"the ratings will be through the roof" Rich... what are you smoking brother? They haven't had "through the roof" ratings until CC showed up. Without her, very few will pay any attention. This reminds me of the US women in the last soccer World Cup, we may actually see US fans cheering against the USWBB team. This is a massive bonehead move. They included a player who hasn't played a game this year over CC. Petty, jealous women will destroy themselves over their own best interest.
Would have watched every woman's Olympic game if she would have been selected .... **Now I will not watch a single woman's Olympic game. "L"🤦🏿👎🏿 -🐢💯** 🇺🇸
I'm from germany. this tournament could have done the same for the international development of woman basketball what the 92 team did for the men. unbelieveable missed opportunity for womans sport!
She is doing for the WNBA what Julius Erving did for the NBA. It’s boring. She is not boring. She’s also great and deserves to be on the team cause 3 point shooting is important. It’s a business as is the Olympics and should be a business decision
A. She never said that. B. She has no say in who makes the team. The roster is chosen by a six-member committee consisting of four college coaches, a WNBA team president, and the WNBA director of basketball operations. One of the coaches is Dawn Staley. Are you suggesting that Dawn Staley doesn't know how to put together a championship team?
Diana Taurasi also didn't fail like Clown Clark in college... Diana won 3 college championships...so tell me what young player looks better to take on the world.. a youngn who won 3 or one who failed twice??...back to back....
@@furious_styles8872 OMG. You are clearly JEALOUS of Clark who is UNDENIABLY THE GREATEST ALL AROUND PLAYER in the history of women's college basketball. Taurasi did NOT win championships. The TEAM that she happened to be on won the championships. It's pathetic for Taurasi to conflate her individual performance with her TEAM'S performance. Clark PERFORMED MUCH MUCH BETTER than Taurasi on an individual basis during their team's tournament games. Clark set individual RECORDS whereas Taurasi did NOT. FYI. This season, Clark has better stats than Taurasi and therefore is more deserving to be on the Olympic team.
Rich - these folks are dedicated to driving her out of the league. They are having an immune system like response to this outsider. All they want to do is reject her.
Welcome to "Mean Girls: The WNBA Edition." 🙄 We can sit and debate all day whether or not putting Caitlin on the team increases or decreases the chances for U.S.A. to win gold. They've got the last seven in a row. So, if you're telling me that adding Caitlin to the roster somehow jeopardizes the chance for number eight, straight cap. I don't want to hear another women talking about the wage gap. I don't want to hear another woman talking about the patriarchy holding women down. I especially don't want to hear another WNBA player bitching and moaning about their salaries compared to NBA players. The WNBA has yet to make money in their 28-year existence. For better or worse, Caitlin puts people in seats, which is exactly what the league needs to become profitable. Leaving her off the Olympic team roster tells me everything I need to know about U.S. women's basketball. Watch...Chelsea Gray is going to have to drop out and Caitlin will be a last-minute inclusion, because the backlash is going to be more than they expected.
@@andref9663Not true. Every Olympic basketball or Futbol (Soccer) team often includes players that aren’t in the top 12 or 20 athletes of that year. Other considerations might include experience, toughness, chemistry, familiarity with an offensive system, leadership, grooming young player for future international contests or popularity. Larry Bird retired the year he was on the 1992 Dream Team and had an injured back, Magic wasn’t playing in the NBA in 1992, but along with Michael Jordan they were the most popular players in the world. Men’s teams are usually not a collection of the absolute best individuals but rather a collection of individuals that serve a team purpose. Caitlin’s purpose could be Assists, 3-pt shooting and of course attention the women’s basketball team has never had before.
@@johndickson435 You said it: "when healthy." Taurasi's statement at the start of the season about Caitlin revealed this decision was coming before it became public. It didn't make a lot of sense at the time, but, with situations like that, you have to connect the dots in reverse to understand the true motivation.
Ha, I had the same thought. The only reason the ratings might be higher this time around is to see how the team does, without CC. Otherwise, my guess is the viewership will be way down, and the other typical viewership draws will get the ratings. I only know of half the names on the team because I started watching WNBA for first time this season... due to CC. Regardless, I think her stats earn her a spot as a guard. Diana Taurasi's stats are worse than CC's... though impressive as they may be for her age, and she is a legend in WNBA.
Ratings through the roof without Clark. Are you delusional? Nobody watched the WNBA until Clark joined and no one sure as hell is going to watch the Olympics without her.
1) I watched the WNBA. But, I'm a basketball fan not just a cult of personality Stan. 2) If you're going to white knight at least learn how to spell Caitlin's name right. DA 3) Lul, you aren't going to watch the Olympics I'm sure they will be cancelled because Golfer Caitard isn''t going to watch.
@@colpul2103 I would've tuned in with her playing or at least watched the highlights to see how she did but hell hardly anyone watches the men's games much less the women's but I will stick to soccer, swimming and track more than likely.
Rich, there are two players who have not played more than one game this year. CC stats are comparable and she is a rating machine. She should have been on the team. CC is class act responding to not making the team
It’s not obvious she’s going to be on future Olympic teams. Only takes an ACL, that’s it. And it could be all over. Abject failure for the women’s basketball committee to capitalize on this wave.
Clark is why the wnba has views. If she stayed in Iowa, the league would still be sitting in the bottom of the toilet bowl. I watch only for Clark, never heard of any of these other “superstars”. They are bitter because Clark has brought more attention to woman’s basketball in two years then the wnba has in 26 years
You do realize she played 4 years in college. Post CoVid, so no 5th year at Iowa for her, she had to go to the league. She should’ve made the National team because she scores slightly more than 1 or 2 women who made the team, not because she’s the face of the league. However, her team is 3-10 and she only scored 10pts tonight. Let’s give her time to develop before putting even more pressure on her. Adding her to the team might cause more people hate her for getting the same treatment Danica Patrick received when she went to NASCAR. Ironically, this just creates more positive buzz for Caitlyn than if she made the team. Now more people are starting to support and defend her.
Nobody is watching the WNBA now. They're watching Fever games. Sure it helps them, but CC is not getting people to watch the WNBA as a whole. And the vast majority of people watching for one player will drop off. (Also, maybe you're unaware, but the Olympics is not the WNBA)
WNBA now have chartered flights for teams and 2 expansion teams coming. Teams have to move venues when she comes to play. 100% she should be on the team. Crazy to think otherwise
Mr. Eisen, yes, basketball wise CC deserves to be on the team. Why? Because there are two girls on the team who are injured or still recovering from injury.
@@andref9663 Oh, easy. I'd include the most marketable player on the roster to keep people like @langmofamily happy. Other questions? Because that was a very easy question. CC is the answer to your question. That's it. That's the comment.
The committee was successful. They said they didn't want to deal with fans that were upset that CC didn't get playing time. They won't have to worry about fans because there won't be any!
