“It Always Takes Time” - Sue Bird on Caitlin Clark’s Tough WNBA Transition | The Rich Eisen Show
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- Four-time WNBA champion Sue Bird and Rich Eisen discuss Caitlin Clark’s struggles in her first two games as a pro with the Indiana Fever.
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Through all of this, CC has never complained, never disrespected WNBA veterans, just tried to go about her business. It will be a process. CC needs to improve. So do her teammates and coaches.
best comment!
Basically, it's her new fans who is crowning her best player ever and only played two games.
@@CAS482 - Those new fans literally could be WNBA fans for life, but the WNBA jealous vets may end up killing the golden goose that can get the WNBA paid like the men's league. The players better think long and hard how they treat Caitlin and not sabotage her. It's pretty clear the coach and a couple of the Fever's teammates are out to embarrass Clark and marginalize her.
She only like 4 days into the nba. And didn't she complain about that male reporter? Like the nba players deal with dumbass reporters everyday
That's fair. I definitely understand they need more time to play together before the season. She'll struggle for a little, but eventually, she'll adjust. The two stars of the team are young, they'll figure it out.
I think that Caitlin's fan base is putting her under TOO MUCH pressure. She doesn't have room or time to learn, grow, etc. Pressure to perform is a major problem.
THE RACIST DID THIS😂 NOW SHE GOTTA DELIVER ONCE THE RACIST REFS START CHEATING FOR HER SHE SHOULD BE GOOD
@@Icebgriz with all due respect,
Did you watch the games. They called 2 bullcrap fouls on Caitlin in like the first 6 min of the dang game.
You think Caitlin is on the internet reading all the crap that people are saying? No room or time to grow? The time is now, while you're living in it. She the GOAT. Everyone online is just tripping because they see "0-2". Go touch grass, internets. People are quick to type something online and can't even go to the gym consistently two days in a row.
@@jamiee11 hell nall I ain't watching Caitlin Clark games I seen all I needed to see in the game against Carolina if she ain't shooting 3s she ain't on sht plus I won't help out the racist who trying to make her the reason the wnba is now watchable
@Icebgriz So you're commenting on something you haven't even researched?
She only broke a few records,a received a few important awards in college.
It has ZERO due to race. People have made it about her skin color,just like they did with Larry Bird!
Have a good day.
If they don’t pass you the ball you’d be pissed too
Yeah
She is the ball handler lol. She always has the ball she is the point guard
He has had 23 shots, so far and missed 70%. I'd say no more.
Hey Rich, you remember MJ in his first All-Star game. His teammates refused to pass it to him. The Fever looks the same too me. CC barely touched the ball in long stretches of the game. They would not screen for her. They would not run the court for her. She is all by herself with no help. The only girl on this team that will help her is sitting on the far end of the bench. That is Celeste Taylor rookie. She has played 0 minutes in two games. Best defensive player on the team and a spot up shooter. She would also run fast breaks with CC.
No, the team has to gel and she needs to get used to being physically pushed around by bigger stronger women. Idk why yall thought this was going to be easy for her. She’s skinny af and only had a month to prepare. Taurasi told y’all this was going to happen and ya called her a hater. She also said CC would be fine so let her develop into the player we all know she can be. Give them all time to adjust to each other
People love talking about CC and say nothing about the team as a whole and how this organization has done nothing in the offseason to prepare for her coming
Well what the heck do you want, yet another Number 1 overall draft pick in the next WNBA draft, that would make it 3 yrs in a row. Plus add in the 2nd overall pick in the draft the year previous. People love tearing down either or both, Clark's College Coaches and or Teammates and or her current ones.
Exactly. Coach Sides had MONTHS. Instead of preparing, she's chosen to take the "Caitlin just needs time... Caitlin may have to make some changes...". INDY better get their stuff together. I'm sending the internal message to her circle that she needs to go Jordan and let the team know she is the leader. The team has shown they don't have one, and this bs about her having to play the rookie role is over, before it even started.
The team miscalculated by just assuming that Clark, Boston and Smith would be the perfect trifecta. Should’ve loaded up on more bench players that could’ve fit CC’s style cause she would at least be able to put up numbers playing with a bench unit down the stretch. Instead she’s being forced to lead a team where the vets are supposed to be helping her but can’t. 😢
Indiana Fever players can't shoot the ball, and they are sloppy players that do not gel together well. Another losing season on the horizon. Goodbye Coach. Bring in a new coach, and some better players.
