How GOOD Is Caitlin Clark Actually?
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- Опубликовано: 22 июн 2024
- How GOOD is Caitlin Clark Actually?
Clark entered the WNBA after having the greatest college basketball career ever and just arguably had the greatest first month in the WNBA ever. But you would not know that by the way the media is covering Caitlin Clark. She has been used as a political weapon more than a basketball player. And for us fans who actually enjoy basketball it has left us scratching our heads wondering… how good is Caitlin Clark actually?
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Who should I cover next?
If you want more WNBA content comment "🏀"
you could make a video about caruso trade to okc
Great content!
Who to cover next:
Do the same format for Angel Reese.
A Web series: "Race for ROTY"
Break down the top players/teams.
@@adriangriffith42hmm that’s a good idea
I really appreciate your more in depth perspective as compared to most. In that vein, what if you interviewed a black woman fan of the WNBA (not a new fan) and get their perspective on why there seems to be such reluctance to accept and/or embrace CC as a good thing for the WNBA (see Sheryl Swoops, DT, ESPN commentary, etc)
I’m from Iowa and I have watched her since high school . When she started getting rated, she pulled up to a school game and they started chanting “overrated”. She went to the bench and said the coach “ I am not coming out of this game” . She scored 60 points . She doesn’t take negativity lightly. This girl will break every WNBA record when it is said and done . Why is she always double teamed? Because they respect her
Go CC.
Well said. Respect and most of all fear her. None of these vets don't want to be embarrassed with a 40 point night while guarding her.
Caitlin should say the hell with the WNBA let them have it . She's already international she need to go overseas and play .
@@MarkStoddard that?
surprisingly, and in contrast to the cultural tenor of previous eras - no one on the public stage has done an investigative expose on ''how'' Clark came to be, on her origins and the sport culture of Iowa that she grew up from.
@@gew2027They are more physical. Why do you think Brittany Griner was over there? Those Eastern European teams would beat her up.
CC is even better than her stats. Her understanding of the game is way way beyond anyone in the w.
factsssss
In the wnba goes she's the best hands down facts steph curry playing against women
Yeah, I love all of those turnovers and lack of defense she plays. That's really great understanding of the game as you say.
@@tawtam1 Yes. Most are dropped passes.
CHRISTIE SIDES IS NOT A GOOD COACH.. SHE MUST BE REPLACED!
So, should you blame her for having them up by 15? STFU! You never played sports before.
I think 🤔 she was paid off by the sky coach. What was all that whispering sweet nothings in her 👂
@@debbiesdelgado5269 😂 😂
Cc would be doing even better. The coach is forcing her to pass the ball and pull away from shooting shots but she’s a shooter. She’s supposed to be getting 20 shots a game. She should have better numbers. Her numbers are getting sabotaged by design. It damn shame
Yea her coach said she wants to play inside out. Makes no sense when you have CC
@@Geneknowshoops Loved your analysis of CC game. Really a drag that CC didn't get a WNBA coach that could build on what Bluder solidified in college. Sides is really messing with her instead. If she had a coach who helped her develop all those weak areas you pointed out and a schedule of rest that was sane...it would be so exciting to see the results. Then there is all the outer drama. I hope she doesn't get all worn down mentally or injured. Would be a shame to see her loose her love/fire for the game.
CC is the best rookie! Especially considering all the roadblocks that the WNBA has put up, Including her demanding schedule, being targeted by players, not having the ball passed to her, and learning to play a different game that the coach wants her to play. Her stats are phenomenal
Her teammates drop good passes regularly
People somehow see it differently! If you just watched her last year... she wasn't having an issue putting up triple double or double doubles against Angel, Aaliyah, or Cardoso in tourney play!
CAITLIN CLARK NEEDS A COACH WHO UNDERSTANDS HER
100%
A coach who understands basketball. This young lady would look good even in some men games. She understands the game and is highly skilled. Just imagine how great she can be when she has time to work on her weak areas, which are not many. I pray no one hurts her out of envy. I mean, even any of her teammates, too. Not all of them are happy with her taking over the team in the way she has.