That is the dumbest thing they could have said because according to the real stats so far this year C.C. is better then 5 or 6 of the 7 guards on the team. She is also a true point guard which makes her the 3rd most important guard on the team or maybe even the second if Gray can't make it.
That excuse - offered by everyone who responded - was literally laughable. Does not bode well for the sport that that's the best excuse they could come up with.
Hey Griner, why is some who knee's during our national anthem get to represent our country... Girl with an injury has played since Oct. 2023 has NO recovery date...yet you pick her over CC.....
Griner is a center. Her selection has no impact on Clark. As for Gray's injury, if she needs to be replaced, it should be with Arike Ogunbowale. She's averaging 26.5 points a game, her rebound and assist totals are comparable to Clark's, and she is a much better defender.
The woman can win 12 straight times, if nobody cares, what does it really mean? I know a guy who has 36 perfect games in bowling! Guess what? Nobody cares. Same with the Olympic woman’s team
She didn't make the team because Taurasi and the "old guard" are jealous of her contracts, attention and worthiness. Simple as that. They should have cut Griner, Taurasi and one other older player and made room for the new talent. That is what should have happened. Big mistake. No one, literally no one watched the WNBA until Clark came along. Totally disgusting and stupid. Envy and jealousy and racism are evil and ugly. The league is full of people steeped in all three. Won't watch it again.
It would have been better if CC's stats were so great that they had no choice but to choose her. But you have to understand that she went through one of the most brutal WNBA schedule, and despite all that, she still was the fastest player to get 200 pts & 75 assists in WNBA history, and her stats were better than Taurasi's. By the way, the ratings for the Women's Basketball would NOT have been through the roof without CC. Never has, and never will.
Caitlin is the only reason people car one iota about women's basketball. They've now given us one more reason to not watch the Olympics nor the WNBA. Caitlyn IS the WNBA
@pjeffries301 And who's daughters are you referring to? Clearly not mine nor the women in HS, college and current WNBA players all talking about how they've been inspired and this was BEFORE Caitlin. Have you even seen some of these player's fanbase overseas??
where are Nike NBC and the other sponsors, they will lose business with this decision. America LOVE ❤ Catlin Clark and we demand she be part of the Olympic team 🇺🇸 1776 🥰
@@mc76 When those TV ratings are what is going to pay you afterwards. When MJ formed the dream team a lot of people world wide did not watch because he was so good, they watched because of the hype and some of those people stayed with the NBA or even know what basketball is because of that. The international popularity of the NBA certainly still benefits from that. That is a missed opportunity for the WNBA. Now the discussion is again on why she did not get selected and that the league of full of prejudice against women like CC.
Rich that would make sense about Taurasi if they hadn't come out saying they are building the best team possible and that is why CC didn't make yet she has better stats than Taurasi has as do other women in the W. Saying someone has a right to it just because is just pandering she is taking the spot of a younger player to get experience for the next team. What happens if all the old heads are gone and now the experience is too. They have a player on the team that is still on the injured list and hasn't played a game all year!!!!! Taurasi was a rookie when she played in her first Olympics yet now we are saying CC is ready yet the stats from Taurasi's first 12 games as a rookie and CC's are pretty damn similar. There is a huge opportunity for the W and it's going up in smoke. The team is so loaded that it's a forgone conclusion they will get the gold and you know who will care, a handful of people because NOBODY watches the women's basketball games hell people barely watch the men's games. I am tired of the media taking article headline takes about this instead of really diving into it, hell just by what people are saying there are a bunch of women in the W that should be going over Taurasi and Gray both!
People are going to actively NOT watch the women’s olympics now because of the CC snub, as well as blaming the fans for the decision lmao. Nobody wants to watch overly arrogant players
I have a secret for you. Those of us who followed women's basketball and the Olympics before this year don't care whether you watch or not. NBC isn't going bankrupt because Clark's cult has its nose out of joint.
It is the same construct. Have you done any research on this? Taurasi was on the team as a young player. There is a tradition of including a young player. Stewart was also included as a rookie. Is CC the best player? No. Not yet anyway. Will this particular viewer probably not watch the Olympics now? Probably won't watch. And if I do, it's because I actually now know 8 of those 12 players from when they played Caitlin Clark. Huge missed opportunity to promote women's basketball around the globe. Would they lose the gold because CC was on the team? Are you f*ckin' kidding me? They will dominate.
Yeah, but she can only play in 40 of 480 games. Her fan base doesn't go to other games, even if they have a team in their town. She's not really moving the needle that much.
The girl that played at Notre Dame a couple of years ago can't think of her name she's a point guard she averages 27 points a game she should have been on the team before Caitlin Clark
The argument today spun by every female pundit in america does not hold any water. The very best team? The second best team is China. China. Everyone knows America will win gold even with bench players.
Next Olympics, CC must demand her own coach from Indiana and only play with players that can accept her like Cameron Brink, Nalyssa Smith, Kate Martin, Temi, etc.
There is no case against because they haven't picked the top 12 in the past (Parker, Taurasi, and Stewart, all made it as rookies) or this year. If they picked the top 12 Taurasi wouldn't be going for her sixth gold.
CC probably would've been on the team had she not led Iowa to back to back national championship games. The Olympic team practices are in April during the Final 4. So she's never practiced with those players on the Olympic team. Another thing to consider in 5 months, the beginning in March and into late July when the Olympics start. She finished she season at Iowa, won the Big 10 tourney, went to the natty (April 7th), drafted April 15th. WNBA season began a month later. She then plays 2+ months of WNBA games and then goes to Paris with players she's never played with. Yes, I believe she got snubbed, but I understand why she didn't make it. That's an insane 5 months and she got unlucky for winning. So why is she being critiqued? When she did everything she could.
Do you know what is really sad? I think Clark is a very good player and probably a really good person. But her rabid, cultlike fan base cannot accept anything short of idolatry, which negatively impacts people's perception of Clark.
I really miss the days when people watched the Olympics because they loved competition or felt a sense of national pride. I guess now they only watch if their idol is participating.
Weird how several wnba number 1 picks have gone in the last 20 years. Including DT, Stewie and Candace Parker. It’s fine if this is the decision, but let’s be accurate with history.
@@viktorstagnetti7491 That's the difference... They pick champions from college to be on the team, not losers. They're trying to keep the winning culture, not hand out participation trophies to players that haven't won anything.
The only glaring issue is adding someone to the roster that's currently injured and hasn't played all season. I'm assuming this person will be healthy enough to go come the Olympics but this pick is the only real head scratcher.
@andref9663 If we did not know Curry was going to be healthy ...yeah, that would be a concern voiced. Does Chelsea Gray deserve respect at the level of Curry..?? Apparently she does. *shrugs shoulders* I am not watching without Caitlin ...there are millions of us.
If that is the only real head scratcher then you have NOT looked at this years stats because out of the 7 guards on the team C.Clark's stats are better the at least 5 and maybe 6 if you take into account Gray hasn't even played this year yet.
