*** Official Team USA / Caitlin thread ***

Kceasthawk@77

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I’ll say it again, if the Fever are serious about winning a championship, they need to do anything they can to get either Paige or Howard.
Paige. As I said she's been brought up in a system of knowing how to play off other great players. She and Clark would EXCEL on the court together.
 
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Kceasthawk@77

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From reading this forum I thought ever WNBA player hated Caitlin. Now you are suggesting that they might want to play with her?
Not all, but you'd have to be blind not to see the contempt that Reese and a few others show her. Do you really thinks its just some mystery why after CC throws down with 17 and 12assist in less then half a game , why Reese CLEARLY tried to ice her out from even getting her hands on the ball in the next one? What's your explaination for that nonsense?
 

Ludd

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Agreed, the league needs to avoid the situations like Las Vegas, Phoenix, and New York where multiple Olympians are rostered on the same team.

The 2024 Olympic roster had 4 from LV, 3 from PHX, 2 from NY, 1 from Seattle, 1 from Minny, and 1 from Conn.

3/4 of the USA Olympic roster coming from 3 teams is not good for competitive balance.

Not to mention that LV had 2 other players on Olympic rosters for other countries. Half their team were olympians. NY had 4 total olympians on their roster.
But the league is not going to do that, so either Indiana joins in or gets left behind.
 

Ludd

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Brilliant way to ensure you are never able to sign another free agent.
Why wouldn’t they be able to? These are women we’re talking about…they go where they feel it’s the best fit for them regardless of what the team has done in the past. The only way to win in the league is to get multiple big name players on your team, so either Indiana does that or they can just be happy making the playoffs, but not winning a championship.
 

Ludd

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From reading this forum I thought ever WNBA player hated Caitlin. Now you are suggesting that they might want to play with her?
Even if they do hate her all they have to do is look at what playing with Clark did for Sophie Cunningham…she went from a no-name to a celebrity that’s doing a million different commercials all in less than a year.
 
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Would love to see a starting lineup like...

G - Caitlin Clark
G - Paige Bueckers
F - Rhyne Howard
F - Dearica Hamby
F - Monique Billings

I think this group has the chance for some really good chemistry and not nearly as much hero ball. Really sucks that Boston got hurt. She'd be the perfect 5 for this group.
 
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Zach Jump

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Those are the same people who said she doesn't have a problem with what Reese did in her face FOUR times in the championship game. Clark may have said that because she's smarter then a fox, but I can guarantee you a super type A competitor like her would NEVER be okay with someone dissing them that egregously.

I take it your guarantee comes from talking it through with Caitlin over a few beers.

Otherwise, it's your projection on what you think some one should think.
 

Zach Jump

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Not all, but you'd have to be blind not to see the contempt that Reese and a few others show her. Do you really thinks its just some mystery why after CC throws down with 17 and 12assist in less then half a game , why Reese CLEARLY tried to ice her out from even getting her hands on the ball in the next one? What's your explaination for that nonsense?

I do not care.
 
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Ludd

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Would love to see a starting lineup like...

G- Caitlin Clark
G - Paige Bueckers
F - Rhyne Howard
F - Dearica Hamby
F - Monique Billings

I think this group has the chance for some really good chemistry and not nearly as much hero ball. Really sucks that Boston got hurt. She'd be the perfect 5 for this group.
Can’t happen because there’s some rule somewhere that Chelsea Gray must start every game.
 
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Kceasthawk@77

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I take it your guarantee comes from talking it through with Caitlin over a few beers.

Otherwise, it's your projection on what you think some one should think.
No, but I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt that you're smarter then that. People like her, MJ, Kobe, they burn differently. Read some of the stuff written about her in several books, like Brennens. The kind of stuff Reese did to Clark doesn't go down. This is a woman, who as a girl put her own brother through a wall playing nerf hoop basketball in the basement.
 

oldhawk56

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Would love to see a starting lineup like...

G- Caitlin Clark
G - Paige Bueckers
F - Rhyne Howard
F - Dearica Hamby
F - Monique Billings

I think this group has the chance for some really good chemistry and not nearly as much hero ball. Really sucks that Boston got hurt. She'd be the perfect 5 for this group.
Reese > Hamby. IF she stops playing point forward.
 

Gonzo_Bloor

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Reese > Hamby. IF she stops playing point forward.
Don't know that I'd say that. Better rebounder maybe. Better all around player? Nah. Hamby has a much better offensive game. And again a big part of my lineup has to do with on-court chemistry among the 5 players. Reese has already showed she's less interested in playing as part of a team than she is playing hero ball, bringing the ball up the court herself instead of passing off to the best PG in the world, trying to make full court passes and missing badly. Chemistry matters IMO.
 
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SimonaMeow

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FIBA FAN MVP in San Juan voting

FIBA has a casual site where fans can vote for their MVP. You can vote for multiple players--just for example, Caitlin and Megan...

I wouldn't have been surprised if Rhyne or Caitlin were leading the votes but I am surprised about the way it looks right now.

Paige is ahead of Caitlin by over 100,000 votes

Go fix that, Hawk fans!🙏🖤💛🖤💛

 
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Franisdaman

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