The coach is terrible...she needs to coaching 5th graders....
She needs Lisa... they'll play a much better game!
A very large percentage of her turnovers during the early games were her teammates not being able to catch the missiles she was threading in between the defenders. Love to see a radar gun on some of her passes' ball speed and compare that to other point guards. Her teammates have adjusted much better over the first 20 games. AB rarely misses one lately......
A very large percentage of her turnovers during the early games were her making passes her teammates were not able to catch. That's on her. The point guard has to make the passes the teammates need.
The passes dropped were beautiful
@@jefferylord3068 Beautiful and effective are two different things. One makes the Sportscenter highlights, the other wins games. I'll eventually accept that marketing is more important than the game when guys are talking about the WNBA.
Kelsey Mitchell had two of those last game.
Should have had 5 more assists last night
Best Caitlin Clark breakdown on the internet! Thank u! U just got a new subscriber!
Thank you so much 🙏🏾
Thank you for talking about basketball and not the color of her skin or political agenda.
Of course
basketball is a 5-player game, not a 1-person play; why they blame to a person, blame it to a coach😊
😂😂
HOW GOOD IS CAITLIN CLARK ACTUALLY ? IT DEPENDS ON WHO'S COACHING HER ! I THINK SHE SHOULD JUST PLAY HER GAME , REGARDLESS OF WHAT COACH SIDES SAYS ! AND TAKE THE BALL AT THE END OF THE GAME ! WINNERS WANT THE BALL !
Great content! Impressive research, well presented and impartial. It's on topic, and I learned something.
You have a new sub.
Much love, welcome
The chart showing days rest and performance was a nice visual depiction of what I'd heard people talk about, but the talking wasn't precise; the chart was. Nice.
Thank you
Let's see what happens when she gets to run the offense, and her teammates actually learn how to catch those dimes that they fumble constantly!
This is by far the best video on the internet about Caitlin Clark.
Zero bullshit. Zero politics. 100% game and analysis.
Thank you!
Thank you 🙏🏾
First time watching. GeneKnowsHoops is a very appropriate name! Very insightful breakdowns. Have you weighed in on the coaching for the Fever? Particularly the coach’s seeming push to not allow her more freedom to play her game. Caitlin seems to be handcuffed and I wonder if even she is hesitant to call her own number more often, especially at the end of close games, not only because of her coach’s preferences but also for fear of alienating her team mates.
Thank you. And I do think her coach needs to allow her expand her game. She had the same issues when she was a freshman at Iowa
GeneKnowsHoops, Caitlin Clark has 16 blocked shots, not 11.
very interesting content, keep going!
Much love🙏🏾
CC is standing alone as one of the best at outset of her career despite the ineptitude surrounding her. Boston has finally picked up steam but has a ways to go. On the surface, Mitchell's play seems great, but it's hindering the flow of offensive production. The other players, well, are just along for the ride. Your assessment on the lack of strength and conditioning is spot on, but that's how it goes in their league with timing. The use of her off-hand and predictable drives/shots are correct as well. That will be corrected with adequate time and quality coaching. The one glaring stat that everyone defaults to as a negative in her game is turnovers. Realistically, it couldn't be further from the truth. I'd humbly ask if you'd do a complete breakdown on the mishandled passes that ultimately are charged to CC.
Clark is good enough to be the only guard in the league to rank among the top 16 in points, assists, steals, blocked shots and 3-point field goal percentage. She's also the only reason why so many people suddenly pay attention to an otherwise lousy product that has never turned a product in 27 years. #MVP
FUNNY I DON'T SEE SWOOPES in the TOP 25 LIST !!!
Of course, Caitlin Clark will become one of the greatest player in the WNBA. No doubt about it. Will she ever be the GOAT? There is sufficient basis to say she has a big potential to be one. Her being a rookie at the moment, Caitlin Clark has shown to be much better player to some of WNBA’s veterans/stars, past and present.
No she won't because she's leaving the WNBA AND going overseas to play
@@gew2027Won't happen.
First person I saw with a basketball breakdown and nothing political. Catilyn Clark will be one of the greats. By the way I'm a subscriber.