And here is one of the main feeders of the CC Cult. Taking shots at other teams, taking shoes at other players while crying about how we need to support the entire league.
These women would win by 50 points, with or without Caitlin Clark. Stupid decision to leave her off the team. I am not even a marketing guy, yet these “professionals “ don’t understand this!!
The issue is the Olympic committee have said it wisent a skill level decision. They said it was based on a concern fans wouldn't like her not getting enough minutes, and her popularity was a distraction. THEY TOOK IT INTO AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT DIRECTION!
@@mc76 and that's the point of it isn't it? It is drawing in new eyeballs. CC has made the sport compelling for people who previously didn't give two fucks about a league that can't even sustain itself due to lack of interest. Maybe it would be wise to cultivate these new potential fans than alienate them with idiotic decisions
Unlike Clark, Laettner actually won an NCAA championship... and all the talk was surrounding the NBA players on the 1992 team because it was the first time NBA players were allowed to compete in the Olympics.
@@viktorstagnetti7491 He was picked because he was an NCAA champion and they still wanted a college rep because it was the first year NBA players were allowed to play. It's funny you guys think Laettner is a "gotcha" when he was a college player while Clark is a pro. LOL! All Clark has done so far is win 0 college championships and lead her WNBA team to a losing record.
CC did respond publicly to not being on the Olympic team and it was classy, as usual! BTW....she us not bothered by not being on the Women's Olympic team, so let's move on! She needs rest anyway!
If they wanted to build up Women's basketball then Clark would go. If it's about building the best team because of the jealousy and pettiness of the women on the team Clark can't go. There is a woman who has been injured since last year and she's on the team. The reason why Clark isn't going because they are petty and wouldn't be good teammates.
Taurasi and Stewart both made the Olympics team as rookies, yet somehow Clark (greatest scorer in NCAA history) can't. Gee, I wonder why. I think we all know damn well why.
@adamant5550 @RickyEdwards-gy9fc Why? Boneheads trying to ignite a race war were and are saying its racial. The Olympic coach, the NBA Commissioner, the Olympic director...the starting women's point guard...Caitlin's position...are ALL WHITE. I'm a CC fan and we're all being distracted by this false racial claim. Do you really think historically overlooked Black women would not welcome the chance for more money? Think about it!
@@userunknown1578 Champions on powerhouse programs lmao. Clark let crappy little Iowa to the championship game twice. That used to count for something; I guess it doesn't anymore.
It's damning in that they barely have any credible competition. The Dream Team would have still crushed everyone without Jordan. Would that have changed Jordan being the best player in the world at the time? Not saying Clark is remotely at that level. But, I am saying that a sufficiently stacked team winning without a particular player is not in itself an indictment of that player.
@@MikeHarvey-ol7xr it's the argument against forcing her on the team. It's giving her something she hasn't earned by being the one you need on the team. you need A'Ja Wilson, Kelsey plum, Breanna Stewart, Britney Griner. You don't need Caitlin Clark especially when she hasn't been around the team or played international ball yet. She'd get embarrassed in front of the world like she got embarrassed by the CT Sun tonight.
@ADL21 This, I'm more in agreement in of. She also NEEDS a recuperation period after the season given the abbreviated rest between playing in the NCAA and WNBA. The selection committee could have been out in front with a statement of "thoughtfully considered" her but concluded it was better for the team and Clark (lean heavy into workload here) that blah blah blah. That would have been much better received imo.
I wish Canada would invite her to play for them in the Paris Olympics (her mother Anne has dual citizenship). The Canada team is recently the 5th FIBA world ranking women and if the US team lose to Canada I will laugh loudly.
She broke Kelsey Plum's record over the same number of years. She only broke Pete's because they did not have the three point shot and he only was allowed to play on the varsity for three years.
She will not say so publicly with any conviction; but yeah, true. That said ...she would have powered through the Games ...and still had plenty of time to rest sitting at the end of the bench.
Do you think that the players on the US Team know very well that the media will make it about 100% all about Catlin vs The World at the Olympics rather than Team USA vs the World? Right now according to the coverage, there is no WNBA its the Clark NBA. Who knew other players would feel a bit slighted themselfs...
WNBA players have no say in the selection of the national team. That's like saying the NWSL players choose the squad for the USWNT for the World Cup. See how absurd that notion is?
@@viktorstagnetti7491 i am less than delusional to see that the only person being constantly shoved down my throat even when I chose to ignore it is this athlete. its mary lou renton and tiger woods again and again and again...
I didn’t think it was possible but the USA currently has the MOST celebrated, popular, and block buster Woman’s Basketball Superstar, Caitlin Clark, and the also the MOST hated USA Olympic Woman’s Basketball Team! All due to ignorance, selfishness, politics, and jealousy. Only in the USA! 🇺🇸
It’s wild how the wnba has there draft like a week after the college season ends , Their preseason starts a week after the draft , they also take a month long break mid season for the Olympics and world cups
It feels like a disproportionate amount of the Women seem to have this anti Caitlin or negative narrative while a disproportionate amount of the Men, seem to have a more positive and pro viewpoint. I find this to be the most fascinating element of this whole situation.
Caitlin is so well spoken. They should hire her to do commentary at the Olympics. Very minor suggestion on her post game interviews: She has a habit of bringing her hands to her face a lot which is a bit distracting. And that very minor suggestion is the only criticism of this exceptional charismatic young lady I could think of.
the fact that we are talking about caitlin clark NOT being on the team instead of the women who are actually on the team goes to show that CC should be on the team
She just broke the record for points scored in college,men and women.Her resume speaks for itself.Denying the world to watch her play is embarrassing,disgraceful and just plain idiotic.Not to mention strengthening USA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM! Suppression at it`s finest. Thanks GOP
“Rating through the roof when it involves the WNBA National Team”. Since when. This guy is pandering. You could’ve earned a subscriber if you came with facts instead of feelings.
The same thing happened in hockey when Sidney Crosby was left off the Team Canada roster for the Turin Olympics. Crosby took the high road and visited his junior team to enjoy the show. Unfortunately for Team Canada, they failed to get a medal. The next Olympics, Crosby scored the gold medal game winner.
As a basketball fan in Australia, i have 0 interest in the woman's Olympic basketball. Nor will I be watching. I'd have definitely tuned in to watch CC. Domestically it might not have made a difference, but global viewership will be down without her.
The main problem is how USA Basketball has managed the whole thing. 1) final tryouts are during the NCAA final 4, 2) they say Clark's tryout would be the first few weeks of the WNBA season, and her stats are better than some who made the team, and 3) the current excuse of how will her fans react if she get limited playing time is ridiculous, and has nothing to do with CC. You are wrong about Taurasi being owed one more turn. By that logic, MJ, Bird and Magic could be on this years team if they just asked. You get on the team by what you are doing now, not in the past. Look at how things worked out for the USA in the Women's World Cup. Do some research on the Dream Team. There were no restrictions on pros playing. And the bottom line is without CC, nobody would be paying attention to women's basketball at the Olympics, much less the WNBA, which wouldn't exist if it wasn't bankrolled by the NBA.
