Caitlin Clark selected #1 by Fever/ Fever 2024 Season Thread **Updated title**

[Myles]

I heard someone on the USA team got injured and Clark may make the team.  

[VikingsFanInChennai]

10 hours ago, Myles said:

I heard someone on the USA team got injured and Clark may make the team.  

May not after clapping in the face of your national team coach.... 

[VikingsFanInChennai]

17 hours ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

Clark and the Fever take out the Linx to improve to 11-14. Fever are now a game ahead of the Sky for the 7th spot in the playoffs. Only 8 teams get in. The Linx are coached by Cheryl Reeve who is going to coach of the USA Olympic Team. Before the game she was blowing questions off and being rude about Clark not being on the team. Clark got wind of it and Clark took it personal. At the end of the game, Clark was seen clapping in front of Reeve's face, staring her down in front of a sellout crowd at Minnesota in which 75% of the people were Fever fans  . Poke the Polar Bear, that is what you get .

I don't think anyone has ever poked a Polar Bear and had enough time to meet another human and tell the story 

[2006Coltsbestever]

4 hours ago, VikingsFanInChennai said:

I don't think anyone has ever poked a Polar Bear and had enough time to meet another human and tell the story 

[RollerColt]

5 hours ago, VikingsFanInChennai said:

May not after clapping in the face of your national team coach.... 

Its gonna be a heck of a thing if the Women’s team falls short of a gold medal. 

[VikingsFanInChennai]

On 7/16/2024 at 8:20 PM, RollerColt said:

Its gonna be a heck of a thing if the Women’s team falls short of a gold medal. 

They are many levels above anyone else so doubt that happens... Also why they're not in hurry to include her, and she could use more time to prepare for next Olympics. Only sad thing is the way the team and coach have addressed her non-inclusion. 

[2006Coltsbestever]

2 hours ago, VikingsFanInChennai said:

They are many levels above anyone else so doubt that happens... Also why they're not in hurry to include her, and she could use more time to prepare for next Olympics. Only sad thing is the way the team and coach have addressed her non-inclusion. 

Even though the Fever lost last night, she had 24 points and 19 Assists. 19 freakin Assists! Keeping her off the team because she is a rookie is lame. I think she was kept off the team because the other players are jealous and didn't want her on it. Instead, they have a 42-year old Diana Taurasi on it who is hobbled just because of her name. Keeping Clark off that team is like keeping a young Magic Johnson off the men's Olympic team - it would never happen. As far as Clark and Angel Reese go, Clark is the much better player. Only thing Reese does better is, rebounding. She should being 6'3. Clark is the better scorer, passer, defender, and 3-point shooter. Comparing Reese to Clark is like trying to compare Rodman to Curry .

[w87r]

I'm glad that viewership is down for USA women's team (not that, that means anything). They missed a huge opportunity to help build the game in the future by leaving Clark of the Olympic team. 4 more years till that can happen again, now. It really seems as if people are not watching in protest to Clark not being on the team. Not just on TV though, they have had the lowest attendance of all countries so far at the games, with crowds taunting them too. Not that I support that, just saying, that decision to leave her off is affecting everyone. Even when they win the 🥇 , they've had to play in front of empty seats and crowds not being too friendly. Their overall mental experience has been affected negatively at least a little bit. Losing to the WNBA all stars didn't help either. 

 

They won't have any issue winning gold, this was about connecting new generations. Rather disappointing.

 

Not as disappointing as the overall agenda in the WNBA against Clark. What she has had to go through is just ridiculous. Like it's ok to admit, she has increased the viewership. While doing so, why don't you thank her, and quit taking cheap shots on her.

 

There is literally no debate between her and Angel Reese for ROY. It is so overwhelmingly in Clark's favor it isn't even funny. Angel been padding her stats all year as well(I saw 3-4 times in the double-double streak, her keep it alive in last :20, in a game that was already decided, like she tried to do against NY, when they put 4 people on her). If Clark loses, I don't even know what would happen, that would be wild. 

 

[Nadine]

7 hours ago, w87r said:

 

Not as disappointing as the overall agenda in the WNBA against Clark.

Seems to be true and that's just weird.

[RollerColt]

On 8/2/2024 at 11:26 PM, w87r said:

I'm glad that viewership is down for USA women's team (not that, that means anything). They missed a huge opportunity to help build the game in the future by leaving Clark of the Olympic team. 4 more years till that can happen again, now. It really seems as if people are not watching in protest to Clark not being on the team. Not just on TV though, they have had the lowest attendance of all countries so far at the games, with crowds taunting them too. Not that I support that, just saying, that decision to leave her off is affecting everyone. Even when they win the 🥇 , they've had to play in front of empty seats and crowds not being too friendly. Their overall mental experience has been affected negatively at least a little bit. Losing to the WNBA all stars didn't help either. 