Much love, yea I'm over all the political stuff with Clark
Her past and current stats speaks for how great and the potential of Caitlin being the greatest in the years to come.
Very enjoyable video. I've watched several of the Caitlin Clark videos over the past week and this is, by far, the fairest - both stating the weakness and strengths of her game. Your analysis of her tired legs is also well thought out and I am now intrigued to see how she plays after being able to rest during the Olympics. Keep up the good work! 👍👍👍
Thank you so much
nice content man!
Thanks man!
First time watching your channel and I must say, it is insightful and well-done! I've been citing many things you've been saying about her lack of rest and schedule transitioning from college. Your "rest chart" was really informative, too. Thanks for sharing and I'll be subscribing.
Appreciate that. And yes the rest chart puts everything in perspective
Good job bro. I am studying her for a sports science project. You helped a lot!
Aye I hope you get a A+
Not only does she do the reverse layup to avoid shooting with her left, she takes about 5 steps.
Thanks for hating!
Because CC is the only one doing that. Typical!
Well done! Nice analysis.
Thank you
I’m curious, where did you find that statistic in the beginning of your video that showed total rookie ratings in WNBA history?
Basketball reference .com
Great, how do I search up that statistic. Having trouble finding it.
Thank You
Best eval I’ve heard. You’ve earned a sub.
Thank you
CC has room to grow that is a good thing, glad you were honest about the whole game not just the flash points
God bless
God bless brother
Great stuff 🎉
Appreciate you
You don't know too much about basketball. When she attacked from the left and used the reverse shoot she had 2 or 3 defenders and made the points.
I can see that. But I don’t think she needed to reverse it personally
I think he does.
When you mention the 5 WNBA players I noticed you did not mention Griner who is the only WNBA player I had ever heard of prior to Clark
I think he means players that are currently hot griner is still the goat just in the past
Bro, that’s crazy. She doesn’t use that left hand at all.😭
At all😭😭😭
Manu from San Antonio didn't use his right. Dude was crazy good.
People saying this makes no sense... it's rare to see her miss at the basket!
Gene does know Hoops! But even more important he is objective and fair in his observations. Thank You for unbiased opinions.😉 let the Magic Ponytail RUN!🐎🇺🇸
Thank you so much
She’s good enough that lesser players are trying to improve their rep by ragging on her or setting themselves up as the anti-CC!
Great analysis and video accompaniment. I just subscribed. I worry that her coach doesn’t know how to coach this generational talent. But CC is very smart and determined and will figure it out. Her fans will stick with her as there is no one with the level of skill and talent Clark has. I agree she can add a mid range and add in some Jalen Brunson type moves and floaters. I’m sure during the off season she’ll work on that and her overall strength conditioning.
Best analysis I have seen.
Thank you
Nice, fair analysis.
Love the objectiveness of your review... spot on, thorough, insightful and fair. I think CC is going to be a bigger rookie-menace to WNBA-society coming off of much needed rest in the 2nd half of her freshman tour. Let the records begin to fall! 🏀🚀
spot on analysis.
Wow great video. She must be the greatest player ever with so many flaws. This is insane. Well done!
Thank you so much
She might as well prepare her HOF induction speech.
Literally
Gene, This was INTERESTING.
Thank you
Thank You! The Girls seems to see the court really well, passes are laser like, She never stops, She is always ready for a pass to come back!
Yea I wish I updated after the four game winning streak
WNBA viewership season-to-date, all networks:
Caitlin Clark games - 1.184 mill
All other games - 428k
All games this time last year - 301k
Any questions, class?
She needs work on her midrange shot. Im a CC fan, just not a zealot. Your constructive criticism if legit. However the media has been totally dishonest about her transition to the WNBA. They would have you believe she is struggling so bad.
This list of top 25, I was all set to jump on and use it. Then I got to thinking, you said "in the first month", Fever played 9 games in May, Sky played 6. So adding another 3 games makes Reese in 2nd place at about 211. Much closer.
That’s a good point
I hope Caitlin Clark gains confidence now that the coach has encouraged her to be more aggressive with the basketball and to take more shots. This was highlighted in the post-game interview by the reporter on the sidelines.
