Leaving Caitlin Clark off USA basketball is incredibly stupid.

Women's basketball just got their freaking long-awaited Messiah and they're kicking her in the teeth bc she's not the mixed race gender-variant poster child they'd prefer.

How stupid is that?

What really gets me is Caitlin Clark's massive male fan base isn't because she's spank bank material like Sharipova or Kournikova. It really is admiration for her athletic skills.

I'm not saying she's ugly, but Clark isn't anywhere close to a supermodel. Her ability to hit bombs way outside the arc is a girl version of Steph Curry.

It also shows that most male sports fans are far from the sexist pigs woke academics WANT and NEED us to be.

Perfectly stated. I’ve said it before, Clark should go play in Europe and take her new following with her. Let the WNBA tank like they should have years ago. Leaving her off the Olympic team is not justifiable in any possible way.

These women in sports are such petty, raging bitches, but then again, most of us knew that.

:LOL: They mad :LOL:

https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id...-national-team

Sounds like it was more of a timing/scheduling thing. She was still in college when they had their off season mini camp. There is also a precedent of star rookies not being added to Olympic rosters.

Saved me from having to watch the women's Olympic basketball games.

Just kidding. I wasn't going to watch anyway.

That sounds like damage control to me which you’d expect on espn. It was well understood that Clark being put onto the Olympics roster was not typical, but it was for the good of the game. The USA women’s basketball team will probably roll teams by 30 and clark will likely not get any minutes when the game is close. Even her biggest apologists will understand why. Her inclusion on the roster has zero impact on how good this team will be and a giant impact for the sport and the players on that team. It’s an absurd omission.

Can anyone beat them? I need a team to root for

Caitlin coach said Caitlin told her that being left off the u.s. team woke up a monster. You could say that they woke up the wrong mother****er. She is a chiefs fan.

I'd plow her . I used to farm pigs.

Damn, I miss Sharipova and Kournikova. Don’t even know if they ever won anything. Hawt-ness personified though.

I think Sharipova won majors. Hell, more than I thought: 5 majors.

i always preferred Kournikova, probably b/c I'm short and Sharipova would make me look like a dwarf. That's ok, honestly, but most women don't really like that.

It always annoyed me when people would say Kournikova "can't play."

HELLO, she won doubles titles and was one of the best doubles players in the world. Ranked #8 in singles at one point and made the semis in Wimbledon when she was 16.

Her serve sucked, which is why she struggled in singles. But, seriously, top 10 in the world is far from, "Can't play." Most of us never come close to being top ten in the world at anything.

But, yeah, it wasn't the athleticism that made Kournikova a star. She was dead sexy PLUS athletic.

THOSE LEGS!!!!

Damn...

That's a new way of putting it

There’s really no hiding what they’re trying to do. They claim it was about merit yet chose a 42 year old. They chose two who are probably too injured to be available. They claim they are trying to win games, as if the 6th guard on the roster is even going to matter.

It’s obvious what’s going on. The delusional old guard actually believes that their game is growing to where viewers will show up in droves for a taurasi farewell tour. Nobody is going to care

A foul is a foul and a flagrant foul is a flagrant foul. There is no toughen up. Just call stuff fairly.

Note: This post may have been slightly edited to protect the innocent (people with UCB on ignore).

Yip.

Nah, don't care enough to be mad. Just entertaining watching stupid people try and kill their own golden goose before she even lays any eggs for them.

Realistically from a merit standpoint Arike ugonbowale has a case for being snubbed too. She was snubbed for taurasi who is on the downside of her career. So with that being said… either taurasi isn’t going to play much which means clark easily could have made the roster as a figurehead. Or they’re going to force a lesser player in taurasi the same way we played rapinoe when she was way past her prime, in which case they’re leaving off a much better player in someone like ogunbowale.

In either scenario, taurasis inclusion on the team doesn’t make sense to anyone who wants to argue about merit or wanting to build the best roster.

The USA Women’s basketball team hasn’t lost a game since 1992. They could use Rapinoe herself as the guard and still win gold. Let’s not get crazy about all of this. This decision will have absolutely no effect on the outcome of the Olympics.

Even more reason to select Caitlin Clark for the team.

