Poor Caitlin

[mtmuley]

My posit has more to do with the thread title...

Caitlin Clark on the alleged hateful comments during Saturday’s game:

“There’s no place for that in our game, there’s no place for that in society. We want every person that comes into our arena, whether player, whether fan, to have a great experience.”

You are right. I worded it poorly. No pun intended Ken. Wrong choice of words. mtmuley

 

[homers]

 

[millerkiller77]

Is there a go fund me to help out the victim yet? She's clearly being oppressed.

 

[BrentD]

Is there a go fund me to help out the victim yet? She's clearly being oppressed.

I do not really think mtmuley needs a Go Fund Me, but maybe. If we got enough, we could send him to a Fever game or three.

 

[LuketheDog]

Not outraged. Just find it interesting that Reese is on the receiving end of the foul and still receives negativity from some sports reporters and Fever fans specifically. The WNBA is investigating some of what was done by fans at that game. mtmuley

If fans said stuff I'm sure the "investigation" will show it, but that had nothing to do with Clark. But Reese can't make a hard foul and then get bent and play diva when it comes back around 3 seconds later, that just invites more BS. She should learn to let her play do the talking, but then everyone might stop paying attention because she's totally overrated.

 

[SwaggyD]

If fans said stuff I'm sure the "investigation" will show it, but that had nothing to do with Clark. But Reese can't make a hard foul and then get bent and play diva when it comes back around 3 seconds later, that just invites more BS. She should learn to let her play do the talking, but then everyone might stop paying attention because she's totally overrated.

It's easy to get 17 rebounds a game when 10 come from your own missed layups. MVP!!!!

 

[BrentD]

It's easy to get 17 rebounds a game when 10 come from your own missed layups. MVP!!!!

No one else does it. I don't understand why people need to put her down. She plays intensely because she wants to win and she's damn good.

 

[SwaggyD]

No one else does it. I don't understand why people need to put her down. She plays intensely because she wants to win and she's damn good.

40% last season on 2pt fgs is not "damn good". Especially for a post player.

edit to add: for context, Clark is a guard, and was 53% on 2pt fgs last season......

 

[BrentD]

40% last season on 2pt fgs is not "damn good". Especially for a post player.

edit to add: for context, Clark is a guard, and was 53% on 2pt fgs last season......

Good grief. There's a whole bunch more to basketball than shooting percentage. Even I know that. Oh, well, I guess you are going to be just another disparager in the crowd.

 

[SwaggyD]

She should learn to let her play do the talking, but then everyone might stop paying attention because she's totally overrated.

Good grief. There's a whole bunch more to basketball than shooting percentage. Even I know that. Oh, well, I guess you are going to be just another disparager in the crowd.

nah - @LuketheDog sums it up pretty well.

Cheap shot shove in the back. Get fouled on a routine foul to prevent a layup (only a 40% chance she actually makes it). Then cause a big stir and show. Call me a disparager or call me for seeing what it is, an act.

 

[406dn]

There is a history going back to their college days. Clark is not above talking a bit of smack, after she makes a play. This is SO common with basketball at every level, wherever it is played. Within the contest between the teams, every player is also locked into an individual contest. You are literally bumping up against one another. Trading words is ubiquitous.

Clark is a transcendent talent. Reese is not. Reese is a tall strong woman whose coordination is pretty poor. Some of her misses are hard to watch. At a much lower level, I was a Reese type of player. I was a good rebounder and mediocre shooter. But, I never threw up bricks like that.

Last year, the WNBA players delivered many hard, at times, dirty fouls on Clark. The Chicago Sky were about the worst about that. The foul this past weekend was not a dirty play. It was a hard foul, to force a player to score from the line. It did not deserve to be a flagrant foul.

 

[Bigjay73]

I wish I could take back the countless hours watching adults play games. How we got sucked into considering that as being entertainment is mind boggling

 

[LopeHunter]

Tried to correct it. Clark made the foul and Reese looks like the bad one. Funny the bias. mtmuley

Silly flop by Reese. Was a foul by Clark. Was not a cheap foul. Was a basketball play. NBA-style play by Clark. Clark did not undercut Reese. No elbow to the jaw. Did not push from behind. Did not plant a foot where Reese would land on it.

Clark was using a foul to stop a likely layup though Reese misses a lot of layups. Reese was a 44.5% shooter from under 5’ of the basket last season. Giannis in NBA was 73.4% this season.

NBA flagrant foul for comparison:

 

[SwaggyD]

Pure greatness.

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[TOGIE]

5 rebounds in 20 seconds! amazing!!

 

[SwaggyD]

5 rebounds in 20 seconds! amazing!!

MVP!!!!

 

[Treeshark]

She moves like a sand hill crane.

 

[millerkiller77]

She moves like a sand hill crane.

Ever throw scratch at the chickens?

 

[mtmuley]

It was the Referees this time. mtmuley

 

[DFS]

It was the Referees this time. mtmuley

Pretty entertaining game for wnba. Can’t leave it in the refs hands.