How do you know the team has not done anything? I hope she plays well...I thought she was suppose to be great
Thank you Sue. This interview was needed!
Sue bird is well spoken and had some great insight. CC will step up and will be significantly better if her teammates and coach step up, too. The team is not currently playing good fundamental team ball. The coach needs to help that.
Sue is right on the money,it will take time,CC will be a star.Sue is beautiful inside and out!Love her!!!!!!
Cc is a star, bunch of us started watching cuz of her. This is entertainment, a kids game, that adults get paid to play. Anything more is fiction.
Her time is over, the hype is done....
I don't think so stats usually show that she been showing roll player there's no reason she shouldn't of dropped 30 first game of her career she couldn't because the other team wouldn't let her she put up enough shots to do so Caitlin Clark is Adam Morrison 🤣
@@alvarm23 a grown man created basketball not a kid wow wtf do these unbelievable PPLS come from basketball is a man's game period and if cc don't score at least 28 points on good efficient shooting the bust chants mite start heating up
Yes but it can take as much time as u want and she just may be anoth we average player. Thise days of her being the best player may be long gone. Thats what some people aren't excepting. What has been exposed is people's ignorance of how great the talent is in the wnba and low it is in college. We see stars in college become bust all the time. This could be the case. Not saying it is but i wont be shocked one bit
A lot of people called these women haters when they were just being honest.
There Approach To Her Was Down Right Ugly, Sue Just Stated It Was Somewhat Unfair With A Target On Her Back.
@@michael1257 I don’t think Caitlin is being targeted. I don’t see it. It’s basketball they’re suppose to guard her.
They Were and Still Are Jealous Of The Attention and Endorsements. She Made More Money Than Any Of Them Without Stepping On The Court, Case Closed. It Will Take Time, But She Will Be One Of The Best.
@@michael1257Idk about all that. Lets simmer down with the money talks. Players have been making money way before NIL deals (we just couldn’t talk about it publicly 😉.) If you’re referring to Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird, they’ve made their money here through an array of things and overseas but that’s not even the point. Love Caitlin, I appreciate her and think the W needs her but they said nothing wrong. Sue Bird and DT had undefeated seasons and championships at UConn and was humbled entering the W were they being targeted? Lol. Cmon now. They said she will experience transitional phase. Which all the rookies are. Just because some one isn’t calling Caitlin God doesn’t mean they hate her. I swing her praises when called for and critique her as well, I’m far from a hater as much money as I e spent on her. lol. Objectivity is key!
@@michael1257 the vets sayingthere will be a learning curve is not being a hater or ugly, this is the pros 🤡
Last 7 years the Fever have been in the basement. Christie Sides took the coaching job in 2023. Boston was drafted in 2023. The Fever won 13 games, 8 more games than in 2022.18 to 20 wins are needed to get to the playoffs. Boston and CC should get us there.
ILuv and respect Sue Bird, I saw her play many years ago, she's a classy Lady Luv, LuvHer, I saw her when she played against Liberty
you're one of the few
So many damn comments about Coach Christie Sides. It has been 2 games....."2"......against the 2nd and 3rd best team in the league last year. Their off guard is working back from a last minute injury,so CC is playing some 2....allowing the Veteran PG to play.
They do look outmatched athletically and size wise so far, so a 2-12 start would get the coach off the charter flights and back into a u-haul......but for now, be logical
Rich Eisen! Excellent show. You and Sue are true professionals!
Great discussion and insight, Sue and Rich!
Sue is sure giddy about this! Just more proof that the entire league current and former players are jealous AF of CC! Its sad because Caitlin is a good person! Yes I know her somewhat, but my best friend played against her dad in college and he was a coach in the youth leagues Caitlin played in and we watched her play basically most of her life! Any of the other players wouldve signed a big shoe deal if they were offered one! As a matter of fact there have been 9 black players with shoe deals, and thats including Angel and A'ja, and Caitlin is the 5th white woman to have a shoe deal! CC is changing the league and fan base that will elevate all of the women on every single team, which is what theyve been complaining about FOREVER!
Like some have mentioned before - CC is a great talent, but she's not bigger or faster or stronger than these other wnba players. She's not some freak athlete and she will have to have others on her team be able to play well together to make them a competitive team.