It won't make any difference from a results perspective, but wouldn't it have been wiser, if trying to grow the women's game, to include their most marketable player?

Brittany Grinder is averaging 11 points and 4 rebounds per game in the WNBA this season… “12 best players selected”… LMAO

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The WNBA is not ready for Prime Time. Be careful what you wish for. <a href="https://t.co/qrVdUOIAIj">pic.twitter.com/qrVdUOIAIj</a></p>&mdash; Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhitlockJason/status/1799974650098982957?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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I think it's much ado about nothing. She's been laying golden eggs since the minute she got drafted. She's just needs to acclimate herself to the league. Everyone calls her the Steph Curry of the WNBA but if I'm not mistaken Steph is approaching the twilight of his career and he hasn't suited up for team USA either

It's really strange.

I mean it's fairly comparable to the PGA when Woods broke out. And the old guard players bristled when this new guy who didn't play like them (or look like them) came in and was just kicking everyone's ass.

But the difference is that the PGA - the organization - didn't. They recognized immediately that Woods was their path to national relevance and leaned hard into him. He was immediately the face of everything.

The PGA didn't respond to Tiger Woods by saying "Hey, this is our chance to make people love Jim Furyk!!" They weren't hyping Tom Lehman over Tiger. And when Fuzzy Zoeller did his thing, the PGA didn't suspend him but they didn't make it Zoeller vs. Woods and quietly seem to favor Zoeller.

The players are gonna do what they're gonna do - just as PGA golfers took some time to adjust to the realities of being nationally popular because of someone that wasn't them. But eventually they accepted it and I figure sooner or later the WNBA players will as well.

But what I don't understand is why the WNBA is almost deliberately sidelining their version of Tiger Woods. She needs to be EVERYTHING to this league and the other players can get in line or get left behind, just as guys like Mickelson and Mark O'Meara eventually did. Someone like David Duval imploded with the pressure and the Tour moved on without him.

But you can't hold yourself back like this. It's just poor leadership.

So marketable.

Pussy juice makes people angry and stupid.

By the way, go **** yourself and the moon landing never happened.

What does it matter, though? No mainstream journalist is going to call out the players. They protect the WNBA.

Imagine if they don't win gold or even a medal. The criticism afterwards would fire almost everyone.

Better yet. Imagine if the big 3 had a game on the same time and CC played. Which is the country and world watching?

Including her would have no impact on performance. She wouldn’t and shouldn’t play meaningful minutes and would have lots and lots of opportunity to play garbage minutes to appease her fans. The USA is going to roll over everyone. I don’t know where this bs is coming from that fans would root against the USA women just because she doesn’t start. It didn’t happen with laettner or Anthony Davis, it won’t happen with clark.

Where it will have a gigantic impact is on marketing and growing the wnba. And I just don’t know why the younger players wouldn’t love having more and more fans cheer them on.

If a basketball team loses and nobody sees it happen, is it still a loss?

I think the wnba is the last remnant of an outraged old guard that’s starting to get phased out. If women’s soccer is any indication, the old guard is a bunch of entitled loud and cocky and activist voices and the younger guard is more down to business. I think you’ll see an enormous increase in humility from USWNT going into the Olympics. I think you see that in the wnba except instead of entitlement, the old guard has a chip on their shoulder. That’s why you see way more humility out of Caitlin clark. I think you see that same kind of polish in juju Watkins on and off the court. That’s why you see the outrage media mongers like Jemele hill, who have been deplatformed for every sport, latch on because it’s the only place left that’s entertaining the dying “art” of selling manufactured outrage.

But until this old guard gets phased out they’re going to continue to kill their golden goose.

She handled that great.

Asked a stupid question and answered it according to her own personality.

It is weird that Whitlock, who got his ass booted from "prime time" gigs, would have that stupid ass comment.

Whitlock must have targeted that tweet to the demographic that just hates listening to someone black who grew up around black people talk out loud without trying to whiten up the voice.

I doubt that the SKY media relations people are going to spend any time at all coaching this player up on how to answer stupid questions that state the reporter's opinion and invite the player to knock her teammates.

