***CC22 and the Fever mega thread***
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Meanwhile, here are some highlights from the face of the WNBA:
Amazon warehouse workers had to pull double duty last night, packing and officiating. Woof.
They like to leave their defenders, not on an island, but on a sinking ship and tell them "sink or swim" to prove a point........a point that is entirely unnecessary.
She played a little out of control late with those couple of turnovers. Rather than taking the time to compose herself under the pressure of the double team she chose to dump it as soon as she felt the pressure. The other turnover on the sideline was also because of panicking and rushing to make a move under the expectation of a double team.
A few possessions later she learned from that and created space to reverse the ball before the double team could come, which the broadcast crew blamed on the help defender being late and not taking a good enough angle. You can blame people all you want for why something doesn't happen every single time, but the fact is Caitlin learned from her mistake and adjusted and made a better play.
Unfortunately, by then she also already had the extra turnovers to her stat line so that's what people jump all over.
I watched some of the highlights trying to shame her for her defense.
She lets herself get upright and then expects her teammates to bail her out. Other times she chooses to gamble for steals rather than face who she's guarding and play defense.
There's definitely an effort issue at times still, and I don't think any amount of internet/social media shaming and people turning on her and booing her in arenas is gonna change that..............just sayin.
They do need to evolve their P&R options though.
I like some of the stuff they're doing with the ghost screens but let's not fall in love with it at the expense of actually running effective pick and roll offense.
Teams are spending more energy now trying to eliminate the Clark/Boston pick and roll, and while the Fever ARE trying to work around that....it looks more like they're tinkering and trying this or that, rather than having found a clear solution right now.
Good point! Anticipating (recognizing) the double-team is oh, so important. She'll get better at doing this, I'm sure. I don't give a hoot what the broadcasters said.
The entire team is horrible on defense which makes Clark look worse. There is no gap coverage at all. They all play off ball standing with their back to the ball and know nothing about jamming players off screens or containing gaps, that’s why they all get beat when they’re on ball. Defense is a team effort and one person can’t be good at defense when everyone else is failing to do their job. Caitlin wouldn’t look nearly as bad on defense if she played for Golden State.