Caitlin Clark Voted Rookie of the Year In the WNBA

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She is one amazing player. She has many game segments on YouTube, if interested. She makes 3 pointers 20+ feet out from the basket. She is also a team player leading the team in assists. The best I have watched at her level.
 

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Well that was no surprise. I don't watch the games but have seen new reports about how amazing she is. They are really into sports on GMA. Caitlin has certainly helped bring more attention to women's basketball.
 

Since I am from Iowa and am an alumni of University of Iowa I am a huge Caitlin Clark fan having followed here career since playing for the Iowa Hawkeyes. She is without a doubt a class act and has arguably done more for the WNBA than any player in it's 25 year history. I am talking in terms of media attention and exponential increases to viewership. I think she will lead the way to huge salary increases for the entire sport.

She is a real inspiration to young girls everywhere.
 
Just read yesterday that Caitlin is considering going to Europe next season to play basketball. She listed a number of reasons for the move, including more money. If she goes to Europe, the WNBA will suffer with attendance. I don’t know if it’s a done deal yet or not.
 
911 said:
Just read yesterday that Caitlin is considering going to Europe next season to play basketball. She listed a number of reasons for the move, including more money. If she goes to Europe, the WNBA will suffer with attendance. I don’t know if it’s a done deal yet or not.
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I haven't seen this but I would be surprised if she would go to Europe. She has huge endorsement deals here:
  • Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
  • Nike
  • Gatorade
  • Bose
  • State Farm
  • Buick
  • Hy-Vee
  • H&R Block
  • Topps
  • Shoot-A-Way
  • Goldman Sachs
She is making most of her money from these endorsements. Her salary is only in the $75,000 range per year playing for the Fever. Her net worth is already $5 million. I would rather see her go to a team that has a better supporting cast. There is a reason the Fever has been near the bottom of the league for a long time. She can't do it herself. They need to draft or trade for the that missing person.
 
Tom52 said:
I haven't seen this but I would be surprised if she would go to Europe. She has huge endorsement deals here:
  • Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
  • Nike
  • Gatorade
  • Bose
  • State Farm
  • Buick
  • Hy-Vee
  • H&R Block
  • Topps
  • Shoot-A-Way
  • Goldman Sachs
She is making most of her money from these endorsements. Her salary is only in the $75,000 range per year playing for the Fever. Her net worth is already $5 million. I would rather see her go to a team that has a better supporting cast. There is a reason the Fever has been near the bottom of the league for a long time. She can't do it herself. They need to draft or trade for the that missing person.
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When she made the announcement, she said part of the reason for leaving the WNBA was because the league wasn’t giving her any protection. Players from other teams were taking cheap physical shots at her and the officials and the league’s administrators weren’t giving her enough protection.

I watched a few of her games where players shoved her in the face and were given fouls and even called them flagrant, but allowed the players to stay in the game. Only after the second flagrant foul are they ejected from the game.

Caitlin Clark
 
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911 said:
When she made the announcement, she said part of the reason for leaving the WNBA was because the league wasn’t giving her any protection. Players from other teams were taking cheap physical shots at her and the officials and the league’s administrators weren’t giving her enough protection.

I watched a few of her games where players shoved her in the face and were given fouls and even called them flagrant, but allowed the players to stay in the game. Only after the second flagrant foul are they ejected from the game.

Caitlin Clark
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To my knowledge she has not made an announcement that she is leaving WNBA. I watched about the first 5 minutes of your linked video and it was entirely speculation.

I will believe it when I see it. If she ever does announce she is leaving the WNBA it will be the leading news headline for a week.
 
Tom52 said:
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To my knowledge she has not made an announcement that she is leaving WNBA. I watched about the first 5 minutes of your linked video and it was entirely speculation.

I will believe it when I see it. If she ever does announce she is leaving the WNBA it will be the leading news headline for a week.
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Like I wrote in my first post, she is “considering” making a move to Europe. Why shouldn’t she? More money and she wouldn’t have to tolerate the abuse she receives in the WNBA. I think there have been 3 or 4 of the better players from the WNBA that have already made the move to Europe.

I don’t know if you watched any of her games, but she took some pretty nasty hits from her opponents, especially when they played Chicago. Angel Reese took advantage of Caitlin by issuing a lot of cheap shots on her.

The WNBA has worse referees than the NBA and many of them should be fired.

She is also considering trying her luck at going pro in golf. I have never seen her play, so I don’t have an opinion if she could make the LPGA or not. Golf is a sport that requires playing the game throughout the year to stay sharp.
 
She's not leaving the WNBA and she's not going play on the LPGA tour. She will participate in some pro-am events. She's an excellent athlete and excellent athletes tend to make pretty good golfers. I think I read that Steph Curry shot an 84 the first time he played. If I ever shot an 84 I would be thrilled, and I've been playing for 15 years.
 
911 said:
Like I wrote in my first post, she is “considering” making a move to Europe. Why shouldn’t she? More money and she wouldn’t have to tolerate the abuse she receives in the WNBA. I think there have been 3 or 4 of the better players from the WNBA that have already made the move to Europe.

I don’t know if you watched any of her games, but she took some pretty nasty hits from her opponents, especially when they played Chicago. Angel Reese took advantage of Caitlin by issuing a lot of cheap shots on her.

The WNBA has worse referees than the NBA and many of them should be fired.