All of this coverage makes it seem like Clark is the only player on the Fever
Wait!!!! The name of the team is the fever
It’s sad cause CC haven’t provided that she should’ve been the number one pick. They thought CC was going to save the Fever when she couldn’t save Iowa. I believe they put CC in a position so that they could have something to talk about.
She was put in the corner and the ball was taken away from her by her own coach and teammates and she only got 8 sporadic shots without building a rhythm. It's no wonder she's angry. It's not her fault in Game 2 against the Liberty, it was the coach's fault.
She had the ball plenty often enough to have taken more shots, she either passed up those opportunities because she was well defended or she tried to find a teammate for an assist. She was a big part of the reason she only had 8 shots and it probably had a lot to with her shot being off.
She has possession a majority over the team, stop the excuses. We all knew the excuses would come crying out loud when she was average. Fact is, she got really lucky in college and will be average in the WNBA
@@101yak - Liar. She had possession most of the time in Game 1, but not Game 2 against the Liberty. In Game 2 the ball was taken from her and she was put in the corner most of the game. Get reality straight.
How she have 9 tos if she not handling the ball
@@C47vin10 TOs
These basketball players are just doing what they are suppose to do …play basketball. They didn’t ask for anything. The Media put Caitlin in this position. Go blame the media.
The media and her fans that only want her to shoot .3’s and her teammates to feed her the ball and watch her shoot. Wrong type of basketball. They don’t understand what it means to have 5 players out there taking shots. They think CC is supposed to shoot the ball 🏀.
No one watched the games of Sue Bird.
ITS NOT WHAT DT SAID- ITS HOW SHE SAID IT-
No, it's what DT said. You should apologize to her for hating on her.
@@gg70000 sue bird said same thing but there was class and poise behind it- DT had scorn and jealousy in her tone. at the end of day, Caitlyn WILL bypass DT'S RECORDS and DT knows that IS the REALITY that IS COMING.......
Sue Bird and all the long time WNBA are a little jealous of CC popularity.
I wouldn't include Bird in that category. She's been pretty fair.
Taurasi is another story.
They were all fair...you just bought into the hysteria. CC is Tebooe 2.0..
I think Sue is right on the money with several points. Caitlin's fan base is putting her on a pedestal that is way to high. The Fever is not a strong team, which let's the defenses focus on her. The WNBA is reacting to her fan base and the media far more than actions/remarks from Caitlin. I feel bad for Caitlin, because she has to try and live up to this fictional super player the fans and media portray her as. The fans are calling for the coaches head as if that is the whole problem. Reality can suck at times. If the Fever had another player that was threatening on offense, then Caitlin would get more looks. Right now she is being swarmed on every possession, which makes the adjustment to the pro-level of play so much harder. It would have been better if the schedule would have been front loaded with weaker teams. I hope that someone helps Caitlin take a deep breath so she can ride out this storm and that the league understands that the super-player image coming from the fans and media is not what's coming from Caitlin - give her a break.
Sue Bird is such a classy person. Listening to her is much easier than most of others who criticize Caitlin. Others seemed so spiteful.
Spiteful no they are watching the game and they see CC mistakes. The other team defense is keeping CC from getting the ball.
I like this Sue Bird lady.
Welcome to the club. She's one of the 🐐s
Is Sue really going to ignore the bad coaching by Sides?
Bad coaching to you. Too much emotional connection. Watch the games
@carlmathews5778 the coach is horrible
Now why on earth would she speak on that?
yes
She's actually not coaching bad at all. Pay more attention to the moments the team clicked and moments they didn't and see who was on the floor during those times lol
Ms. Bird seems like a nice person. IDK of any $hit that she's said about CC, but maybe I missed something, but seems Sue is pretty cool- and I haven't seen much, but she's a great player from what I hear. The more CC is successful, the more people will see and appreciate the historical W figures in the game.
this interview was very insightful and helpful to me, thanks sue
Best 'adult' conversation about the W and CC I've heard so far. So Refreshing!
Bad coaching, bad team, bad teammates. Then there are always toxic haters.😅
I remember when MJ went to Chicago they were bad for a few years, MJ would score 50 points and they still lost. No one player makes any team in any team sport.
Caitlyn will be fine. She just needs time. Her coach has to create more opportunities for her, and her teammates need to fish better to take the defensive pressure off. She's playing against professionals for the first time. Show some patients.
