Posted on 06/10/2024 6:26:34 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
Right now, Caitlin Clark is not one of the top 12 players in the WNBA....However, traditionally, the Olympic team has one or two of the best college basketball players on its roster to go with 10 or 11 pros. Clark’s WNBA stats are impressive: 17 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists per game and shooting 33% from 3-point line against very aggressive defenses. She struggles on defense, however, and is averaging 5.6 turnovers per game (which is the main reason why she is not a top-12 player—yet). Bottom line: racist black women are keeping her off the Olympic team.
I love Caitlin Clark because she is a class act and a great basketball player. However, its important to note that she has had a rather tough transition to the WNBA. I am positive she will overcome it to be an MVP caliber player but she is nowhere near being a statistical leader yet.
CC is 14th in scoring while shooting 37% and committing a league high 5.5 TO’s per game.
Her last game of a near triple double with 30 pts showed she is starting to adjust and will be among the best soon. She can play in the next Olympics and I won’t bother watching this one.
NO. Until TV money came in calling for pro-atheletes to dominate their team sports, the world’s Olympic Teams WERE ALL “just college” level players.
Racist. Sexist. Hatred for America, and all that CC represents.
Maybe not, but life is so much less complicated now that we don’t have to worry about that “content of their character” nonsense.
*Cameron Brink-6’4 Blonde*
OMG! Who wouldn’t?
*Does anybody not directly involved care about women’s basketball?*
I watch it for the jiggle factor.
NO.ONE.CARES.
I know that there are 2 whites from the NY Liberty who made the team...don’t know (or care about) their sexuality...
Making us racist and homophobic for not watching them during the Olympics.
Agree. Blacks make up about 12.9% of population. Therefore, they shouldn’t receive more than 12.9% of athletic scholarships. Same for coaching jobs.
If they really want quotas, I support them. That applies to government jobs and contracts too.
But because they are victims of the white racist power structure that dominates our culture and have no power of their own, blacks cannot be racist, or so we are told.
Hispanics are underrepresented when it comes to DEI.
Make no mistake about it, racism is alive and well in much of the black community.
Absolutely ridiculous to exclude Clark, and the TV audience will dwindle to almost nothing.
Black lesbians will be a problem in the future.
The trifecta of victimhood.
Fact: there is no systemically mistreated minority in America.
Fact: victimhood mentality is becoming less tolerable.
Those who perceive themselves as “victims” will start acting out when nobody listens anymore. (BLM)
This is not the state they seek to achieve.
I agree with your comments. Caitlin is third in three pointers and fourth in assists, but is not in the top ten in any other key statistic. As she improves, she hopefully will earn a spot on the next Olympics team.
Many of the ‘turnovers’ are due to her teammates bobbling her quick, sharp passes. Once the teammates catch on - as at Iowa - the TO’s will drop.
Many of the ‘turnovers’ are due to her teammates bobbling her quick, sharp passes. Once the teammates catch on - as at Iowa - the TO’s will drop.
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I have to disagree. I have watched two of her games. Clark gets a lot of passes picked off because she is obviously unaccustomed to the quicker players in the WNBA. She is improving and her TO numbers will decrease as the season ends, but right now, this is a HUGE weakness in her game. We all love to watch great offense but basketball coaches focus on two things: defense and turnovers. With that said, she was screwed over in not making the Olympic team.
The Fake Olympics
Won’t watch a minute of the Olympics. Done with their woke crap
You mean the Woke Olympics.
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