Let's not forget.. CC is having her ups and downs ... while her mere presence on the court reconstructs the WNBA. She does so with grace playing for a terrible team that shoots about 30% from the floor. Can you just imagine how she would play surrounded by an all-star roster for all the world to see?
There’s no way every one of those players is better than CC.. it’s pretty clearly not the case for several of them, not to mention one is still injured. Best team on the court should still include her, so there’s no valid argument.
It is also sad to hear people say, "she has plenty of time to make the team in the future"....Are you a fortune teller? Injuries in and outside the sport ends the dreams of many. You never know what can happen and tomorrow is never guaranteed.
@@mc76 Exactly! And there is no timetable for her return to playing which means she will more than likely be in street clothes the entire Olympics, filling a spot that CC could of filled.
Honestly, would it be so bad if NBA demanded the WNBA change management, piss off a few players and coaches none of us ever heard about, have them quit, then truly grow this league?
Caitlin Clark deserves placement on the USA Olympc team for her talent as well as her unprecedented popularity. Caitlin Clark deserves to join Diana Taurasi (2004), Candace Parker (2008) & Breanna Stewart (2016) who were WNBA top draft picks selected for the USA Women's Olympic Team. Caitlin is the WNBA Rookie of the Month who reached 200 PTS, 75 AST & 60 REB faster than any player in history. Caitlin achieved this while being defended more closely than any other player and being blitzed more than any team. The idea that Caitlin Clark has not earned a selection on the Olympic team lacks a holistic view of precedent, achievements and popularity. It robs millions of fans, other team members and women's basketball players and teams worldwide.
Per game she's 14th in scoring, 4th in assists, 24th in rebounds, 17th in blocks, 18th in steals, and 19th in efficiency. That's out of 144 players in the league, you decide if her numbers are good enough.
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"the ratings will be through the roof" Rich... what are you smoking brother? They haven't had "through the roof" ratings until CC showed up. Without her, very few will pay any attention. This reminds me of the US women in the last soccer World Cup, we may actually see US fans cheering against the USWBB team. This is a massive bonehead move. They included a player who hasn't played a game this year over CC. Petty, jealous women will destroy themselves over their own best interest.
Would have watched every woman's Olympic game if she would have been selected .... **Now I will not watch a single woman's Olympic game. "L"🤦🏿👎🏿 -🐢💯** 🇺🇸
I grew up with three sisters...women will revenge over lipstick...
I'm from germany. this tournament could have done the same for the international development of woman basketball what the 92 team did for the men.
unbelieveable missed opportunity for womans sport!
She is doing for the WNBA what Julius Erving did for the NBA. It’s boring. She is not boring. She’s also great and deserves to be on the team cause 3 point shooting is important.
It’s a business as is the Olympics and should be a business decision
Great take.
Diana Taurasi is a huge HYPOCRITE because she played on the Olympic Team as a rookie but she does not want CC to be allowed on the Team as a rookie.
She is far worse than a hypocrite.
A. She never said that. B. She has no say in who makes the team. The roster is chosen by a six-member committee consisting of four college coaches, a WNBA team president, and the WNBA director of basketball operations. One of the coaches is Dawn Staley. Are you suggesting that Dawn Staley doesn't know how to put together a championship team?
Diana Taurasi also didn't fail like Clown Clark in college... Diana won 3 college championships...so tell me what young player looks better to take on the world.. a youngn who won 3 or one who failed twice??...back to back....
@@furious_styles8872 OMG. You are clearly JEALOUS of Clark who is UNDENIABLY THE GREATEST ALL AROUND PLAYER in the history of women's college basketball. Taurasi did NOT win championships. The TEAM that she happened to be on won the championships. It's pathetic for Taurasi to conflate her individual performance with her TEAM'S performance. Clark PERFORMED MUCH MUCH BETTER than Taurasi on an individual basis during their team's tournament games. Clark set individual RECORDS whereas Taurasi did NOT. FYI. This season, Clark has better stats than Taurasi and therefore is more deserving to be on the Olympic team.
@@Spartacus516 ....ohhh yea dang I forgot....Iowa was ranked 500 in the NCAA the past 2 years, my bad...I forgot how horrible her team was..........
Rich - these folks are dedicated to driving her out of the league. They are having an immune system like response to this outsider. All they want to do is reject her.
*Question:* With all the hate she is receiving, is CC the Tim Tebow of the WNBA? 🤔💭
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@SnappingTurtle444 No, because she's a legitimate generational talent that belongs in the pro league.
Amen
Welcome to "Mean Girls: The WNBA Edition." 🙄 We can sit and debate all day whether or not putting Caitlin on the team increases or decreases the chances for U.S.A. to win gold. They've got the last seven in a row. So, if you're telling me that adding Caitlin to the roster somehow jeopardizes the chance for number eight, straight cap. I don't want to hear another women talking about the wage gap. I don't want to hear another woman talking about the patriarchy holding women down. I especially don't want to hear another WNBA player bitching and moaning about their salaries compared to NBA players. The WNBA has yet to make money in their 28-year existence. For better or worse, Caitlin puts people in seats, which is exactly what the league needs to become profitable. Leaving her off the Olympic team roster tells me everything I need to know about U.S. women's basketball. Watch...Chelsea Gray is going to have to drop out and Caitlin will be a last-minute inclusion, because the backlash is going to be more than they expected.
Mean boys don't exist because we actually expect men to earn their roster spot. Or be good enough to play on the roster.
Exactly
Noooooo C.Gray is an great PG when healthy the one who needs to go is D.Taurasi
@@andref9663Not true. Every Olympic basketball or Futbol (Soccer) team often includes players that aren’t in the top 12 or 20 athletes of that year. Other considerations might include experience, toughness, chemistry, familiarity with an offensive system, leadership, grooming young player for future international contests or popularity. Larry Bird retired the year he was on the 1992 Dream Team and had an injured back, Magic wasn’t playing in the NBA in 1992, but along with Michael Jordan they were the most popular players in the world.
Men’s teams are usually not a collection of the absolute best individuals but rather a collection of individuals that serve a team purpose. Caitlin’s purpose could be Assists, 3-pt shooting and of course attention the women’s basketball team has never had before.
@@johndickson435 You said it: "when healthy." Taurasi's statement at the start of the season about Caitlin revealed this decision was coming before it became public. It didn't make a lot of sense at the time, but, with situations like that, you have to connect the dots in reverse to understand the true motivation.
The ratings are gonna be through the roof? I have literally never seen or heard the Women’s Olympic Team being covered for winning a gold medal.