Reese gets her stats from rebounds after she misses her layups.
We need an "update". 😂
Like the assessment, good to see more eyes on the game. Now if they can keep politics out IMO more fans will stay to watch. The media are like vampires that feed off controversy, they just make shit up to create a negative aura around players and the sport.
Man keep the politics out
You should send her this analysis to help her better prepare for next year.
I’ll DM her
She is the best in assists….which detracts from her points per game.
Great analysis. Once Caitlin gets her left hand going, she'll be unstoppable.
I agree
When CC stated, “they have woke up a monster”, it could be that she was referring to the “monster fan base” that follows her and the “media monster” that would create other narratives from that disgruntled fan base. I say this because I’ve never heard CC talk about herself in a way that lifts herself up above her teammates, which a comment like that implies if taken that way. She’s is loyal to her team and it shows in her game. It’s never about herself!! She makes that clear on the court and in her media comments!! To tell her coach that the monster in her has awakened due to a snub gives off a “I’m better than you” look. No!! CC never puts herself above anyone, except on the stat line!!
Right now SHE is the BEST ROOKIE to enter the WNBA Bar None it is already over
CC will be a legend in the WNBA, just like in NCAA. She is averaging amazing numbers, especially when compared to other guards their rookie year. She stands alone. And it says a lot that she’s achieving what she has achieved while being coached by Sides and having to work with a couple of her teammates who aren’t great. It’ll be exciting to see how she continues to develop. Won’t win ROY because the media decides it but still, I think she wins by a landslide just based on the history of who has won it and their numbers. But the majority of the athletes we know today didn’t win it. It’s an overhyped recognition.
It must be really challenging for CC to focus on pure basketball and her suite of talents when hamstrung by a bad coach and a league full of envious, violent women. CC knew her role with Iowa and was supported in that role. Not so with the Fever. I think we all want this insanity to settle down and for CC to be able to just play ball. Oh, and being left out of the US Olympic squad was also a huge distraction.
So well said...a bad coach and envious, violent women. Thank you.
She can shoot from anywhere. She can drive to the left and I have seen her do it many times but she is right hand dominant and she knows her strengths. Almost everyone has a dominant hand or foot. Her teammates need to wake up and catch the ball too. They are too slow for CC. Her game is the best I've seen in a long time.
That is hilarious that she has beat every single goat. This league is ever known in her first month as a rookie. While being guarded double team, triple teamed, and blitzed more than any other team in the league. They just don’t want us to believe she’s the goat. We know what’s really going on. And the Olympic team is another. She also has a better statistical output than every other guard on the Olympic team.
If you look a little closer at those turnover numbers you see a lot of missed passes that go on her TO numbers. Boston and Smith and others have acknowledged they are getting use to ending up with the ball when they would never get it before. You can cut those TO numbers in half. The middle game is an issue! Those weird lay-ups have been around for a long time!
Most of CC’s turnovers are because the players receiving a pass from CC aren’t able to catch them.
Boston was under basket and missed easy shots multiple times.
Wheeler should have never gone into the game because she can’t play.
Smith can’t guard Reese and should have traded assignments with Boston.
Your assessments were right on. A good coach would tell her the same.
Absolutely agree. Let’s keep it about basketball.
PLEASE
With a total inexperienced coaching staff; her team is doomed to fail
She's soon going to be the best guard in the league. She already would be if they still played the game as a non-contact sport. There was a time just a few decades ago when a player was considered to "own" the area of the court under her and within a circle that would be described by her elbows if she held the ball to her chest with her elbows extended and she rotated her body such that her elbows then drew a circle in the air, projected down to the floor. She "owned" that cylinder and opposing players could not move her without fouling her and on the other hand if she controlled the ball and happened to elbow an opposing player as she twisted her body, it was their fault for having encroached on that cylinder and the foul if any would be on them. Today, the "bigs" routinely force a smaller player to move by bodily force and a player with the ball has to take care not to elbow an opponent who has penetrated her aforementioned cylinder. This puts a normally sized player at an extreme disadvantage vs many of the monster bigs playing today.