She is also considering trying her luck at going pro in golf. I have never seen her play, so I don’t have an opinion if she could make the LPGA or not. Golf is a sport that requires playing the game throughout the year to stay sharp.
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In your post #8 you said and I quote, "When she made the announcement, she said part of the reason for leaving the WNBA was because the league wasn't giving her any protection." That sure sounds to me like you are saying the decision was already made to play in Europe. To my feeble mind it sounded like you had new information that overrode your post #6 "considering", to now it's a done deal.

I watched all of her college games and all of her WNBA games. I don't doubt that she thinks she has not always gotten the calls to go her way. Yes, I think there is/was a lot of jealousy with the publicity she got/gets coming into the WNBA. I have heard many of her interviews. I have never heard her whine that the league was somehow not protecting her.

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she it to much of a competitor to claim that she is being unjustly treated so she is going to Europe where things will work to her advantage.

Assuming she stays healthy I am sure she will garner much more fame and fortune staying in the WNBA.

And lastly and maybe most importantly, because she is such a competitor, she wants to continue to break as many WNBA records as possible. You can't do that playing in any European league.

Regardless, it is her decision to make but I hope she stays in the WNBA. It sounds like you are a Caitlin fan same as me so hopefully we can continue to watch her build upon her already impressive career.
 
It wouldn’t surprise me if she went to Europe to play. It was on ESPN that she was considering for her to enter the draft and that she could get five times the salary she makes here in the U.S. I think she was making $76,000 a year here in the U.S. I just don’t know if she would take her endorsements along with her.
Irishdude said:
She's not leaving the WNBA and she's not going play on the LPGA tour. She will participate in some pro-am events. She's an excellent athlete and excellent athletes tend to make pretty good golfers. I think I read that Steph Curry shot an 84 the first time he played. If I ever shot an 84 I would be thrilled, and I've been playing for 15 years.
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I have been playing for 52 years and my best score was a 71. I also shot 3 hole in ones, but those numbers doesn’t make me a PGA player. I never tried to enter a PGA tournament. I never got involved in the PGA advancement tours or tournaments. I shot pretty well in college and was invited to tryout, but I never had the interest. I enjoyed playing and didn’t really want to go any further than playing in the local tournaments.
 
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It wouldn’t surprise me if she went to Europe to play. It was on ESPN that she was considering for her to enter the draft and that she could get five times the salary she makes here in the U.S. I think she was making $76,000 a year here in the U.S. I just don’t know if she would take her endorsements along with her.

I have been playing for 52 years and my best score was a 71. I also shot 3 hole in ones, but those numbers doesn’t make me a PGA player. I never tried to enter a PGA tournament. I never got involved in the PGA advancement tours or tournaments. I shot pretty well in college and was invited to tryout, but I never had the interest. I enjoyed playing and didn’t really want to go any further than playing in the local tournaments.
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You've been playing for longer than I have and you're probably a much better athlete. I envy you your skills!
 
911 said:
When she made the announcement, she said part of the reason for leaving the WNBA was because the league wasn’t giving her any protection. Players from other teams were taking cheap physical shots at her and the officials and the league’s administrators weren’t giving her enough protection.

I watched a few of her games where players shoved her in the face and were given fouls and even called them flagrant, but allowed the players to stay in the game. Only after the second flagrant foul are they ejected from the game.

Caitlin Clark
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Yes. That poor girl took a lot more crap in her rookie year than any other WNBA rookie I've followed. She's gotten zero respect from a lot of the top players in the league, and imo, the Fever coach hasn't been as supportive as she should be. It's been wishy-washy support, at best.
 
K. Clark, very unselfish player. Good !
Professional players are incredibly overpaid.
Most all pro sports are getting very boring.
Are Cities and Taxpayers taking advantage of with pro sports?
 
She excited the league. Instead of the usual 3500 fans in the stands, she had increased that number 2-3 times, even if her team (Indiana) was not playing. When Indiana played, it was almost a full house. I think Clark and Boston were the best 2 players on the floor.

Angel Reese, another rookie this season had high hopes on being Rookie of the Year. However, her last game with Indiana and Caitlin Clark made her look like a high school player. Reese was the player that took joy into giving cheap shots at Clark. When Reese got herself into trouble on the court, she would get another one of her rebels to step up and give Clark the cheap shots.

I don’t think the women understood that by putting more fans in the seats, their salaries could be raised. It’s true that when Indiana and Chicago played, people went to see Reese and Clark go at it, but Clark never retaliated when she was given a cheap shot. She picked herself up and went back to playing her game.

I wouldn’t blame her for going to Europe because they do not tolerate the type of play that Chicago dished out, plus they pay a lot more money. Clark has quite a few endorsements. I don’t know if she would keep them if she would leave the U.S. or not.
 
Irishdude said:
She's not leaving the WNBA and she's not going play on the LPGA tour. She will participate in some pro-am events. She's an excellent athlete and excellent athletes tend to make pretty good golfers. I think I read that Steph Curry shot an 84 the first time he played. If I ever shot an 84 I would be thrilled, and I've been playing for 15 years.
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I think you are going to eat your words.

She will be playing in an LPGA Tournament and a Pro-Am event.
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Clark To Play Pro-Am Golf Event
 
Caitlin Clark is also a great soccer player, she was all state in high school. She could probably play soccer professionally if she wanted to. She is a great athlete but I think her focus in the future will be in the WNBA. I don't believe the hype about the European league.
 
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