@hovah76 You mean the theft of the game by the refs?
15 Free Throws for the Fever (game)
40 Free Throws for the Liberty (game)
And now I'm supposed to believe the loss is Caitlin Clarks fault? How bout Kelsey Mitchell and Boston missing easy layups?
Your take suck as usual.
@Code_E_Banx I hate to say it but it sure feels like there is some kind of coordinated effort to drag Caitlin Clark down even further than she already is. Why would anyone want to do that is beyond me when she about single handly is responsible for the big contracts everyone is getting.
@hovah76 Caitlin is due for a GAME, I feel like shes gonna pop off IFFFF White leaves her in the freaking game and doesnt sub her out 5-6 times during the game.
Clark goes for 28pts 10asts 8rbds and the win, by 1-5 points.
Reese goes for 10pts 12rbds 2 asts and the L.
@SportsPatriotUS Read every word, if people would read what you write and understand maybe things could change for the better in the League, BUT they will not because they are stuck in their ways, unfortunately.
@JaimeLardis Fever wins a nail biter orrrrr the Dream blows out the Fever by 20. As a Fever fan this game could be a season maker or breaker for the Fever.
@WNBAZodiac You are delusional if you think Cheryl would cut Caitlin. I believe they would have a totally different vibe and Caitlin would thrive with Cheryl being her coach. My humble opinion.
@_girltalk I am thoroughly convinced that Caitlin will never win a WNBA chip, never will be a MVP, top scorer, etc. You draft a player who plays basketball at a level not seen before honestly, and now she seems like a shell of herself. Why draft her to change her to be just another player?
@SubriaWhitaker Maybe if they knew how to build a team around a superstar like Caitlin, things would be different but no they want a system that diminishes Caitlin, wrong coaching staff was hired.
@hovah76 You need to read this my man, if you can read this and still think Clark is the problem, then your as delusional as one can be. This post couldn't of been said any better, now come on and be unbiased and read it and give me your unbiased reaction. Please.
Iโm going to say this as calmly as possible:
Watching Caitlin Clark in the WNBA has become genuinely hard to stomach.
Not because she struggles sometimes. Not because she makes mistakes. Not because she gets criticized. That comes with being great.
Itโs hard to stomach because it has become obvious that the league, the officials, the media, the players, and even her own organization have all decided that the most important thing is not letting Caitlin Clark become too big.
And that is insane.
This league was handed the most marketable, electric, revenue-generating player womenโs basketball has ever seen, and instead of building around the moment, too many people seem obsessed with humbling her.
She gets fouled. Held. Hit. Cheap-shotted. Mocked. Targeted. Then when she reacts like a normal competitor, suddenly everyone wants to analyze her attitude.
No.
Her attitude is not the story.
The story is that a generational player is being treated like a problem by the very league she helped drag into mainstream relevance.
This reminds me of the worst kind of youth coach... the one who sees a special player, feels threatened by her talent, and slowly drains the joy out of her in the name of โteaching humility.โ
That is what this looks like.
The freedom she played with at Iowa is disappearing. The fire is still there, but the joy looks damaged. The confidence looks weighed down. She looks like someone constantly fighting the refs, opponents, narratives, coaching decisions, jealousy, and a league culture that should be protecting its golden opportunity instead of resenting it.
And letโs be honest: Stephanie White has not helped.
Benching Caitlin Clark randomly when she is controlling the game tempo, or having your best shooter off the floor in critical game ending minutes when a victory is within reach is basketball malpractice. Limiting her rhythm, downplaying her greatness, benching momentum, and treating her like just another piece instead of the engine is absurd.
You do not take a player who changed the economics of your sport and manage her like youโre afraid her greatness might offend the room.
Nike deserves criticism too. Other players get signature shoes rolled out with urgency, while the biggest draw in womenโs basketball is somehow still waiting on that signature shoe. That is not confusing. That is revealing.
Fans are not stupid.
They see the fouls.
They see the double standards.
They see the jealousy.
They see the media resentment.
They see the league benefiting from her popularity while refusing to fully embrace her.
And here is the part the WNBA better understand quickly:
People are not tuning in to watch Caitlin Clark be humbled.
They are tuning in to watch Caitlin Clark be great.
If she walked away tomorrow, the fans would follow her. The sponsors would follow her. The energy would follow her. The high salaries and the charter jets would follow her. And the league would be forced to confront the uncomfortable truth it keeps trying to avoid:
Caitlin Clark did not need the WNBA nearly as much as the WNBA needed Caitlin Clark.
At some point, her family, her agent, and her team need to ask a hard question:
How much longer do you let a league profit from her while allowing the culture around her to beat the spirit out of her?
Because from the outside looking in, this does not look like normal adversity anymore. It looks like abuse.
It looks like a league trying to break the very player who made millions of people care.
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@CyntWhite@sohali2012 Yes I agree 100%, the offense needs to be built around CC not Ab or KM as that just diminishes what CC does and thrives at playing. I believe the offense should be a run and gun style, CC should be THE ball handler, ain't nobody else making her passes, we seen that already now.
@maestroxv_ You fucking people just love shitting on Caitlin Clark. I know why you do it and itโs sad really. YOU make things worse than it is and even make something out of nothing. Dude was drunk, hanging with some of his friends who are black, there is almost always context needed.