What? Stars in sports have to answer mundane clichéd questions all the time. Just answer it with a canned answer, it's not that hard.

If these wnba players are actually serious about money and charter flights, they can have the common decency to show up and answer the questions they’re being asked. The whole league is acting like Cleveland browns fans, getting weird jollies off of failure instead of embracing success. And they need to get out of their tiny little bubbles. Just because a small % of loudmouths are applauding you (while the other 99% are turned off) doesn’t mean the world is celebrating it. This chip on their shoulder isn’t “cute.” It’s a huge turn off to new people tuning in.

If they prefer to fly under the radar then just say that and stop griping about people not supporting the league.

She handled that great??

LMAO

Jesus what dipshit watched that exchange and came away with that impression??

You honestly watch that and that makes you mad?

Let people be themselves. I hate when weak people piss and moan about what people are supposed to say when asked dumbass questions.

If you think that question was so great, then explain why you think that was a great question.

I honeslty do not give a shit if you or anybody else decides that video tweeted by Whitlock causes one to abandon their brand new intreest in the WNBA.

That's bullshit. Maybe you need to watch the video enough times to realize that she handled it perfectly.

It is early in the season. Make that reporter afraid to ask dumbass questions so that you have less dumbass questions to process all season.

Most questions athletes get from reporters are very dumb. Andy Reid is a hell of a coach who lets his players be themselves. Ain’t no ****ing way he’d tolerate this kind of a response, nor would mark donovan who puts a lot of effort into marketing his team and players.

So now you are going to play make-believe Andy Reid to insist that Jason Whitlock was right to snitch on this black girl to the white people?

Watch the video ten times. Maybe you will realize that only a fool follows a fool like Whitlock.

You probably could figure it out a lot sooner than the tenth viewing.

What does Jason Whitlock have to do with this? Was he recording this with a hidden camera nobody was supposed to see?

The wnba isn’t in a position where media is tripping over themselves to get a story. They have pr people trying hard to get media to cover the sport. Disrespecting them is not a choice unless they don’t want the attention, which despite their griping it seems like that’s what they want

See the earlier posts in the thread. The video is in the thread because someone posted a Whitlock tweet with the video.

I really could care less about Whitlock. Don’t like the guy or his opinions. There are lots of people besides Whitlock who’ve shared this video since it was in a public press conference

LMAO

jettio has never found an idiot/asshole/POS that he won't attempt to defend.

He probably thinks that player will date him now after he defended my lady.

See bolded part.

I thought Whitlock handled that great

It was a standard question asked very respectfully, and she handled it like shit

All these twats are agitated because they've suddenly found themselves under increased scrutiny... deal with it

It was a standard question. Of course, she kept interrupting the reporter.