Ha, I had the same thought. The only reason the ratings might be higher this time around is to see how the team does, without CC. Otherwise, my guess is the viewership will be way down, and the other typical viewership draws will get the ratings. I only know of half the names on the team because I started watching WNBA for first time this season... due to CC. Regardless, I think her stats earn her a spot as a guard. Diana Taurasi's stats are worse than CC's... though impressive as they may be for her age, and she is a legend in WNBA.
Not there fault
@@WORKSbaby Their*
@@JonJon-wf5yj ther nuts
@@JonJon-wf5yj dese*
CC IS HER - Someone needs to tell these ladies. WNBA doesn’t deserve her.
@@jtcooper1033 Well right now she’s the only one on the fever who can score so you stop her you win the game.
Well tell her win games…She’s a horrible player.
@@livelaughlove1259flat out hater???
@@livelaughlove1259 she’s on a terrible team with a inexperienced coach and GM that doesn’t care
how are the ratings though the roof.... i had no idea the womens olympic team won 7 in a row ..... NO IDEA
Same, I'm going for 8 in a row of not watching with this decision.
I love how Clark stans enjoy reveling in their ignorance. They wear it like a badge of honor.
THIS. 👏🏼
Ratings through the roof without Clark. Are you delusional? Nobody watched the WNBA until Clark joined and no one sure as hell is going to watch the Olympics without her.
I definitely would have watched her play the Olympics. I may not watch any Olympics without her on the basketball team
HER MOM IS CANADIAN SHE SHOULD PLAY FOR CANADA TEAM
1) I watched the WNBA. But, I'm a basketball fan not just a cult of personality Stan.
2) If you're going to white knight at least learn how to spell Caitlin's name right. DA
3) Lul, you aren't going to watch the Olympics I'm sure they will be cancelled because Golfer Caitard isn''t going to watch.
@@Telefiendstop lying 😂
@@colpul2103 I would've tuned in with her playing or at least watched the highlights to see how she did but hell hardly anyone watches the men's games much less the women's but I will stick to soccer, swimming and track more than likely.
Rich, there are two players who have not played more than one game this year. CC stats are comparable and she is a rating machine. She should have been on the team. CC is class act responding to not making the team
I will not watch the Anti-USA Women's Olympic Team.
It’s not obvious she’s going to be on future Olympic teams. Only takes an ACL, that’s it. And it could be all over. Abject failure for the women’s basketball committee to capitalize on this wave.
Fans lose
Clark is why the wnba has views. If she stayed in Iowa, the league would still be sitting in the bottom of the toilet bowl. I watch only for Clark, never heard of any of these other “superstars”. They are bitter because Clark has brought more attention to woman’s basketball in two years then the wnba has in 26 years
You do realize she played 4 years in college. Post CoVid, so no 5th year at Iowa for her, she had to go to the league.
She should’ve made the National team because she scores slightly more than 1 or 2 women who made the team, not because she’s the face of the league.
However, her team is 3-10 and she only scored 10pts tonight. Let’s give her time to develop before putting even more pressure on her. Adding her to the team might cause more people hate her for getting the same treatment Danica Patrick received when she went to NASCAR.
Ironically, this just creates more positive buzz for Caitlyn than if she made the team. Now more people are starting to support and defend her.
Nobody is watching the WNBA now.
They're watching Fever games.
Sure it helps them, but CC is not getting people to watch the WNBA as a whole.
And the vast majority of people watching for one player will drop off. (Also, maybe you're unaware, but the Olympics is not the WNBA)
WNBA now have chartered flights for teams and 2 expansion teams coming. Teams have to move venues when she comes to play.
100% she should be on the team.
Crazy to think otherwise
You do realize all of that was already in the works, right? Expansion teams don't spring up in four weeks.
Mr. Eisen, yes, basketball wise CC deserves to be on the team. Why? Because there are two girls on the team who are injured or still recovering from injury.
Make that three.
I don’t want to hear them complain about NOTHING.
If this is your attitude, how would fans like you grow the sport?
@@andref9663 Oh, easy. I'd include the most marketable player on the roster to keep people like @langmofamily happy. Other questions? Because that was a very easy question. CC is the answer to your question. That's it. That's the comment.
The committee was successful. They said they didn't want to deal with fans that were upset that CC didn't get playing time. They won't have to worry about fans because there won't be any!
That is the dumbest thing they could have said because according to the real stats so far this year C.C. is better then 5 or 6 of the 7 guards on the team. She is also a true point guard which makes her the 3rd most important guard on the team or maybe even the second if Gray can't make it.
Not only is she not better than any of them (except maybe the sentimental choice, Taurasi), but she is not even the best guard left off the team.
That excuse - offered by everyone who responded - was literally laughable. Does not bode well for the sport that that's the best excuse they could come up with.
Hey Griner, why is some who knee's during our national anthem get to represent our country... Girl with an injury has played since Oct. 2023 has NO recovery date...yet you pick her over CC.....
Griner is a center. Her selection has no impact on Clark. As for Gray's injury, if she needs to be replaced, it should be with Arike Ogunbowale. She's averaging 26.5 points a game, her rebound and assist totals are comparable to Clark's, and she is a much better defender.
Ratings! Come on rich! They can put it on 4am. No one will watch. I dont need to watch any olympics now. I cant beleive NBC lets this happen
"They can put it on at 4AM." Yeah, because it's in Paris.
Diana Taurasi is not the WNBA and the players are the product not the buyers
Diana Tarasi could have sat this one out, let rookie play, give her some minutes.
The woman can win 12 straight times, if nobody cares, what does it really mean? I know a guy who has 36 perfect games in bowling! Guess what? Nobody cares. Same with the Olympic woman’s team
She didn't make the team because Taurasi and the "old guard" are jealous of her contracts, attention and worthiness. Simple as that. They should have cut Griner, Taurasi and one other older player and made room for the new talent. That is what should have happened. Big mistake. No one, literally no one watched the WNBA until Clark came along. Totally disgusting and stupid. Envy and jealousy and racism are evil and ugly. The league is full of people steeped in all three. Won't watch it again.
"They should have cut Griner, Taurasi and one other older player and made room for the new talent." That's bad new for Steph, Durant, and LeBron.
No, because Durant, and Curry still produce at a very high pro level
CC over DT that’s an easy decision.
Legends get a pass. She is Larry Bird on the Dream Team.
How about DT being selfish to try for her 6th gold when other players need the experience for future teams.
And unworthy to begin with.
facts
It would have been better if CC's stats were so great that they had no choice but to choose her. But you have to understand that she went through one of the most brutal WNBA schedule, and despite all that, she still was the fastest player to get 200 pts & 75 assists in WNBA history, and her stats were better than Taurasi's. By the way, the ratings for the Women's Basketball would NOT have been through the roof without CC. Never has, and never will.
She’s averaging 17pts 6 rebounds and 6 assists this season
@@locklife4336 Nooo 16.6 PPG 5.3 RPG and 6.3 APG plus 1.5 SPG 89.3 FT%
Caitlin is the only reason people car one iota about women's basketball. They've now given us one more reason to not watch the Olympics nor the WNBA. Caitlyn IS the WNBA
The story here is our daughters. They are inspired, millions upon millions worldwide. Nothing else should matter. We are losing our humanity.