I appreciate Sue’s tone, demeanor and intellect.
The amount of excuses made is wild.
Caitlin Clark 0-3 record in the WNBA. Second game 33% shooting percentage and 10 turnovers 🗑️👎 totally overrated
I had a HUMONGOUS CRUSH on Sue Bird growing up. I thought she was SO BEAUTIFUL!! I remember running into her, Diana T and Swinn Cash, at the Bloomfield mall in CT back in 2001. Sue was just as beautiful in person. I remember saying, "I love you, Sue!!", and then her turning around and blowing me a kiss! Then all three of them turned away and giggled like school girls as I stood there in shock that she even acknowledged my "cat call". That made my day, and made me forever love Sue Bird (to this day) ❤
The coaching on her team sucks. They're doubling her as soon as she comes up. Her team isn't coming to help bail her out. Once she's free from the double help is right there. The coach doesn't know how to adapt to that.
I barely know basketball but there are 1 thousand other things a team can do other than keep it and get doubled.
Sue Bird you said it takes time for Catlin Clark to adjust. Well Candice Parker had 34 points 12 Rebounds and 8 assists on her Wnba Debut . And no one was calling Candice Parker the greatest female basketball player. And Candice Parker blended right in.
Candace was the greatest female player of all time. Her rookie season she was rookie of the year and league mvp. I believe your stats are wrong I watched her 1st game and she had a triple double.She was the dominant player in that league for a decade or so.
You are saying Candice Parker is the greatest female Basketball player that statement is coming from you , Not the Media. The Media was calling Catlin Clark The greatest female Basketball player ever. The Media never said Candice Parker is the Greatest female Basketball player ever. And yes you was right she won the Rookie of the year and Most Valuable player of the year and I am right on this one she had 34 points 12 rebounds and 8 assists. Check it out for yourself .
@@user-bh3fd8tk9g Well, Caitlin Clark was hitting shots and doing things only male players were doing in terms of perimeter shooting. She literally looks like Steph Curry when she's allowed to do her thing. The problem is she's clearly getting sabotaged by her own team out there. Made to play off the ball, sit in the corner, etc.
@@user-bh3fd8tk9g They were referring to her as the greatest ever at the college level. Still not true IMO, but they weren't talking about professional basketball.
@@cobra7282Her cult like fans said she would light the league on fire from day one. They called others haters for saying it would take some time
Thank you Sue Bird. Well said.
Pro teams are not just an accumulation of all stars from a single college season. They are all star teams made up of the best of the best of the best from the last 15+ college seasons!!!!!! Clark has never played against competition even close to that of WNBA teams. Everything is going to be harder and will require significant adjustments before she feels comfortable and becomes a consistent performer.
REALITY, folks!!!!! What a concept!!!
She have not been proven, correct you’re being dishonest Clark playing her out of position and taking the ball out her hands and forcing her to play a losing style of basketball we can all see this happening in real time
@brandonzzz1 Excuses are for losers
WNBA is fumbling their golden goose though. You know Clark was coming. Why start her off with back to back games against the toughest teams? Who cares how good or proven she is. She has the eyes, so capitalize on it.
Again she got drafted to the worst team in the league
Consequences of being #1 Draft pick
@brandonevans4773 That would make more sense, but honestly, nobody pictured Indiana being this bad or they wouldn’t be putting them in so many national games. It will end up being a disaster.
@Lanier-ry5yy is Indiana competing to get the number one pick again or will it automatically go to one of the expansion teams
That coach is going to be fired.
Besides her, Wheeler needs to go or be traded.
Just hang on all your wishes will come true. They need to get rid of the other 11 players and they can just let her hand pick who she wants to play with.
can only hope. let clark run the show. she should be the only one bringing the ball up the court
@@politicallil7060these ppl actually believe she can do that 😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂 I love it she is a bad player
Let's enjoy the struggle! It will take time for her to find her best version. She has good reasons to be frustrated. Nobody likes losing. She's through a process and she will learn a lot from these loses.
Thank you for bringing in a voice of reason.
And there she goes. Pretty quick adjustment. The adjustment is more about the Fever coach and teammates adjusting to CC than CC having to adjust.