Give a normal answer and move on.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you&#39;re complaining that Caitlin Clark got snubbed from team USA and you don&#39;t fret over Arike Ogunbowale then you can consider yourself a casual</p>&mdash; Evan Turner (@thekidet) <a href="https://twitter.com/thekidet/status/1799516894535504238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Arike Ogunbowale put on a scoring clinic vs the Phoenix Mercury 😈<br><br>For the second time in her career she dropped 40 points, scoring 25 of her 40 in the second half <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WelcometotheW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WelcometotheW</a> <a href="https://t.co/mMmpYJfxzU">pic.twitter.com/mMmpYJfxzU</a></p>&mdash; WNBA (@WNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WNBA/status/1794582160365527508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Scoring and playing hard comes easy for <a href="https://twitter.com/Arike_O?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Arike_O</a> 😎<br><br>With a team-high 27 PTS, Ogunbowale showed off her scoring capabilties but also hustled till the end, notching 4 steals and 4 assists<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MoreThanGame?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MoreThanGame</a> <a href="https://t.co/1tty9h9go9">pic.twitter.com/1tty9h9go9</a></p>&mdash; WNBA (@WNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WNBA/status/1686959259156942848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Caitlin Clark has been a dirty player since Iowa and her antics here are purposely getting overlooked to make her out as some victim while being dead last in the league but she is the draw and nobody else right?😒 <a href="https://t.co/6EiYWEaCM9">https://t.co/6EiYWEaCM9</a> <a href="https://t.co/jepsF2zxw1">pic.twitter.com/jepsF2zxw1</a></p>&mdash; BeatZillaPDX #NewBlackMedia #B1 #FBA (@BeatZillaPDX) <a href="https://twitter.com/BeatZillaPDX/status/1797365902276747507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dijonai Carrington STRIPS Caitlin Clark and gets to the rack with a buzzer beater 🔥<br><br> <a href="https://t.co/wAqrUYvHrj">pic.twitter.com/wAqrUYvHrj</a></p>&mdash; Women’s Hoops Network (@WomensHoops_USA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WomensHoops_USA/status/1800315957912736229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Raven Johnson stripped Caitlin Clark, and South Carolina cooked their way back into the National Championship to take the lead at the end of the 1st Half on 7 April 2024. An epic showdown! 🔥🔥🔥<br><br>KyRaven Irving and the <br>Cockaliers went off. <a href="https://t.co/eWLs8ASAux">pic.twitter.com/eWLs8ASAux</a></p>&mdash; Punnfiti (@Punnfiti) <a href="https://twitter.com/Punnfiti/status/1777076650188132520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You guys really spent all day arguing Caitlin Clark should be in the Olympics over other players when she can’t even start running the other way after her own turnover w/o throwing her arms down at her sides for 2 seconds first?<br><br>SMH, y’all are fighting harder for it than she is <a href="https://t.co/IgPYOeesfK">pic.twitter.com/IgPYOeesfK</a></p>&mdash; Bubbles (@Bubbless2k22) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bubbless2k22/status/1800317140312162562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Caitlin Clark tonight after being left off Team USA <br><br>10 Points<br>0 Rebounds <br>2 Assists <br>3 Turnovers <br><br>“THEY WOKE UP A MONSTER” <a href="https://t.co/4U3r5D7sf2">pic.twitter.com/4U3r5D7sf2</a></p>&mdash; Hater Report (@HaterReport_) <a href="https://twitter.com/HaterReport_/status/1800333822413680674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Caitlin Clark today:<br>22 minutes<br>10 points<br>37.5 fg%<br>3 turnovers<br>4 fouls<br>-30 +/- <a href="https://t.co/JFTX3UtjTt">pic.twitter.com/JFTX3UtjTt</a></p>&mdash; Flock Member #410443 (@ibeGEEKING) <a href="https://twitter.com/ibeGEEKING/status/1800344337043333433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Caitlin Clark CONTINUES to COST her team with TURNOVERS🚨‼️(Gets 3 splashed in her face) <a href="https://t.co/TZRF018k3M">pic.twitter.com/TZRF018k3M</a></p>&mdash; Woke Conservative Sports 🇺🇸 (@WCStakes) <a href="https://twitter.com/WCStakes/status/1799225440474910791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The fact that Caitlin Clark super fans think she&#39;s ready for Team USA basketball is hilarious. She would be a turnover machine in international play. There is no Hailey Van Lith or winless Mystics level players in those medal games and it&#39;s far too physical for her right now <a href="https://t.co/FNbGKIvqFv">https://t.co/FNbGKIvqFv</a></p>&mdash; Truth Bearer (@TruthBearer22) <a href="https://twitter.com/TruthBearer22/status/1800326040096518650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Caitlin Clark: 12 Games Played with 67 Total Turnovers. On pace for 223 TOs on the season.<br><br>Below is the WNBA record for turnovers in a season. This is why she&#39;s not on the Olympic team because she&#39;s not THERE yet, y&#39;all need to give her time. <a href="https://t.co/79SpIdwfRn">https://t.co/79SpIdwfRn</a> <a href="https://t.co/t2WKNK1e32">pic.twitter.com/t2WKNK1e32</a></p>&mdash; SkiMask Smurfy (@ogsmurf826) <a href="https://twitter.com/ogsmurf826/status/1800240605060014297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Shut up Richard

She wasn’t snubbed. Arike was, so you can throw this “12 best” out the window. They instead chose a 42 year old over her. It’s not about snubbing. It’s about the stupid stupid decision to not roster a PR dream for a sport that desperately needs it all for a roster spot that will never play meaningful minutes.