Your daughters didn't matter before?
@@BlindedBySight They weren't inspired before. This is an unprecedented situation.
So, let me get this straight. We should choose our Olympic teams based on how inspirational they are?
@@mc76 You haven't got it straight. Its not inspiration per se, its WHO is being inspired and where they fall on your list of priorities.
@pjeffries301 And who's daughters are you referring to? Clearly not mine nor the women in HS, college and current WNBA players all talking about how they've been inspired and this was BEFORE Caitlin. Have you even seen some of these player's fanbase overseas??
So you think NBC will get her over there for commentary and exposure?
That would be amazing and hilarious because they would be paying her more than the women on the team made for going.
@@Telefiend 😆😆Good point!
THAT would be freaking EPIC!!!
How about having a rack of CC's new signature balls rolled out to use for pre-game warm-ups?
@@chuckbaker2398 oh that's taking it to a new and even better level
where are Nike NBC and the other sponsors, they will lose business with this decision.
America LOVE ❤ Catlin Clark and we demand she be part of the Olympic team
🇺🇸 1776 🥰
That is really what I am waiting to see, what are the sponsors going to do because of how much money this will cost them?
Are you planning to storm the USOC headquarters and demand a recount?
@@Telefiend There are 32 sports, with multiple games, rounds, or heats in each sport. The women's team will play eight times. Do the math.
Honestly, I would love for CC to sign a huge contract with a team in another country and just watch what happens to the wNBA ratings and interest.
Ironically, she is one of the few players who doesn't have to play in another country to make ends meet.
There going to win gold, yet nobody is going to know about it, because nobody is going to be watching.
Winning the gold is kind of the point, isn't it? When did television ratings become the barometer of athletic success?
Think about the business side.@@mc76
@@mc76 When those TV ratings are what is going to pay you afterwards. When MJ formed the dream team a lot of people world wide did not watch because he was so good, they watched because of the hype and some of those people stayed with the NBA or even know what basketball is because of that. The international popularity of the NBA certainly still benefits from that. That is a missed opportunity for the WNBA. Now the discussion is again on why she did not get selected and that the league of full of prejudice against women like CC.
Not a lot of people cared or watched WNBA, until Caitlin Clark came into the spotlight, that's just a fact
They don't care or watch it now. They just watch or go to her games, even if there is a team in their town.
Diana Taurusi is 41-yo with 5-gold already. 5-golds and nobody is watching her get her 6th. 😢
42 now and as mediocre as ever.
Rich that would make sense about Taurasi if they hadn't come out saying they are building the best team possible and that is why CC didn't make yet she has better stats than Taurasi has as do other women in the W. Saying someone has a right to it just because is just pandering she is taking the spot of a younger player to get experience for the next team. What happens if all the old heads are gone and now the experience is too. They have a player on the team that is still on the injured list and hasn't played a game all year!!!!! Taurasi was a rookie when she played in her first Olympics yet now we are saying CC is ready yet the stats from Taurasi's first 12 games as a rookie and CC's are pretty damn similar. There is a huge opportunity for the W and it's going up in smoke. The team is so loaded that it's a forgone conclusion they will get the gold and you know who will care, a handful of people because NOBODY watches the women's basketball games hell people barely watch the men's games. I am tired of the media taking article headline takes about this instead of really diving into it, hell just by what people are saying there are a bunch of women in the W that should be going over Taurasi and Gray both!
People are going to actively NOT watch the women’s olympics now because of the CC snub, as well as blaming the fans for the decision lmao. Nobody wants to watch overly arrogant players
I have a secret for you. Those of us who followed women's basketball and the Olympics before this year don't care whether you watch or not. NBC isn't going bankrupt because Clark's cult has its nose out of joint.
Really dude, no the rating won't... If it's just anout basketball look at her stats compared to the other players on the team
It is the same construct. Have you done any research on this? Taurasi was on the team as a young player. There is a tradition of including a young player. Stewart was also included as a rookie. Is CC the best player? No. Not yet anyway. Will this particular viewer probably not watch the Olympics now? Probably won't watch. And if I do, it's because I actually now know 8 of those 12 players from when they played Caitlin Clark. Huge missed opportunity to promote women's basketball around the globe. Would they lose the gold because CC was on the team? Are you f*ckin' kidding me? They will dominate.
Taurasi didn't play a single WNBA game when she was selected for Team USA in the Olympics.
And the attendance at the games that she has played in in the WNBA are over the roof.
Yeah, but she can only play in 40 of 480 games. Her fan base doesn't go to other games, even if they have a team in their town. She's not really moving the needle that much.
The girl that played at Notre Dame a couple of years ago can't think of her name she's a point guard she averages 27 points a game she should have been on the team before Caitlin Clark
The argument today spun by every female pundit in america does not hold any water.
The very best team? The second best team is China.
China. Everyone knows America will win gold even with bench players.
The more Caitlin Clark coverage, the more Credit Card charges! She is the Golden Goose!
Next Olympics, CC must demand her own coach from Indiana and only play with players that can accept her like Cameron Brink, Nalyssa Smith, Kate Martin, Temi, etc.
There is no case against because they haven't picked the top 12 in the past (Parker, Taurasi, and Stewart, all made it as rookies) or this year. If they picked the top 12 Taurasi wouldn't be going for her sixth gold.
Maybe not, but LeBron wouldn't be going for his third either. He is not the fourth best forward in the NBA. Legends get a pass.
@@mc76 Cap. Bron is still a top 12-15 player the league even at 40.
@@mc76 Yes but then it isn't an argument of the top 12 which opens it up. The WNBA needs growth and new eyes.
CC probably would've been on the team had she not led Iowa to back to back national championship games. The Olympic team practices are in April during the Final 4. So she's never practiced with those players on the Olympic team. Another thing to consider in 5 months, the beginning in March and into late July when the Olympics start. She finished she season at Iowa, won the Big 10 tourney, went to the natty (April 7th), drafted April 15th. WNBA season began a month later. She then plays 2+ months of WNBA games and then goes to Paris with players she's never played with. Yes, I believe she got snubbed, but I understand why she didn't make it. That's an insane 5 months and she got unlucky for winning. So why is she being critiqued? When she did everything she could.
Get your sensible take out of here 😂
Do you know what is really sad? I think Clark is a very good player and probably a really good person. But her rabid, cultlike fan base cannot accept anything short of idolatry, which negatively impacts people's perception of Clark.
I really miss the days when people watched the Olympics because they loved competition or felt a sense of national pride. I guess now they only watch if their idol is participating.
Weird how several wnba number 1 picks have gone in the last 20 years. Including DT, Stewie and Candace Parker. It’s fine if this is the decision, but let’s be accurate with history.
