Now, let's not get it twisted. Caitlin has definitely been "welcomed" to the league. The vets have been rough with her, as they have with Angel and every other rookie that has come through. It has indeed been very physical, and they've given her nothing. She's earned it and has earned DT's respect.
Kamilla Cardoso is arguably a much more impactful player than Angel Reese. Let’s not forget “the streak” did not start until Kamilla Cardoso started.
National TV games (ABC, ESPN/2, CBS, CBSSN, Prime) are blacked out live. It’s on ABC today. They post replays shortly after I think though.
She’s gotten knocked around quite a bit again today. Looked like the first ~ 15 games or so again. Powering through it though.
I would wager they’ll finish over .500 with the way they’re playing. Hard to imagine after starting 3-10, but they’re playing really well as a unit now and have the second-easiest schedule to finish.
I wouldn’t be surprised at all if they pass Chicago for the 8 seed. Two teams going in different directions. I caught the end of their game against the Sun today as well and the guard Canada (forget first name) impressed me as well.
Yessir, Jordin Canada. She looked like Allen Iverson (same number, a headband, and braids, LOL), just chucking herself into the paint and across the floor with reckless abandon. She's fearless. The Dream have a good roster and are fun to watch.
Yeah, they should stop that...
That's what you get for making predictions before the season is half over. Even the great coach Dawn Staley though has made that mistake.Yeah, they should stop that...
I think most of the basketball world agrees with you.
Granted, I never followed Caitlin in college and haven't followed her every move in the WNBA (nor have I watched this particular game yet), but that's about as frustrated as I've ever seen her on a WNBA court. I think I saw her flip out and slap the bench once, LOL.
I don't personally have a problem with the display, but I don't necessarily think that's an unusual call, either. It's definitely ticky-tack, but not unheard of. The refs tend to not like physical displays of anger like that. Over the years, I've seen players in both the NBA and the WNBA get T'd up for all kinds of silly reasons, including for simply for taking their anger out on inanimate objects like that, slamming or kicking the ball or other things.
Sometimes, it really doesn't take much. Remember when Tim Duncan got T'd up and ejected by Joey Crawford for simply laughing while he was sitting on the bench? That's still the most ridiculous one I've ever seen. Crawford got suspended for that.
That said, the refs also obviously aren't consistent at all and tend to call whatever they feel like depending on who they are and how they're feeling on any given day. Therefore, I wouldn't be even remotely surprised if you were able to pull up dozens of clips of players having enraged MMA fights with the stanchion and not getting T'd up.
What I'd like to know is, how is Caitlin two technical fouls away from an automatic suspension already? She usually looks pretty calm and composed whenever I see her.
I know Caitlin's your girl, but maaaaaan, you already know how these refs are. This stuff is almost always a judgment call. Unless somebody gets popped above the chest/shoulders or grabbed out of the air and thrown to the ground, the refs be likeBased on what actually happened I think it is totally wrong for a Ref. to call a technical on a player for showing passion during a game that isn't directed at anything/anyone except to herself. You gotta let them play a little.Caitlin Clark's response to the technical:
“I got a technical for basically being mad at myself because I missed a 3, and then I went and hit the backboard, and he told me it was disrespectful to the game of basketball," Clark said after Indiana's 92-75 win over the Storm on Sunday. "... It reminded me of the technical I got in college, where I said ‘damn it,’ where it’s like a personal frustration. Had nothing to do with my team, had nothing to do with the reffing, had nothing to do with the other team. It’s just because I’m a competitor, and I felt like I should have been making more shots, so…
"But I think he fired me up to continue to play a lot harder. I thought we got a lot better after that. I want to thank him for that. But overall, I thought once we got to that media timeout around 5 minutes in the third quarter, I thought we all kind of took a breath. It was all chaos there for 2 ½ minutes. I think I could have done a better job of regaining my cool but that’s like the fire and passion that just gets me going, its just finding a way to channel that, use that, and I think I did a real good job of that at the end of the third quarter, start of the fourth quarter.”
I think we're all more or less in the same boat on this. Silly ticky-tack T, but it definitely happens.
Well, it happens, a lot! I dunno what to tell you, man. If I had a dollar for every bad or questionable call I've seen these refs make - not even every such call they've made, just the ones I've seen - I'd be able to treat us all to some MacDonald's.
Come on Mr. G, Caitlin is everyone's girl, not just mine.
Some people accept ridiculous calls, but my whole career I have not accepted things that are wrong and in many cases I have been able to correct them.. If it had been Angel Reese, who is a great player but not my favorite, that was the victim of this callI I would feel the same way.
I agree 100%.Come on Mr. G, Caitlin is everyone's girl, not just mine.
I told you, man, I'm not in y'all's church...at this moment. I likely feel the same way about Caitlin that you feel about Angel, maybe to a lesser extent. I have nothing bad to say about Caitlin, have a tremendous amount of respect for her, and can give credit where credit is due. I acknowledge her and her massive contribution that she has already made to this league. She's just not my girl right now, and yes, I am a small part of everyone.Come on Mr. G, Caitlin is everyone's girl, not just mine.
Yep. She’s the reason, the only reason, we are all here.Come on Mr. G, Caitlin is everyone's girl, not just mine.
FALSE! I am part of "we," and she is not the reason, the only reason, why I am here!
True, there would not be a WNBA thread on the forum if not for Caitlin Clark.FALSE! I am part of "we," and she is not the reason, the only reason, why I am here!