This isn’t about inexperience. It wasn’t an issue when Candace Parker, taurasi and Breanna Stewart made the Olympics as a rookie.

And she had 10 points yesterday against the best team in the league where she only played 4 second half minutes due to blowout. Because the team as a whole is really really bad and clark isn’t good enough yet to carry a bad team against a great one. Yeah she’s a rookie playing a hard position with little help and defenses playing her like Jordan. Surprise, she is going to have her share of early struggles

Everybody knows what the issue is. The only who don’t are the tens of fans in the old guard who want to gripe about nobody watching while insisting nothing should change.

I think this is the right decision as the only argument to get her into the team is for monetary gain. You're using her stardom to justify the spot, yes she's good, but she's only been in the league for a month or so, everyone has to earn their way, and that's the way it should be. The only compelling argument is to use her star power to increase the sport, but everyone would know that her presence on the team was for that purpose, and not that she had earned her way. Good on her for showing one side to the media and keeping the monster comments for her coach. She's got a good head on her shoulders.

Yes. But it’s not like the nba where you’re squeezing more money out. In this case money means getting wnba players basic things like private transportation and making more than $70k. That is a very compelling argument and the fact that wnba players would rather be petty versus leaning into that shows how delusional they are.

It’s win win. She’d play a lot of blowout minutes, every player on that roster would have their star power elevated, and she’d get a chance to practice with the best while playing less minutes to get her some needed rest. There is no downside other than snubbing someone else more deserving, even though that snubbed player would also benefit financially from clark growing the game.

Jettio's never found a dipshit he wouldn't White Knight for.

You're weird.

I personally get where she's at though, I wouldn't want to be used as a pawn to increase the wages of those around me that hate me for simply being more popular and wealthy at a young age. She owes them nothing, her contract and endorsement deals are set, if they don't want to include her then that's their problem. They made the bed, now they can lie in it. Unfortunately that's the league they've built, that's not friendly to rookies. NFL will have "Welcome to the NFL Rook" moments, but the veterans generally want to help the rookies with finances, decision making, and overall career advice. I'm sure the WNBA has those players too, but they're ruled by the popular cheerleaders, not the governing student body.

Questions in press conferences aren't really designed to get answers - they're designed to get the players to respond.

He knows that the bench probably didn't play a great game and so they needed greater bench contributions to win it. The question is designed to get one of the starters to discuss it.

They're invitations for dialogue - they're not cross examinations.

As far as the question goes - it's fine. It's a reasonable question designed to get a response from a 'star' player that could've offered some sort of dialogue on the subject.

What it got was a pissy little shit fit.

"The bench has been great for us this year; it's hard asking these players to come off the bench and be locked in every night. Some nights they just won't be and after playing a great game last time out, shots just weren't falling tonight. The energy was there and we need them to keep bringing that energy. The shots will fall..."

Done. Supports her teammates, reporter has a quote, the world keeps spinning.

Instead she threw a temper tantrum.

Ah, I see Staylor beat me to it.

Yeah, we've all seen this act from him before. It is what it is.

That show a lot of good character to pal around with another think-alike member to criticize someone who actually thinks for himself and gives an honest opinion.

Like you would ever ****ing dare to take a position that is contrary to the consensus on chiefs planet.

That is why this place is not as good as it was at its best. And why it will never have membership that represents everyone in Chiefs Kingdom that cares about the team and would have something to say about it.

You pussies can congratulate yourselves on being pussies that agree with each other all the time. Or at least, would never dare have an independent idea.

BAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Yeah - that's me. Always one to just toe the company line.

Are you ****ing new here? Lord almighty.

Yeah from her perspective she could use time off to get some rest. Physically and mentally. And to work with her team on actual practice and to fine tune her skills. She definitely needs a lot of work. It’ll work out well for her.

And this may be for the better because the wnba purists need to get knocked the hell off their high horse, and lukewarm or bad ratings is a good way to do it. I would definitely agree that some of that entitlement won’t go away until they get rid of the old guard, just like in USWNT. But at some point the new guard will take over and everyone can see they bring a different and way better energy.

Her US Olympic teammates most likely would catch her passes and make buckets opposed to her Fever teammates that let the ball go right through them and it's a turnover stat for clark instead of an assist...

