Indiana Fever - Caitlin Clark
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I’ve seen it quite a bit on social media. Every time I do I say that the league can’t afford to go bankrupt so the way to support is by going to games and watching. The stars like Caitlin, will be fine, the others are the ones that will struggle. I think her Nike deal was 20 million and she’s getting her own shoe.
True. She doesn't have to but it's the same line for men and women in college - 22 feet, 1 ¾ inches. Clark could beat most college men in 3 point shooting.
Doubtful. If she had to use a men’s ball, her range would shrink considerably. If men were using a women’s ball most D1 men would have logo range.
I realize the line is the same distance as well as the ball is the same size, oh wait.
True the women's ball is smaller than the men's. If they both use the balls they normally play with (no jokes), I'd bet on Clark over most men in a 3 point shooting contest. If they both use the women's ball, I'd still bet on her over most men in college, but maybe not quite as many men. We don't know, but it would be interesting to watch.
Alot of it comes down to whether the viewer can picture themselves dominating these women at their sport. Sounds weird but that's what it is. Vast majority of us have some playing background in basketball, baseball, or football at some level. Lesser extent golf and tennis. I find myself watching more womens golf and tennis than basketball and softball and that's a big reason why.
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Yup when you hit a decent percentage it sure is. Especially when they haven’t even started guarding you yet. Your theory kind of forgets the fact that three points generally is worth more than two.
Must just be Yahoo then. Was front page. Googled some things to check some facts, and that led to different ones.
Of you don't have any internet news feed then no. you will see zero talk. Need to have internet portal stuff. Then it's in many places. The one I saw first:
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Men are generally more interested in sports, but the rest of your post is so wrong that it's almost beyond belief.
Are 29 foot three pointers generally worth more than 23 foot three pointers? I think in the MTV celebrity game they may have been.
Yeah I’d like to hear the laughs coming from my friends if he said that about me. And many of my friends. My mom and dad were both sports fans. They had three daughters, all sports fans with me being the most avid.
And to extend those comments a bit back to Clark...her two best basketball skills are her stepback deep 3s and her passing skills. Yes she has some ill-advised passes here and there but the wow factor on those two skills are off the charts. Those two skills are what brought the masses to watch her play. Breaking records, playing for the home state team and getting to the finals 2 years in a row were the icing on top. Fun to watch, and I'll tune in as much as I can to see how it translates to the wnba.
It wasn't that he made the heart symbol. It was that he implied to a young woman that his acceptance was conditional on her compliance. There is some overreaction to it, but it was at the very least unprofessional in that setting.
He was trying to be funny, but in a professional setting compliance beyond the actual task of your job has kind of a slippery slope to it.
No, but the ability to hit them consistently creates more space defenders have to guard.
Works for me. The ladies could kick my butt at golf . (My best handicap in my 30s was 9) Other than distance, and now at my age they'd outdrive me too and outscore me by miles. I never wanted to know if the top ladies could beat me at tennis... (In 8th grade I was starting to play quite a bit and could easily beat the ladies on our high school team, the difference in power was clear and I didn't even grow till senior year. Local high school ladies though, no Serenas.)
At IM pickup basketball in college, I wasn't great, just played for hours and hours so could shoot and got picked for a lot of games, and I'm short, 5 9, but ladies from the college team would mix in and play with our scrimmages sometimes, and they wouldn't score. Unless you gave a big cushion they wouldn't get off a shot. That was very small college though (after IU) and nowhere near the UConn, S. Carolina, and Caitlin Clark level of talent.
(In high school a neighbor junior high girl, very short, used to score against me and her brothers out on their patio by going way deep where she could get off a shot. She later played college ball and was a ringer three point shooter, still only about 5 feet tall.)
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There are more men who enjoy sports than women. That's probably true, but I'd say within the last 20 years that gap has shrunk tremendously. You might even say the difference more and more might be just in the casual fan aspect.
Example, going out and watching IU or PU mens basketball games, I see close to an equal number of women watching. How many of either are there just for the social scene is hard to tell. The bottom line though is it doesn't matter. The more girls who grow up interested in sports, the more women down the road will support it.
Yes it wasn’t until late this year I really started appreciating her passing. Man, she consistently hit floor length fast break passes to her teammates in stride.
Yeah it was the follow up that was the killer. And he should have gauged by her reaction from the start that he was treading on thin ice. I don’t know him at all but others that do say he is awkward at social exchanges. Wonder if he is possibly even on the spectrum?
I never said anything about a two pointer as opposed to a 3. I said harder shots you put in the part about a two point shot as opposed to a 3.
I don't see the issue in his question to the coach. If it was Victor Wembanyama sitting there, "You've been blessed with that..."
The objectification of it doesn't change, but I doubt we care. Not everything is about sex or gender, and it shouldn't change just because she's a woman. If a woman asked Gregg Popovich a question that started with, "You've been blessed with that..."
True but if it were a good shot guys like Curry would take them all the time. Its the type of shot that looks good when it goes and if you miss it leaves most thinking why. It is also a shot you can get at anytime during a possession.
He takes them more than most.
Plus as women have gotten stronger, the smaller ball is getting easier and easier to shoot.
It is entertaining and that is what the women's game needs to become more relevant so she should fire away. It still doesn't make it a good shot. The ball being smaller is a decided advantage for the women you don't realize it until you see the difference.
I hadn’t even seen that it was a problem until today. I don’t see one with that either.
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We need to tell all these women to get out and support the team. I am excited Clark is playing in Indy.
My dad doesn't watch much pro anything but he travels all over northern Indiana to see all types of high school games.
Man I used to love high school games, but like everything else, they aren’t the same any more. My high school gym seated over 8,000 and ,y uncle had front row seats, due to a disability. Games were often televised and seats were handed down in wills. The lottery for tourney tickets was unreal. Not like that any more. I miss it.
Yes.it started waning partly when class basketball came in , but also kind of like so many other things , too many other options for entertainment, school consolidations, and I’m sure other factors too,
When I was a pup, Columbus High School had a season ticket lottery. You would by your tickets and a stub would go in the hopper. For two hours they would call numbers to let people go choose their seats. Most of that gym was sold out with season tickets.
Although Columbus had the opposite problem, I think consolidation hurt high school basketball. All those small schools went away and many families had no connection to the school that replaced them. Columbus had the same issue in a different way, a lot had no connection to North or East.
Wait until you see Myles Rice’s passing skills. Better PG than a healthy X.
Oh, I agree completely. I was merely explaining to someone what he did with his hands, as the audio of him made only alluded to it. It was creepy as f.
None of those men were playing for IU this past season.
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