I don't have a crystal ball and no one else does either about CC's future. But I do have a feel from her past record in college and current rookie record she's looking good. I think her biggest problem is also her greatest asset to the WNBA. That being her fans, which are PLENTIFUL to say the least! But they do tend to be male and males tend to be more aggressive and assertive. Some WNBA veterans don't seem to be pleased with Caitlin's extreme popularity and fan accolades. The veterans have been around for MANY years without it. I do smell some jealousy and distain. Hopefully they get over it.
Why do these sites make up these fake quotes?
CC is born for basketball
Hey Gene I thought about this and other videos regarding CC, and I think she has let's say boy high school freshman skills but is obviously playing with women. CC is quick and her ball handling and passing skills are certainly very very high. At some her teammates need to adjust and she needs to have a better understanding of what her teammates can handle. Thanks for the content.
Yeah, her coach in Indy is trash. All her teammates are scrubs except Aliyah Boston. She's going to be the Luka Doncic of WNBA. These things take time, it doesn't happen over night.
Yes, she should have been drafted #1 by the defending champs.
She does make the same hand gesture as Luka to the refs when she doesn't get a call.
Talent doesn't go away she is adjusting but will be get there
It doesn't matter if she's an average player or the best player in the league.What matters is that he has a game that people like.People like her because you can see that she has a desire to win, that she wants to be a leader and also that she always wants to improve.I like his shooting style, I also like his passing ability and that's enough for me.
She!
Love it! Let's talk relevance. Just because Caitlin has some set patterns to her attack and movements while important to the defense against her, she will adjust because well she has to or die. This is not a person who has done that her entire BBall life. As to turnovers it's sad that her teammates just have hands of steel and can't handle her passes. That will change too. Give it and her sometime.
I think she will be one of the best in scoring and assist in league history at the end of her career. Not sure if she will get a championship ring unless paired up with 3-4 superstars.
Reese was bound to have a big game being that we was a national championship winner...
Cc is playing great and she is making her teammates get better. But her teammates and her coach are bringing her down. If she was in a middle of the road team she would be averaging in the mid 20s points per game.
Angel Reese is an affirmative action talent. Caitlin Clark is not an affirmative action talent.
All are good points ,but the reality, the coaching some of her teammates are horrible, why not put 2 times defensive player Celeste Taylor in the game instead of Wheeler, Smith need to go ,Sides need to go .To be honest, trade Wheeler and Smith for Alyssa Pili of Minnesota lynx. Something need to change real quick
Agree💯
I don't give as much credence to raw numbers as I do to efficiency. She has superficially impressive numbers with so-so efficiency; not terrible, not excellent, but it teeters from game to game. There is promise there, though.
Caitlin could play much better if she wasn’t having to carry Coach Christie on her back.
Agree 💯
CC 15 assists tied an all time WNBA record, not bad for a rookie..
Yes I did not touch on her playmaking
Agree, think the rest will do her good. She has been pushed to her limits, like never before.
100%
So right now who’s shown you ROY?
My vote would be Clark!
She will be a Contender Always! But she needs Help! Better team play and better coaching! They are trying to make her something she's not! A supporting cast member. Even with her weaknesses she still is on par with many of the Greatest we've seen so far in the W!
Sides is problem ,, trying to hold Clark back she has publicly stated she’s not a fan she has no idea how to structure the game and plays wrong players clark should play the whole game and run her game then watch the scoreboard Sides has to go,,, just be grateful clark is built tough with plenty of resilience,, she’s amazing
diane, sorry but who watched the wnba before?
It is simple people come(who are really in charge)want to see her shoot three pointers period everyhing will be centered àround that
The wbna will rotate around her she will get everyhing she needs the coaching.players that can play her game etc
She will become the great WNBA player ever, even become GOAT if handled well and have a competent coach beside her!
She needs to improve on using her left hand and a floater to become most complete player in the league.
facts
Caitlin Clark effect
Number one !!
Hello grandpa Tarausi
That is the only reason I'm watching WNBA is because of her and I only watch her games