Yes but even so, I’m not gonna make the argument that she’s best 12 yet. She’ll get there but not yet. But she’s plenty good enough to make it as a stash player who will probably never play meaningful minutes. She would definitely be better in a world where defenses can’t just blitz her all night.

She's an ideal bench player.

An instant offense scorer w/ premier passing chops that could come in and run a 2nd unit. You're gonna get some turnovers, sure, but that's what the 2nd unit is gonna deal with.

If you're building your best possible team, she's absolutely on it. Because I have a really hard time believing that there's a better fit at the 1 OR the 2 on a 2nd unit available to them.

She shouldn't be a starting G - as noted, the turnover issues and the lack of physicality are real. But off the bench, neither of those issues are that problematic.

It's a poor use of roster resources.

They absolutely should have put her on the team as a bench player. They could have sold the hell out of jerseys and used her to attract attention. It's pure ignorance that they didn't, but it's obviously par for the course for those running things.

This whole deal has exposed nearly everything that is wrong with the WNBA though. I have a feeling they're not going to learn and adapt anywhere near as fast as a well run league would. I don't think she'll do it, but she should absolutely be taking the "I'm getting mine" approach for a year or two. There's just not enough new girls like her coming in fast enough for her to turn the tide league wide. What is there, 3 in this class capable of turning the league's image into something more positive? She needs way more help if they're going to turn angry, clumsy, lesbian ball into something people actually want to watch.

The whole thing makes the NFL, and especially the Chiefs, look like they're run to near perfection. Even with all the arrests, the team and league just keep churning in rookies and evolving as needed.

Its so funny people are mad that a white girls with an actual shooting motion that doesnt look like shit is blowing up the WNBA

Get the **** over it

A huge piece is getting rid of the old guard. Has anyone heard from USWNT or their activists after rapinoe left? And with that, the outrage mongers in the media need to be put in their place and poor Olympic ratings might help move that.

I do think there are a few in the upcoming classes that will bring in a newer and better brand of watchable basketball. Paige bueckers is a crossover who will be well liked by the old and new guard. But juju Watkins will also be a legit superstar in a very different way, and not just one the wnba forces you to like. That will expose a lot of hypocrisy from fans who want to make this about race when really it’s about having just a way more watchable basketball style.

All three of them won multiple NCAA titles, combining for a total of 9 (Parker 2x, Taurasi 3x, Stewart 4x). Maybe those achievements helped lift their rookie profiles enough, among other factors, for them to be selected at the time? :shrug:

Indeed...

Stopped right there. That's all that has to be said.

It blows a hole in the bs idea that rookies don’t make the team. Or that it’s because she didn’t play in training camp. Making back to back finals and breaking college records is more than enough pedigree especially for a 12th spot that would just keep the bench warm. And now taurasi, who “stole” a spot from pros who earned it when she was a rookie now is going to steal a spot from a rookie and use experience as an excuse. Everyone outside of their tiny little bubble sees the hypocrisy.

Apparently not.

Yes because there are other reasons why they kept her off the roster that are stupid and petty. It isn’t about the best 12 otherwise arike would be in over taurasi. It isn’t about inexperience because it wasn’t a problem in the past.

Such as?

Because the old guard resents her popularity. And for some weird reason resent the kind of attention she’s bringing to the game. There’s no other good reason to explain the stupidity of leaving a cash cow off the roster for a position that we all know is completely meaningless to winning.

Interesting. So what would you speculate is the reason that Kayla McBride didn't make the Women's US team? Would not her actual play on the court , most notably her 51.2% from beyond the arc, at least warrant that 12th spot?

Why did laettner make the dream team over Shaq? I am not saying clark is the 12th best player. But neither is taurasi. You think the 12th player or 7th guard will get critical minutes on a team that will blowout every team by halftime? Your choice is a benchwarmer who can bring unprecedented marketing to the roster or some benchwarmer who is technically better but brings nothing special to the table. How is that an even remotely difficult decision?

And it’s not like you’re inviting Anthony Bennett. You’d be including a highly decorated player who can sharp shoot with a decent supporting cast.

You didn't answer my question.