What I want to know is why do women get drafted and then start within 2 weeks of joining a team they have never practiced and trained with? NFL, NBA, etc. do not draft and play within 2 weeks of the draft. Doesn't make sense...dooms the players and teams...And... why is Sue Bird so gleeful at this problem? Clark is the golden goose she has been screaming for. Clark is the one with class though all this.
The WNBA starts when it does so that its players can augment their meager salaries by playing overseas. The overseas leagues begin practice in September.
There’s no golden goose. There never was.
@@GrahamCStrouse - There was, but after the WNBA sabotaged Clark the goose will die soon if Clark is not freed up to play as she is able. People paid to watch a superstar play, not get sabotaged by the league's jealous players and her own coach and some of her teammates.
Long term, Fever should tank to be able to draft Bueckers. WNBA needs to pull strings, have a coach in the waiting for the Fever who has researched and planned to maximize the young talent. Trade away vets as well. Year 2 this needs to be Clark's team, no questions.
They won’t even pass her the ball.
Like Stephen A. Said she can't be pouting have her head down she gotta go get through it
Ppl been saying it wasnt going to be easy then yall called them "haters". Fans crowned her & now they are out to break her. They are picking her up 94ft noatter if shes playing PG or SG
Rich, take responsibility for your part.
Another thing, teams have seen soooo much film on her, that they already know how to guard her.
This conversation is a bit simplistic. I just watched video on Taurasi, Wilson, and other "GOATS" being guarded by one defender, not being double- and triple-teamed. Also, this conversation totally leaves out the Fever's lack of offensive strategy in setting up screens and making plays. The look-at-me-I'm-the-coach coach has also expressed a disdain for long 3's and gave Caitlin a '0.5 second rule' that's now messed with her thinking. In one game I saw Caitlin double-clutch twice. I never saw that in Iowa. She looked like she wanted to shoot, then she backed off and started to look for someone to pass to. So now Caitlin is supposed to pass the ball and do 'deep 2's.' Just talking about this whole idea of her problems in transitioning to the WNBA is not as simple as Taurasi was right.
This is a prime example of basketball analysis done by a Caitlin Clark Cult Member. You see conspiracies and intrigue. I see a rookie who is not a complete player yet and who does not walk on water. Take her off your cultural pedestal and apologize to Diana Taurasi while you're at it.
If u eat h sports Taurasi & Bird are PLAYMAKERS u play them differently. CC has plays called FOR her!! Her teammates have to assist her w/ getting OPEN. she shoots logo 3s because her feet are SLOW & if closer to the basket defenders would block her shots etc. CC has to go back to drawing board get in a good mental space & START OVER . She didn't win in college only put up NUMBERS. .
.No rings... different mental for Angel. Camilla. ...they have rings so they don't feel pressured to win even if spot light on them
Its not all about Caitlin, it's about all her fans finding out that there are actually some pretty good players in the WNBA besides Caitlin.
She's in the pros. IRON SHARPEN IRON. Fans can't comprehend that.
Why isn't Clark making her shots? Answer: She is exhausted. Remember she was out-of-gas in Q1 of her first pre-season game. Her schedule of TV spots, advertising the WNBA, million dollar decisions, and cross-country travel, has been the cause of her recent lackluster performances. Just look at pictures of her at Iowa versus now. Her coach and team are trying to protect a sleep deprived athlete? You decide.
Its not all about Clark, its about the whole team. Clark has been pressured since her College days and she doesnt mind it anymore as she said.
First Sue Bird is Gorgeous! Obviously Indiana is bad and Miss Clark is going be humbled this season, because all her competitors are going to go at her hard.
Taurassi hasn't been proven correct. Scoring 20 points in your first game. 9 in the second, and 22 points in the third is not bad.
She is enjoying this way too much
She is the Taylor swift of basketball
Caitlin Clark or Jimmer Fredette?
Strategically, it also seems like they aren't running many sets for her to be more effective. Which is a coaching problem. Play to her strengths and run some actions to get her a few easy buckets.
What's going on here is more than Clark adjusting to the pros. What these wnba players are doing to Clark they don't do every night to every guard. Blitzing, hedging on screens, doubling her when she catches the ball. I don't have a problem with doing any this if necessary to win the game. But that's not what's happening here. They want to quiet the hype. They're doing to her what LeBron James and D Wade did to Jeremy Lin to stop Linsanity or what Pippen and Jordan did to Toni Kukoc in the Olympics.
