***CC22 and the Fever mega thread***

Kceasthawk@77

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1) Aja is one of the best offensive players in the game.
2) CC is one of the best offensive players in the game.
3) Aja is one of the best defensive players in the game.
4) CC is a below average defensive player in the game.
5) CC's #s against the 3 best teams she faces: 17 PPG, 44% FG, 26% 3, 7.5 APG, 5.2 TOPG
6) Aja's #s against the 3 best teams she faces: 24.1 PPG, 11 RPG, 48% FG
7) This season Aja has a higher FG%, higher 3PT%, higher FT%, higher eFG%, higher PER, higher W/S.

CC's slow start to this season is obviously a reason for some of these #s, but it is a season long award, not just a random period of time.
True. Pretty remarkable to take that into account, and her injury, and minute restriction, and yet the first EVER 800+ 300+ season in history of the league. I guess she recovered nicely.....
 

Kceasthawk@77

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Shirley you are joking, right?
He's just playing his usual dumb A-- because I reminded him that Clark did in FACT break the mens all time scoring record (even though she can't "officially" ever hold the record because she's not a man). Pretty much apples to watermelons though since the Fever have played 40-41 games and the NBA guys play 82+ the playoffs, But @Legend12 has to be that guy, so.....
 
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Just to clarify, I said she BROKE the record, not that she owns it. Check Wikipedia if you disagree......
I don’t have any issue with the claim. What she did was impressive. I just thought the point he made in addition to the earlier discourse was funny.
 

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Ya she’s having a great season now. Not in the first 30 days.

Come on, people.
This year reminds me of her junior year at Iowa. The longer the year went on, the more dominant, confident and team chemistry was developed and generated. I think the Fever play for a championship this season, if they are healthy heading into the post season. We shall see.
 
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Kceasthawk@77

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Ya she’s having a great season now. Not in the first 30 days.

Come on, people.
YOU are gigging people for 'glazing" her. She is putting together one of the greatest seasons EVER by any guard ,and already setting records that no player has done in their entire career, And this after that "slow first 30 days" Worth mentioning I'd say.....
 
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YOU are gigging people for 'glazing" her. She is putting together one of the greatest seasons EVER by any guard ,and already setting records that no player has done in their entire career, And this after that "slow first 30 days" Worth mentioning I'd say.....
That’s not what I’m gigging people for glazing her for.

Look, the whole thing started when I was accused of not putting her in the top 3 after her slow start. After the first 30 days she was not in the top 3 no matter how you cut it.

Now she is. She’s likely even top 2, but not at the end of May.

I do not understand why my take is so controversial.
 
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One of the criteria for the award, and please correct me if I'm in error, is how valuable the player is to the team and how a team performs. Clark aces that test. However, the naysayers will always disagree by pointing out the turnovers. But a player who generates the amount of points that she does, has to receive heavy consideration. The Fever have a winning record, and Clark is responsible for helping to generate those wins in a large way. Not saying she'll win, but what she does when she's healthy, and being allowed to play with pace and orchestrate the offense, she's right there with the frontrunners.
They have a much better record when Clark has more than four turnovers than they do when she has four or less. High risk high reward.
 

Hawksfor3

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That’s not what I’m gigging people for glazing her for.

Look, the whole thing started when I was accused of not putting her in the top 3 after her slow start. After the first 30 days she was not in the top 3 no matter how you cut it.

Now she is. She’s likely even top 2, but not at the end of May.
Good thing the voters look at the END results. Fair? ;)
 
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Wobmam Rulez!

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That’s not what I’m gigging people for glazing her for.

Look, the whole thing started when I was accused of not putting her in the top 3 after her slow start. After the first 30 days she was not in the top 3 no matter how you cut it.

Now she is. She’s likely even top 2, but not at the end of May.

I do not understand why my take is so controversial.
He's right. She did start slow. The minutes restriction and CC trusting her body had alot to do with it. Let's let it play out.
 
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Hawksfor3

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Sure but the accusation was never about MVP. It was just about power ranking players at that point in time.
Agree, but my point here is that we still have 4 games left before they vote on MVP. Just saying that the writers and broadcasters will be looking at the players' entire "Body of work."
 

Ludd

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He's right. She did start slow. The minutes restriction and CC trusting her body had alot to do with it. Let's let it play out.
In the first five games she was averaging 24 and 9…is that slow? After 10 games she was averaging almost 20 and 8. Yet she wasn’t in the top 10???
 
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