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Caitlin Clark May Have Been Good Enough for the Olympics After All, U.S. Women’s Basketball Coach Now Admits 

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This coach thinks Caitlin Clark "may have" been good enough? Hah. Clark is setting records left and right. She's the only rookie to ever have a triple double. She just became the fastest WNBA player to record 300 career points, 100 rebounds and 100 assists (19 games). She broke the record for assists in a game (19). She's got the rookie record for games with at least 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. (She's going to set all the rookie records in the WNBA.) A week ago she set a WNBA record by scoring or assisting on 66 of her team's 93 points. She's on the worst team in the WNBA (which is why they got her with their #1 pick) but they're going to make the playoffs. A week ago I heard one I can't quite recall but it was along the lines of: Clark had just set the 5-consecutive-game WNBA record for points and assists with 112 and 63. Putting that in perspective, WNBA players have scored 90 points and 50 assists in 5 games only 4 times. And Clark was 3 of those 4.

So here's the coach saying that Clark "may have" been good enough to make the team? Unbelievable. Clark is better than ANY player on that team.

I hope they enjoy their time at the Olympics. The Americans don't have a very good team and I doubt that they'll medal. They sure could have used Caitlin Clark, but not having a white chick steal their thunder was more important to them.



July 29, 2024

Caitlin Clark May Have Been Good Enough for the Olympics After All, U.S. Women’s Basketball Coach Now Admits

by Warner Todd Huston
Breitbart.com


After months of criticism for not picking WNBA star Caitlin Clark for the Olympics, U.S. Women’s basketball team coach Dawn Staley suddenly admits that Clark was a good prospect for Team USA after all.

On the eve of the U.S. team’s debut in the international games on Monday against Japan, Staley is finally admitting that Clark has earned enough achievements to have warranted her possible pick to play in the 2024 Olympics.

Appearing on camera on Sunday, Staley addressed the criticism for leaving Clark off the U.S. team.

“As a committee member, you’re charged with putting together the best team of players, the best talent,” Staley tried to explain.

“Caitlin is just a rookie in the WNBA, wasn’t playing bad, but wasn’t playing like she’s playing now. If we had to do it all over again, the way that she’s playing, she would be in really high consideration of making the team because she is playing head and shoulders above a lot of people,” Staley exclaimed.

“Shooting the ball extremely well, I mean, she is an elite passer; she’s just got a great basketball IQ, and she’s a little more seasoned in the pro game in a couple of months than she was two months ago,” Staley added.

Despite Staley’s sudden misgivings about leaving Clark off the U.S. Olympic team, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland defended the committee’s decision to exclude the white, heterosexual Indiana player.

“When you look at the whole thing in totality, I would say USA Basketball has had a very disciplined process with people who know more about the sport of women’s basketball than anyone else in the world,” she said, according to Bloomberg.

Hirshland concluded by saying the women’s tea has been a consistent gold medal winner, so she trusts that they have “gotten it right yet again.”

http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2024/07/29/caitlin-clark-may-have-been-good-enough-olympics-after-all-us-womens-basketball-coach-now-admits/

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