The WNBA has Fever starting the season w/7 games in 12 days w/all but 1 game against a top 4 team, so they can use CC to get attention for the top teams in the league & the Fever are using CC for her assist & how she pulls so many defenders from other players. The WNBA & Fever are killing their golden goose.
Of course CC has to adjust to the stronger defenders she will meet in the WNBA, but I don't know how many rookies are getting double & triple teamed their first year either. And though she's a rookie, its just stupid for the Fever, a team that hasn't had more wins than losses since 2016, to get a player like CC & not let her be the main PG & run the plays. If they don't let her be the primary PG they will never figure out how to play to everyone's strengths. I don't care if they avg 20 TO a game while they figure out how to gel with her as PG. They're definitely not going to figure it out putting CC in the corner as a SG that no one ever passes to.
It doesn't "take time" for CC. She is clearly better than most women on the court. Her team is just in love with missing layups and keeping the ball out of her hands than they are with winning.
Street ball meets college ball and street ball has more devotee's. Like pro wrestling, fans attend to see people knock each other around the BB court
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Where were her team mates?
Catlin is with the wrong coach.
Caitlin is an average rookie playing basketball against better professional athletes. Take her off your pedestal.
Reality is coming. This league has terrible viewership. Clark is the golden goose. That’s the real reality.
Ridiculous. I’m not even a Clark fan but to say DTarsudi was kinda rt. is a joke. C. Clark scored 20 in her first game. 2nd game only 9 but all they did was try to feed it in to Boston who missed shot after shot or actually lay up after lay up playing like a typical WNBA. Throw to your one big girl in the paint and let her try to make maybe 40% of her lay ups/5 ft jumpers. God awful to watch. I love how all these WNBA players (current not Sue Bird) always have to say how there are soooo many great players in the league and they have been playing GREAT basketball for years now almost like they are trying to convince you (and maybe themselves ) of that. The few times I have watched over the past 5 years it was AWFUL. Almost like going yo the dentist the missed shots, missed lay ups , slow play and god awful turnovers. Unwatchable. It will take 20 C. Clarks to make people want to watch this league. The hype will wear of fast.
Some of these stans can’t think without emotion. People said she’ll need time to adjust. Goats like Sue, Diana Taurasi said the same thing. CC is playing against professionals who get paid too, why would they take it easier on her
Well, the WNBA does have a few true professionals and not just basketball talent.
Tbus is exactly hiw you talk to your peers. Way to go Sue.
Hey Rich, chill and take a pill. It is only the second game of her career.
its AMAZING how thick your skin gets as a rookie with a 25 million dollar NIKE deal...if ALL she was making was the league minimum it would be different for her...obviously she wants to win but her team doesn't just jump into 1st place cause you bring in a young shooter who can pass too (remember the Bulls and Jordan, it took years and spending millions to build a championship team).
It's 28M
It's sooooo different men's sports and women's sports and I hope it stays that way. Can't imagine my favorite sports teams having the players engaging in intimate relationships with each other or players on different teams. It would create chaos u couldn't even imagine
Funny and odd advice Sue considering Caitlin would mop you up in your prime in ball.
No she wouldn't...Sue Bird was really good!
I'd listen to Sue Bird, if I were Caitlin & learn from her.
I would never talk to her again. 1:30, Sue is loving this. Wow.
BABY! Caitlyn fans STOP babying this woman. Let Caitlin bond with her teammate so they can learn to win a game. All we hear is get rid of the couch and teammate. Caitlin has to learn how to adapt to different situations good bad and ugly.
The fever needs a coach like sue bird because im watching them play now and honestly they're coach they have now doesn't know how to use thwy talent she has on the fever Sue a be great for them
I have watched these first two games and the reality is that no one other than Caitlin Clark is being doubled and sometimes triple teamed - including the MVP players she has played against. These veterans would also have a hard time scoring if the opposing team was able to focus so many defenders on just them. Caitlin has also been taken out of the flow of the games by excessive foul calls against her in many cases with little or no contact while on the other end getting bodied relentlessly with no calls. Looks like an initiation to me - not “a tough transition” due to a step up in talent. Opponents against Iowa were not able to focus so many defenders on her as they are doing in the WNBA. The reality is that they know the rest of the Fever team is limited and they seem to be right.
Caitlin knew reality was coming. The media and fans not so much.