 

They won't have any issue winning gold, this was about connecting new generations. Rather disappointing.

 

Not as disappointing as the overall agenda in the WNBA against Clark. What she has had to go through is just ridiculous. Like it's ok to admit, she has increased the viewership. While doing so, why don't you thank her, and quit taking cheap shots on her.

 

There is literally no debate between her and Angel Reese for ROY. It is so overwhelmingly in Clark's favor it isn't even funny. Angel been padding her stats all year as well(I saw 3-4 times in the double-double streak, her keep it alive in last :20, in a game that was already decided, like she tried to do against NY, when they put 4 people on her). If Clark loses, I don't even know what would happen, that would be wild. 

 

Yeah, can’t use the “she’s too young argument” when you consider Michael Phelps was tossed into his first Olympics when he was only 15. 
 

When she inevitably plays in LA 4 years from now it will probably be the best TV ratings for women’s basketball. 

[2006Coltsbestever]

Clark 29 points and 10 assists. Fever take out the Mercury with Taurasi, Copper, Griner. All 3 made the Olympic Team. Fever now 12-15.

[Myles]

19 hours ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

Clark 29 points and 10 assists. Fever take out the Mercury with Taurasi, Copper, Griner. All 3 made the Olympic Team. Fever now 12-15.

Although good for the Fever, I am not a fan of the number of teams that make the WNBA playoffs.  The Fever are nearly a lock to make the playoffs despite being 3 games under .500.

[2006Coltsbestever]

23 hours ago, Myles said:

Although good for the Fever, I am not a fan of the number of teams that make the WNBA playoffs.  The Fever are nearly a lock to make the playoffs despite being 3 games under .500.

13-15 now, Clark just had another big game. The Fever started 0-6, since then they have been 13-9. They are in the 7th spot out of 12 teams. I would say after the slow start, not too bad. I didn't expect the Fever to do much this year and they have already overachieved. They were terrible last year. I am ok with 8 teams making it, the NBA does the same thing. It gives all the teams a chance to play for something. 

[Myles]

19 hours ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

13-15 now, Clark just had another big game. The Fever started 0-6, since then they have been 13-9. They are in the 7th spot out of 12 teams. I would say after the slow start, not too bad. I didn't expect the Fever to do much this year and they have already overachieved. They were terrible last year. I am ok with 8 teams making it, the NBA does the same thing. It gives all the teams a chance to play for something. 

Yeah, but being a lock for the playoffs with a record under .500 doesn't seem right to me.

[chad72]

Shannon Sharpe Rips Skylar-Diggins Smith Bumping Caitlin Clark, he is right to compare to the treatment Larry Bird first received.

 

https://athlonsports.com/wnba/indiana-fever/shannon-sharpe-reveals-why-wnba-players-dont-like-caitlin-clark

 

[ColtStrong2013]

On 8/4/2024 at 8:05 PM, RollerColt said:

Yeah, can’t use the “she’s too young argument” when you consider Michael Phelps was tossed into his first Olympics when he was only 15. 
 

When she inevitably plays in LA 4 years from now it will probably be the best TV ratings for women’s basketball. 

 

Maybe that's what they want and it's all designed. You never know. They nearly needed her this olympics, but they still got it done. She'll undoubtedly be on the LA games team, and not only that, but she'll be one of the key faces of the entire games. You can bet on that. 

[Myles]

1 hour ago, ColtStrong2013 said:

 

Maybe that's what they want and it's all designed. You never know. They nearly needed her this olympics, but they still got it done. She'll undoubtedly be on the LA games team, and not only that, but she'll be one of the key faces of the entire games. You can bet on that. 

I hope you are correct because that would mean that her Indiana team is doing well, or that she signed with LA.

[ColtStrong2013]

8 hours ago, Myles said:

I hope you are correct because that would mean that her Indiana team is doing well, or that she signed with LA.

 

I don't see her leaving Indy anytime soon. While it is hard to predict what the cap will look like in the future when she's eligible for an extension, I don't see any way the Fever don't sign her to a supermax deal, which they should be planning/saving for as the money rolls in during her rookie contract. I don't see her wanting to leave for big city life, either. I think they will be fully established here and she will have enough endorsements rolling in, that the earnings from the league will never be substantial, comparatively. If she's content with her role and the Fever's work building around her, she won't leave. 

[Myles]

3 hours ago, ColtStrong2013 said:

 

I don't see her leaving Indy anytime soon. While it is hard to predict what the cap will look like in the future when she's eligible for an extension, I don't see any way the Fever don't sign her to a supermax deal, which they should be planning/saving for as the money rolls in during her rookie contract. I don't see her wanting to leave for big city life, either. I think they will be fully established here and she will have enough endorsements rolling in, that the earnings from the league will never be substantial, comparatively. If she's content with her role and the Fever's work building around her, she won't leave. 