Yes, all those #1 picks won national championships in college... Clark didn't.
@@userunknown1578 Yes, and they're either not White or LGBTQ+P. Clark is White and straight.
@@userunknown1578 Team accomplishments. Not individual. Try to keep up.
@@viktorstagnetti7491 That's the difference... They pick champions from college to be on the team, not losers. They're trying to keep the winning culture, not hand out participation trophies to players that haven't won anything.
I'm glad to see people don't meritocracy anymore
The only glaring issue is adding someone to the roster that's currently injured and hasn't played all season. I'm assuming this person will be healthy enough to go come the Olympics but this pick is the only real head scratcher.
That would be like complaining that Steph Curry didn't play to start the season, but he's still Steph Curry
@andref9663
If we did not know Curry was going to be healthy ...yeah, that would be a concern voiced.
Does Chelsea Gray deserve respect at the level of Curry..?? Apparently she does. *shrugs shoulders*
I am not watching without Caitlin ...there are millions of us.
If that is the only real head scratcher then you have NOT looked at this years stats because out of the 7 guards on the team C.Clark's stats are better the at least 5 and maybe 6 if you take into account Gray hasn't even played this year yet.
WNBA is trying to grow and CC is the main draw . End of story
And here is one of the main feeders of the CC Cult. Taking shots at other teams, taking shoes at other players while crying about how we need to support the entire league.
Wait until they start rooting against the United States. You know that's coming.
Ideology trumps skill and success in the wnba. These women hate money. People are more likely to NOT watch the wnba olympic team without CC.
Then they weren’t fans to begin with.
Imagine needing a specific player to root for your own country.
@@crimsonaterdaeus I tried watching it every year, just boring.
The WNBA does not choose the Olympic team.
@@mc76 Wrong. The same people in the WNBA are coaches and administrators on Team USA.
These women would win by 50 points, with or without Caitlin Clark. Stupid decision to leave her off the team. I am not even a marketing guy, yet these “professionals “ don’t understand this!!
The issue is the Olympic committee have said it wisent a skill level decision. They said it was based on a concern fans wouldn't like her not getting enough minutes, and her popularity was a distraction. THEY TOOK IT INTO AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT DIRECTION!
They got it wrong. I'd have streamed the video highlights, minimally.
I didn't even know They have won 7 in a row.
Clark fans love to revel in their ignorance.
@@mc76 and that's the point of it isn't it? It is drawing in new eyeballs. CC has made the sport compelling for people who previously didn't give two fucks about a league that can't even sustain itself due to lack of interest.
Maybe it would be wise to cultivate these new potential fans than alienate them with idiotic decisions
I would have made the effort to watch some games if CC was on the squad. Now I could care less.
So, you care to some degree.
Not watching USA Women's Olympic Basketball
Once upon a time, Christian Laettner was on the Dream Team...
Why? It was the talk of the town and was good for the sport.
So sad for woman BB.
Unlike Clark, Laettner actually won an NCAA championship... and all the talk was surrounding the NBA players on the 1992 team because it was the first time NBA players were allowed to compete in the Olympics.
@@userunknown1578 His team won championships. No single player does that. Stop using it as a "gotcha". It's not.
@@viktorstagnetti7491 He was picked because he was an NCAA champion and they still wanted a college rep because it was the first year NBA players were allowed to play. It's funny you guys think Laettner is a "gotcha" when he was a college player while Clark is a pro. LOL! All Clark has done so far is win 0 college championships and lead her WNBA team to a losing record.
CC did respond publicly to not being on the Olympic team and it was classy, as usual! BTW....she us not bothered by not being on the Women's Olympic team, so let's move on! She needs rest anyway!
Rich, black lesbians are hating on CC getting all that shine. Plain and simple! There’s no argument. Stop pandering.
They did put a girl on the team that hasn’t played since October, which is very strange
We the people will be her voice. Don't disrespect the fans.
You're not a basketball fan though.
@@colpul2103you are not a basketball fan
"We the people" is such a dog whistle. Are you planning to storm the USOC headquarters until they change the votes?
If they wanted to build up Women's basketball then Clark would go. If it's about building the best team because of the jealousy and pettiness of the women on the team Clark can't go. There is a woman who has been injured since last year and she's on the team. The reason why Clark isn't going because they are petty and wouldn't be good teammates.
😢us sor for this conversation to be over with. When she. Wins something I will pay attention
Taurasi and Stewart both made the Olympics team as rookies, yet somehow Clark (greatest scorer in NCAA history) can't. Gee, I wonder why. I think we all know damn well why.
They never seem to mention that😮
@adamant5550 @RickyEdwards-gy9fc Why? Boneheads trying to ignite a race war were and are saying its racial. The Olympic coach, the NBA Commissioner, the Olympic director...the starting women's point guard...Caitlin's position...are ALL WHITE. I'm a CC fan and we're all being distracted by this false racial claim. Do you really think historically overlooked Black women would not welcome the chance for more money? Think about it!
they all went through training camps and fiba competitions to build chemistry whereas clark did not
Taurasi and Stewart were also NCAAW champions... Clark didn't win any championships in college.
@@userunknown1578 Champions on powerhouse programs lmao. Clark let crappy little Iowa to the championship game twice. That used to count for something; I guess it doesn't anymore.
the fact that people are saying "they'll win with or without her" is damning enough. If they'll win without her, then they don't need her.
It's damning in that they barely have any credible competition. The Dream Team would have still crushed everyone without Jordan. Would that have changed Jordan being the best player in the world at the time? Not saying Clark is remotely at that level. But, I am saying that a sufficiently stacked team winning without a particular player is not in itself an indictment of that player.
@@MikeHarvey-ol7xr it's the argument against forcing her on the team. It's giving her something she hasn't earned by being the one you need on the team. you need A'Ja Wilson, Kelsey plum, Breanna Stewart, Britney Griner. You don't need Caitlin Clark especially when she hasn't been around the team or played international ball yet. She'd get embarrassed in front of the world like she got embarrassed by the CT Sun tonight.
@ADL21 This, I'm more in agreement in of. She also NEEDS a recuperation period after the season given the abbreviated rest between playing in the NCAA and WNBA. The selection committee could have been out in front with a statement of "thoughtfully considered" her but concluded it was better for the team and Clark (lean heavy into workload here) that blah blah blah. That would have been much better received imo.
I wish Canada would invite her to play for them in the Paris Olympics (her mother Anne has dual citizenship). The Canada team is recently the 5th FIBA world ranking women and if the US team lose to Canada I will laugh loudly.
She broke Kelsey Plum's record over the same number of years. She only broke Pete's because they did not have the three point shot and he only was allowed to play on the varsity for three years.
Give the people what they want
Nobody watchin now!!! She's better than old jelly lady Taurasi..and most of the team now. FACT. This is about hatin on the white straight superstar...
Money is never a factor in team building...
Caitlin needs the rest. She is not going to admit that in public.