10 turnovers ?
Wow! 😮😮
Payton Manning set the record for most interceptions in an NFL season his rookie year. The record still stands today. Like Sue said, the defense's entire game plan is to stop CC22. That is a compliment. Give it time.
@@Joe-dw1jn so why blame the coach. The coach is not the problem.
If you watch the games, many of those are passes that her teammates weren't ready for or bobbled. Like Nalyssa Smith said,"when she has the ball, keep your head up because the ball is coming."
@stevehardwick7285 and her shooting 30%
this dude talks like the worst team doesn't always get the first pick
Caitlin Clark you may be a great college scorer give you that. Greatest college player ever Breanna Stewart 4 championships and 4 mop no one can top that
CC probably feels like me when I'm pwning on Fortnite and suddenly Skill Based Matchmaking kicks in.
The media created this … it’s not Caitlin or the players fault. Stop blaming the teammates, coaches, other players. She packed the seats so she should be giving everyone a good game. Are you trying to say everyone owes her something? What do they owe her. You get drafted to the pros because you are seen as ready for professional basketball. It’s wrong to make excuses and blame others.
To me this team that CC played against knows how CC is good because they prepared hard on how contained her.. To me it’s just accepting that CC is really good player.
Caitlin Clark game reminded me of Trae young. She's a willing passer who can score from 3 point line.. if Trae young can become effective basketball player.. l believe Caitlin can do the same
The great professionals have to double team her to stop her. The conversation has started about the WNBA. I started watching some time ago, the Lisa Leslie days(my favorite player prior). She's good. They are all good. All GREAT PLAYERS must adjust at all levels! Keep watching!
They cover Clark like they hate her.
@@abc631 - Exactly. Her own coach in press conferences criticizes Clark's strengths and talents as weaknesses and her teammates are out there not bailing her out of double teams on purpose.
I mean Carrington locked her up pretty damn well all by herself. Laney of the Liberty also did well by herself as well, but doubled her when the opportunity presented itself. Fact is that she has shown to turn the ball over when she gets pressed and trapped so she will continue to see it until she shows she can beat it with her passing or her ballhandling.
It’s called defense.
Defense.
Sue's the best
You can't rise to this level playing against college players. Let's give her a chance to respond.
Just like Lonzo the media put a target on her back before she stepped on the court
New "fans" have a perfect view of the talent and attitudes that have made the WNBA a fantastic organization.
The coach is in over her head. At this rate they won't even surpass their 13 win total from last year. Time for a new coach for sure.
The No.1 draft pick goes to the No.10 (out of 12) WNBA team. It's gonna take time for the TEAM to catch up to be on CC's level! And many of them wanna prove that they're just as good as CC, so they take their shot and... MISS!! And their defense is nonexistent. Yes, she's the little fish playing with the big fish, but the big fish suck... and they have been sucking... and they're ok with sucking. Until CC finds a team that appreciates what SHE can do for THEM, the entire team will continue to suck... not CC... the team.
I just want to say aliyah Boston was horrible. I couldn't believe she is even in the wnba. She forces herself to the hoop where most of the time it looks like a 5th grader dribbling in looking down at the ball. Forcing shots just to get blocked. Not dominate enough to create a double team where she can dish it out to CC for a 3pt shot. Yea it's horrible
You do know AB was rookie of the year last year? It's not one sided. Maybe CC is supposed to be developing chemistry with the rest of the team too?
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do think ab came in great shape and ready to play. i think she is slow and needs to loose about 30lbs
It's the WNBA people. No one is going to be talking about Clark or the league in three weeks. In fact, I'm excited to see how they plan to pay for the chartered flights when the ticket sales start to slump.
They generated 60 million last year not to mention the money from the NBA they will be just fine also ace been having charter flights lmao
BINGO!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@@carl1799 why you saying bingo for people are already noticing more talented players than her lol also she got her team a charter flight not the entire wnba, las Vegas been flying charter post season games been selling out seats for years now she definitely bring more eyes so does Reese 6 million followers hence them booking Chicago games in bigger arenas Cam'ron brinks gotva large following juju is going to bring a large following Paige also the WNBA will be fine
Sure they want it to take time. How else can they say they (the Womens league) are better than others if they do not "Take time".
Packed house? More like the arena staff and a few fans without Clark.
Bird is right on
The fever are horrible