I hope she stays but will not say she will never leave.  

[2006Coltsbestever]

1 hour ago, Myles said:

I hope she stays but will not say she will never leave.  

The WNBA is completely different from the NBA. Clark isn't a big city woman and already makes more money than anyone when you factor in endorsements. She has 0 interest playing in LA to my knowledge and why would she. She grew up in Iowa, Iowa is similar to Indiana, she is comfortable here. She will play her whole career here and become perhaps the GOAT in a small market, that is more her personality. 

[2006Coltsbestever]

Fever won again tonight. They are now 15-16, just 1 game below. 500 and 1 game out from the 6th seed. 

[RollerColt]

7 hours ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

Fever won again tonight. They are now 15-16, just 1 game below. 500 and 1 game out from the 6th seed. 

They were awesome last night. Big upset win!

[RollerColt]

Fever win 100-81 over the rival Chicago Sky, and Clark had a career high 31 points. 
 

We have finally reached .500 folks at 16-16. 

[2006Coltsbestever]

1 hour ago, RollerColt said:

Fever win 100-81 over the rival Chicago Sky, and Clark had a career high 31 points. 
 

We have finally reached .500 folks at 16-16. 

Also now a 6th seed. Clark also had 12 assists. 

[2006Coltsbestever]

Fever started 1-8, now 16-16.Over the last 23 games, I can make a case for Clark being MVP. When Clark got left off the Olympic Team, she made it personal. I doubt that happens again 

[throwing BBZ]

4 hours ago, 2006Coltsbestever said:

Fever started 1-8, now 16-16.Over the last 23 games, I can make a case for Clark being MVP. When Clark got left off the Olympic Team, she made it personal. I doubt that happens again 

 

 Is Clark the MVP of the team or is it Mitchell?

And the Olympic thing wasn't a big snub. There were great veterans that had earned there shot, she got that.

 

 I've never watched more than a occasional minute of a WNBA game, until now.

 Holy Cow has the quality of their athleticism, ball handling, passing, and shooting gotten to such a high level.

 Our Fever have improved so much after starting the season with a heavily ladden road schedule bunched in a ridiculous short time period.

 They are looking like the Pacers race car offense. Playing faster, harder, since the Olympic break, the defense has also improved a lot.

 Clark is the weak link on D and her many league leading bad passes Every game would be the difference in winning tight games in a tough playoff series. Value every possession.

 I watch all the games now. And yes, I'm thinking about writing my first ever fan letter and buying her shirt.

 Because Kelsey Mitchell has me pumping my arms, laughing for joy, has me giggling and just feeling wow she is awesome, Every game. 

 As for Clark, she too has improved her game along with everyone around her. She has been pushed to her limits to play faster and harder to compete with the best. It's high level ball, competition, and makes it fun to watch.

 Clark had another gear, as needed, and I will be watching because it's exciting.

These Ladies can play very intelligent ball. Again, it's impressive.

  Next up, Latu! 

 

[2006Coltsbestever]

1 hour ago, throwing BBZ said:

 

 Is Clark the MVP of the team or is it Mitchell?

And the Olympic thing wasn't a big snub. There were great veterans that had earned there shot, she got that.

 

 I've never watched more than a occasional minute of a WNBA game, until now.

 Holy Cow has the quality of their athleticism, ball handling, passing, and shooting gotten to such a high level.

 Our Fever have improved so much after starting the season with a heavily ladden road schedule bunched in a ridiculous short time period.

 They are looking like the Pacers race car offense. Playing faster, harder, since the Olympic break, the defense has also improved a lot.

 Clark is the weak link on D and her many league leading bad passes Every game would be the difference in winning tight games in a tough playoff series. Value every possession.

 I watch all the games now. And yes, I'm thinking about writing my first ever fan letter and buying her shirt.

 Because Kelsey Mitchell has me pumping my arms, laughing for joy, has me giggling and just feeling wow she is awesome, Every game. 

 As for Clark, she too has improved her game along with everyone around her. She has been pushed to her limits to play faster and harder to compete with the best. It's high level ball, competition, and makes it fun to watch.

 Clark had another gear, as needed, and I will be watching because it's exciting.

These Ladies can play very intelligent ball. Again, it's impressive.

  Next up, Latu! 

 

Mitchell is our Jeff Hornacek, she shoots lights out and is a great player. Boston is like Malone, scores inside and gets tough rebounds, Clark is like Stock and Curry balled up into 1 - she will get you 10 assists like Stock but can hit 3's like Curry. The last home game we played was so loud I couldn't hear the announcers talk. 

 

In the playoffs, winning here will be tough, good luck with that.

[RollerColt]

Clark and the Fever have now clinched a spot in the playoffs after a huge win tonight!

 

She HAS to be in the consideration for league MVP, and if not that she definitely has rookie of the year locked up.