Lisa Cain

Iowa Hawkeye born & bred. Iowa City native. Fever & Pacers. Lions. Cubs. WNBA. Mom, Daughter, Grandma.

[Lisa Cain @lmppc]

@HawkEmDownChris Sue Bird

[Lisa Cain @lmppc]

@Kristinartz Brown Bottle

[Lisa Cain @lmppc]

@LucasSa56947288 Nope

[Seattle Storm PR @SeattleStormPR]

Flau'jae Johnson just became the fastest guard in Storm history to 15 blocks and just the second rookie guard in WNBA history to reach 15 blocks in 10 games, joining Elena Delle Donne.

[Flaujae #1 Fanpage (The Flauk) @TheFlauk]

Flau'jae Johnson just became the fastest guard in Storm history to 15 blocks and just the second rookie guard in WNBA history to reach 15 blocks in 10 games, joining Elena Delle Donne.

[Lisa Cain @lmppc]

@Flaujae ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[Lisa Cain @lmppc]

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[Adriana_CourtQueen 👑🏀 ⸻ 🏀 / WNBA / NBA @alwaysssaugtss]

❤️🏀 A message for Caitlin Clark

Not only are you my favorite player, but one of the biggest reasons so many fans tune in and support the WNBA every night. 💯

I know things have been tough lately. The criticism, the physical play, the noise, and the frustration can wear on anyone. But please remember that there are millions of fans who appreciate everything you bring to the game. 🙏

Keep your head up, keep smiling, and keep being you. The game is better because you’re in it. ⭐

The refs and the league need to do a better job protecting all players and keeping the game fair. Fans notice it, and we just want to see the best players competing at their highest level. 🏀

If I could give you a hug and tell you everything will be okay, I would. Better days are ahead, and the people who support you aren’t going anywhere. ❤️

[Lisa Cain @lmppc]

Yes, she is not at all racist. So ridiculous. She can’t control what any fans might say on social media and neither can any others. The difference is she would NEVER encourage or support any racist comments. Some others absolutely do.

[Taajo @Mind_Calculus]

Caitlin Clark has to be the first person from the Heartland to be called a racist while never speaking a bad word about anyone. Ever.

[Lisa Cain @lmppc]

Every player makes mistakes. Give everyone some grace. MHA made some great plays too , including a sweet 3 PT and goes hard for her team. I like her. A LOT!

[SSN Jay-O @Jay_3shifty]

Hines Allen outside of physicality just makes some impressively dumb plays..

[Sports Patriot @SportsPatriotUS]

I’m 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.

It’s 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 women’s 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 “teaching humility.”

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 let’s 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 you’re 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 women’s 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.

https://t.co/AAxFrO46Z4

[Lisa Cain @lmppc]

This!!

[For The Win @ForTheWin]

The Caitlin Clark double standard is real and suffocating https://t.co/C6pcQ8jpQC

[Lisa Cain @lmppc]

Truth

[Lisa Cain @lmppc]

Love them both! GO Hawks!

[ericaf455 @ericaf455]

💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤

[Lisa Cain @lmppc]

Always! Hang in there, CC & Fever team!

[Tennisdudz22 @tennisdudz22]

Caitlin we ride or die with you. No matter what you decide to do next

[Lisa Cain @lmppc]

We were just saying this too. Everyone switches until KM or another mismatched guard up against a big, then the big attacks the rim. Shocker. Also why does AB have to play D on a guard at the top of the key? Fans at home know, so you know the opposition does too. @IndianaFever

[Mily @DayDreamThis]

The Fever switch 1 thru 5, teams know it. It was said on telecast. Here's 3 of the 40 PITPs allowed when Kelsey was on the floor caught in a switch w/ a center

Reason: Billings doesn't jam this screener for Kelsey to get under and there's the mismatch in the paint Vs a CLA team

[Lisa Cain @lmppc]

❤️

[Aqua 🍂 @1aceofspades12]

Crazy this clip wasn’t circulating last night… Caitlin we believe in you.

[Lisa Cain @lmppc]

Agreed!

[junaid @pacersfeverfan]

Raven Johnson in 5 years of college under Dawn Staley’s defensive system NEVER FOULED out of a game before.

Last night, she fouled out in 10 minutes.. and you’re telling me coaching has NOTHING to do with it?

[Lisa Cain @lmppc]

CC is for the team and a team win ALWAYS over anything else!

[a🌵🤍 @bdilh021524]

Of course I haven’t seen this one going around 🙄

[Lisa Cain @lmppc]

Way to go, Megs!

[WNBA @WNBA]

Megan Gustafson with a PERFECT performance on the court tonight 🤩

She becomes the 15th player in WNBA history to record a 20‑point+ game while shooting 100% from the field!

22 PTS | 8/8 FG

#WNBASeason30

[Lisa Cain @lmppc]

Happy Birthday MHA!! Have a fabulous day!! 🥳

[WNBA @WNBA]

Join us in wishing Happy Birthday to 2019 WNBA Champion Myisha Hines-Allen! 🎉

#WNBABday