player the year he joined. MJ was his second year. Magic took a year but that is all. It is her WNBA.

Clark might not even win rookie of the year, though I doubt you are ready to hear that.

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Anonymous wrote:CC could definitely become a great player in the WNBA but it will take time. She’s not going to make first team all WNBA for at least 3 and more likely 5 years, and that’s ok. People thinking a rookie is the best player in the pro game just don’t know what they are talking about

5 years she may be retired. Things do not work that way even in the NBA. Larry Bird was the best player the year he joined. MJ was his second year. Magic took a year but that is all. It is her WNBA.

Clark might not even win rookie of the year, though I doubt you are ready to hear that.

That may be true. But whoever else does win, people will ask who the person is, if they ask about the WNBA at all.

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Anonymous wrote:CC could definitely become a great player in the WNBA but it will take time. She’s not going to make first team all WNBA for at least 3 and more likely 5 years, and that’s ok. People thinking a rookie is the best player in the pro game just don’t know what they are talking about

5 years she may be retired. Things do not work that way even in the NBA. Larry Bird was the best player the year he joined. MJ was his second year. Magic took a year but that is all. It is her WNBA.

Clark might not even win rookie of the year, though I doubt you are ready to hear that.

That may be true. But whoever else does win, people will ask who the person is, if they ask about the WNBA at all.

First of all I doubt it. Second of all the mentality that says awards should go to the person with the biggest social media popularity is just nuts