I don't know what you are watching. most of the injuries this year are non existent. false. catherbert humperdunk needs to go
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I would love to see CC and sophie move on together. I like boston and mitchell, but it's not working somehow with the fever. that coach sucks
Needs a team with a legit "5".LA. Remember you heard it here first. If it doesn't happen, I'll eat all the crow you can serve up.
Defend the perimeter and Fever struggle.
No inside pressure limits blocks/rebounds and runouts with the current Fever defense.
I'm watching someone who has a bad back. No question about it
Never heard clark say that. Nothing she has stated about her experience comes close to describing “a nightmare”….. maybe you could post a quote.
maybe last year. and I have had pain and injuries, so I am not putting her down, believe me. but she walked just fine to the locker room in both games. played last night, no limp, after 15 seconds. played after the alyssa thomas thing. not saying she is faking... saying her coach and the W are somehow making this up as an excuse. some think she quit and wants out, and this injury thing is not real. this year.
this "minutes restriction" thing is maybe a bigger joke than all the other lies combined. we are watching the league of fakery and lies. is it WWE?
Boston is a legit 5. Not sure why pure talking about. A legit Power Forward? Sure. A legit small forward? Sure. A legit 5? No.
They have those women lifting weights aggressively and then they cannot understand a bad back? Maybe the training regiment needs to be reevaluated.
I do think there's a chance that trying to change your build after some physical pounding has already taken place, can amount to just more pounding.
Which is part of why I said years ago that CC needed to change her build before she got into the W
I'm not on team CC needs to leave the Fever quite yet but if she did Seattle might be the perfect fit for her. Super athletic young players in Fam, Malonga, and Flau'jae that could help make up for CCs weaknesses on the defensive side.
It's probably a moot point because I doubt she's getting traded and if she did Seattle would probably have to give up at least two of the players I listed above.
A legit "5" doesn't spend as much time on the 3 pt line as AB does.
You aren't watching the games, are you?
If the Fever had a REAL "5", interior defense wouldn't suck as bad as it does.
Most of the best "5s" in the WNBA and NBA spend a more time on the perimeter than on the block. That's how basketball is played today.
As for interior defense Boston more often than not holds her own against the person she's guarding.
She's not a great help defender, but unless the Fever are signing Wemby I don't think there's a player out there that can help them protect the paint when the guards are getting blown by twenty times a game.
Bad enough that basketball fans (and, curiously, non bb fans) have pressed political viewpoints into the sport. Now you have idiot congressmen publicly interjecting demands on the league. Silver pretty much nailed it. Again, a weak Commissioner has made the circumstance worse.
Fans have pressed political viewpoints?? The league and several players have done that. The fans have reacted. And Caitlin Clark has done nothing to deserve what's going on. That's more like what happened
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Of course she holds her own guarding a "5" on the perimeter. Most 5's aren't shooting from the 3 pt line.
Fever has one of the worst "in the paint" defenses in the League. Why mgmt refuses to address this issue is baffling.
Boston should dominate as the #1 pick a few years ago.
How about the WNBA allow this team:
PG- Caitlin Clark
SG- Kelsey Plum
SF- Bridget Carleton
PF/4- Dearica Hamby
C- Aliyah Boston
Bench- Cam Brink
Bench- Michaela Onyenwere
Bench- Ariel Atkins
Bench- Monique Billings
Bench- Rae Burrell
Bench- Kiana Williams
Bench- Kate Martin
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A'ja, Stewie, Jonquel Jones, Phee (when healthy) all play on the perimeter more than the block. Looking at the NBA Wemby, Jokic, KAT, Chet all do as well.
Fever have one of the worst paint defenses because the Guards can't stay in front of their man and are getting blown by. It's not like Boston is getting eaten alive in the post. So back to my point unless the Fever are signing Wemby there's not going to be a post the front office can sign that will help with that problem.
Boston is averaging 17/9/3 and is the best young "5" in the league. She's not dominant yet but she's well on her way.
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And AB gets beat on the perimeter as well .
I realize you're digging in here and won't acknowledge I'm right.
So be it.
Well then, you identified an issue...when the guards get "blown by", AB is unable to help because she's on the perimeter.
And AB gets beat on the perimeter as well .
I realize you're digging in here and won't acknowledge I'm right.
So be it.
1000% this. Not sure how or why Boston is somehow always getting her name thrown out as some kind of underachiever she’s been a rock for 2 1/2 years. You can’t play 3 on 5 and get zero production from the 3 and 4 position. Last year we had Howard who was way underestimated by many on here. Hull is a solid defender but has no offensive game and Billings has been a disaster. To expect Boston to cover for all the flaws of the rest of our front court players is insane. When CC was healthy her rookie year the big 3 were cooking. They were still lousy on defense but they were so good offensively it didn’t matter as much. Now we’ve got a 50-60% Clark and it just isn’t going to work.
I'll acknowledge you're right if that ever happens.
AB is on the perimeter on defense because that's where her man is. She's not a perfect defender but she's the best defender the Fever have.
Outside of A'ja, Stewie, Phee, and Jonquel you can make a really good argument that AB is the best post player in the league. And even if you replaced her with the 4 players I listed I don't think they'd be able to make up for the defensive deficiencies caused by the guards giving up straight line drives to the hoop.
AB "defender" is on the perimeter to draw her away from the hoop and defending the paint.
You ever watched WBB before?
Outside of the 2/3 players you mentioned, "5s" don't camp at the 3 pt line.
Damn.
AB "defender" is on the perimeter to draw her away from the hoop and defending the paint.
You ever watched WBB before?
Outside of the 2/3 players you mentioned, "5s" don't camp at the 3 pt line.
Damn.
Have you watched the Fever before? Teams constantly spread the floor forcing out AB out of the paint because they know the guards can't contain the drive.
Blaming Boston for the Fever giving up so many layups is like blaming Higgins and Campbell for Iowa giving up touchdowns when Petras and Deacon Hill were turning the ball over inside our ten yard line.
Slightly altered it to take out Sabrina, mostly because that was just a wishful thinking super team.
What would you all think of this lineup?
these idiots who think CC has the band of followers who are repubbers and maga and all this crap... they have not spent time on iowa rivals. this is THEEE most liberal place on earth. ok, the midwest.
Also, maybe they need to get rid of all the crazy assed rules they have that cause so many reviews, fouls called that weren't originally called, long stoppages, quirky things like take fouls, and on and on.
That just goes along with them not being up to the task. Quite often they make calls, (or don't make calls) knowing they can always review them. For the little benefit they've added to all sports reviews are just slowing up the game, and it takes the momentum from a team that's on a good run.
Apparently not, when we see last night’s activitiesThe injuries that you questioned ever happened?
Not at all.
Completely within the real of possibility with backs.
They require a ton of rest. But can linger/reaggravate easily.
She's had a good amount of rest lately, so apparently is feeling pretty good.
Hopefully it can continue
I like having the old CC back. But I am still not buying it. Sorry. I’m a skeptic. I think last year she had it. This year I really dunno what is going on. I did see her limp a little last nite.