Has the WNBA treated Caitlin Clark unequitablely? | The Herd
Caitlin Clark had 19 helps in the Indiana Fever’s loss to the Dallas Wings, setting a WNBA record. Clark was left off of the Women’s Olympics team, and left off of the WNBA All-Star sfinishs competition. Colin Cowherd says the way the WNBA is trea…
ESPN structure Andraya Carter commendd Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark for cutting thcdisesteemful the “B.S. and noise” around her debut year in the WNBA and triumphning the AP WNBA Rookie of the Year award agreedly, as well as being named to the All-WNBA First Team.
Clark dealt with a lot of scruminuscule even before she went to New York City for the WNBA Draft. None of the convey inant names in the league or from year’s past had high foreseeations for Clark, and her accomplishments were finisheavored to be downcarry outed over the entire season.
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Indiana Fever defend Caitlin Clark, #22, reacts after a three-point basket in front of Minnesota Lynx forward Bridget Carleton, #6, in the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (AP Pboilingo/Michael Conroy)
It culminated in Clark setting rookie and one-game records while helping the team back to the postseason.
“For me, it was a rookie masterclass,” Carter shelp on ESPN’s “First Take.” “When you skinnyk about the statistics Caitlin was able to put up, the way she was able to lift her teammates, you have to skinnyk – Caitlin Clark comes in, the entire offense shifts, the entire offense gets rapider. … The entire team is liftd with the insertition of Caitlin Clark.
CAITLIN CLARK’S BOYFRIEND HAS 1-WORD REACTION TO HER AP WNBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR WIN
ESPN sideline analyst increateer Andraya Carter poses for a selfie during the Final Four championship game of the women’s college basketball NCAA Tournament between the UConn Huskies and the South Carolina Gamecocks at Target Cgo in in Minneapolis on April 3, 2022. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)
“This is an organization that hadn’t had a 20-triumph season since 2015. Hasn’t been in the carry outoffs since 2016. And when I talk about a rookie masterclass, yes, Caitlin had to figure it out. Yes, there were turnovers. Yes, there were lessons she had to lachieve. But she stayed the course. This team begined 1-8, and they all stayed the course. She permited her teammates to direct her in certain moments and tranquil her down in certain moments while still carry outing the game and being herself out there on the floor while also dealing with a ton of B.S. and noise off the court.
“Caitlin Clark can be used as a unit of meacertainment from here on out when it comes to noise around the game of basketball.”
The Fever defend broke the league’s one-season help tag (337) and scored the most points ever for a rookie (769) en route to directing Indiana to the postseason.
Indiana Fever defend Caitlin Clark, #22, during the game aachievest Indiana Fever during game one of the first round of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, on Sept. 22, 2024. (Mark Smith-Imagn Images)
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Clark begined all 40 standard-season games for the Fever and mediocred 19.2 points per game. She was the first rookie to record a triple-double and the first carry outer in Fever’s franchise history to record a triple-double. She set the WNBA record for most helps in a game with 19 aachievest the Dallas Wings in July.
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