She will not say so publicly with any conviction; but yeah, true.
That said ...she would have powered through the Games ...and still had plenty of time to rest sitting at the end of the bench.
No one will watch it without her. Without the audience Rich you have no job
😊disagree, I will watch as much as I can, that's just one rookie, I want to see the others!😅😅😊
@@Argee52 You and several hundred others.
@@Argee52 All twelve of you!
Ratings will be through the roof, not when it involves a U.S. National Team..yes, but only with Clark on the team. Clarify your statement, man//
“ We want more money! “ given the opportunity “Not her!, we’re jealous losers”
They want a bigger percentage of existing revenues.
Do you think that the players on the US Team know very well that the media will make it about 100% all about Catlin vs The World at the Olympics rather than Team USA vs the World? Right now according to the coverage, there is no WNBA its the Clark NBA. Who knew other players would feel a bit slighted themselfs...
WNBA players have no say in the selection of the national team. That's like saying the NWSL players choose the squad for the USWNT for the World Cup. See how absurd that notion is?
@@mc76 I know theres 12 WNBA Teams and over 150 pro players...wheres the love media...you were right Isiah thomas...you wre right...
@@mc76 You are delusional if you don't think the stars are asked for their opinions on who to fill out the bench with,.
@@viktorstagnetti7491 i am less than delusional to see that the only person being constantly shoved down my throat even when I chose to ignore it is this athlete. its mary lou renton and tiger woods again and again and again...
Losing respect for Rich…
Because he doesn't tell you what you want to hear?
Check out his take with his wife on Butker's commencement address, if you haven't already. 😆
I didn’t think it was possible but the USA currently has the MOST celebrated, popular, and block buster Woman’s Basketball Superstar, Caitlin Clark, and the also the MOST hated USA Olympic Woman’s Basketball Team! All due to ignorance, selfishness, politics, and jealousy. Only in the USA! 🇺🇸
It’s wild how the wnba has there draft like a week after the college season ends , Their preseason starts a week after the draft , they also take a month long break mid season for the Olympics and world cups
Catlin takes so much smoke and handles all of this like butter.
It feels like a disproportionate amount of the Women seem to have this anti Caitlin or negative narrative while a disproportionate amount of the Men, seem to have a more positive and pro viewpoint. I find this to be the most fascinating element of this whole situation.
Caitlin is so well spoken. They should hire her to do commentary at the Olympics. Very minor suggestion on her post game interviews: She has a habit of bringing her hands to her face a lot which is a bit distracting. And that very minor suggestion is the only criticism of this exceptional charismatic young lady I could think of.
Can we settle this with a 1v1 showdown between Clark and Taurasi? I'm taking Clark in that one.
the fact that we are talking about caitlin clark NOT being on the team instead of the women who are actually on the team goes to show that CC should be on the team
She just broke the record for points scored in college,men and women.Her resume speaks for itself.Denying the world to watch her play is embarrassing,disgraceful and just plain idiotic.Not to mention strengthening USA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM! Suppression at it`s finest. Thanks GOP
The old scissor me timbers wnba squad didn't want CC on the team 😂
“Rating through the roof when it involves the WNBA National Team”. Since when. This guy is pandering. You could’ve earned a subscriber if you came with facts instead of feelings.
The same thing happened in hockey when Sidney Crosby was left off the Team Canada roster for the Turin Olympics. Crosby took the high road and visited his junior team to enjoy the show. Unfortunately for Team Canada, they failed to get a medal. The next Olympics, Crosby scored the gold medal game winner.
As a basketball fan in Australia, i have 0 interest in the woman's Olympic basketball. Nor will I be watching.
I'd have definitely tuned in to watch CC.
Domestically it might not have made a difference, but global viewership will be down without her.
Rich getting twisted out of shape trying to find a nuanced take 😂😂
I enjoy his takes but this was a reach that only the Concorde could have flown...whitesplain, meet manspread! 😂
The main problem is how USA Basketball has managed the whole thing. 1) final tryouts are during the NCAA final 4, 2) they say Clark's tryout would be the first few weeks of the WNBA season, and her stats are better than some who made the team, and 3) the current excuse of how will her fans react if she get limited playing time is ridiculous, and has nothing to do with CC.
You are wrong about Taurasi being owed one more turn. By that logic, MJ, Bird and Magic could be on this years team if they just asked. You get on the team by what you are doing now, not in the past. Look at how things worked out for the USA in the Women's World Cup.
Do some research on the Dream Team. There were no restrictions on pros playing.
And the bottom line is without CC, nobody would be paying attention to women's basketball at the Olympics, much less the WNBA, which wouldn't exist if it wasn't bankrolled by the NBA.
Why you guys keep purposely hiding the fact CC played 56 more college games than Maravich in order to become the leading scorer???
Let's not forget.. CC is having her ups and downs ... while her mere presence on the court reconstructs the WNBA. She does so with grace playing for a terrible team that shoots about 30% from the floor. Can you just imagine how she would play surrounded by an all-star roster for all the world to see?
There’s no way every one of those players is better than CC.. it’s pretty clearly not the case for several of them, not to mention one is still injured. Best team on the court should still include her, so there’s no valid argument.
Caitlin's stats this year are better than Chelsey Gray's....LOL!!!!
It is also sad to hear people say, "she has plenty of time to make the team in the future"....Are you a fortune teller? Injuries in and outside the sport ends the dreams of many. You never know what can happen and tomorrow is never guaranteed.
Well, yeah, because Gray hasn't played yet.
@@mc76 Exactly! And there is no timetable for her return to playing which means she will more than likely be in street clothes the entire Olympics, filling a spot that CC could of filled.
Caitlin Clark SHOULD BE THE one to carry the USA flag. Her fans will lose their minds.
Honestly, would it be so bad if NBA demanded the WNBA change management, piss off a few players and coaches none of us ever heard about, have them quit, then truly grow this league?
Caitlin Clark deserves placement on the USA Olympc team for her talent as well as her unprecedented popularity. Caitlin Clark deserves to join Diana Taurasi (2004), Candace Parker (2008) & Breanna Stewart (2016) who were WNBA top draft picks selected for the USA Women's Olympic Team. Caitlin is the WNBA Rookie of the Month who reached 200 PTS, 75 AST & 60 REB faster than any player in history. Caitlin achieved this while being defended more closely than any other player and being blitzed more than any team. The idea that Caitlin Clark has not earned a selection on the Olympic team lacks a holistic view of precedent, achievements and popularity. It robs millions of fans, other team members and women's basketball players and teams worldwide.
Per game she's 14th in scoring, 4th in assists, 24th in rebounds, 17th in blocks, 18th in steals, and 19th in efficiency. That's out of 144 players in the league, you decide if her numbers are good enough.
And a top 3 pt shooter - it is obvious she belongs. Taurasi should be out. Griner should have been left in Russia.
Chicago Sky still sold out against Washington, but for some reason they capped tickets at 10,000 for that game