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Hope to see more of this. Seems like Washington, Atlanta, and Dallas could all play in higher capacity arenas.
Short rotation for the Fever. Caitlin played 39 of the 40 minutes.
Becky Hammon.
Taint quite spelled right
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Yea…they’ll probably cut her soon.x.com
They should get Temi Fagbenle back soon. May not necessarily help reduce Clark's minutes, but help the depth overall. Temi just signed this year, but gives them some much needed size and veteran presence.
Not exactly apples to apples.
Haha, yep, it's a cute narrative for some to say that games are moved to bigger arenas to see the rookie class, but, no, it is happening because people want to see Caitlan Clark. The attendance numbers of last night's game and how quickly the game sold out tells the tale.x.com
An 0-9 team played in front of 10,000 people against Chicago without Caitlin Clark. Normal capacity for their home arena is 4200. Sounds like more than a cute narrative.Haha, yep, it's a cute narrative for some to say that games are moved to bigger arenas to see the rookie class, but, no, it is happening because people want to see Caitlan Clark. The attendance numbers of last night's game and how quickly the game sold out tells the tale.x.com
An 0-9 team played in front of 10,000 people against Chicago without Caitlin Clark. Normal capacity for their home arena is 4200. Sounds like more than a cute narrative.Haha, yep, it's a cute narrative for some to say that games are moved to bigger arenas to see the rookie class, but, no, it is happening because people want to see Caitlan Clark. The attendance numbers of last night's game and how quickly the game sold out tells the tale.x.com
Mystics host Sky
Sure - there could be all kinds of explanations. This was the first time in 5 years that they moved to the bigger arena and drew crowds that were 2.5x and 5x bigger than their normal capacity. That seems like fantastic news for the league. Drawing 10K fans on a Thursday night to a winless team is pretty impressive.An 0-9 team played in front of 10,000 people against Chicago without Caitlin Clark. Normal capacity for their home arena is 4200. Sounds like more than a cute narrative.Haha, yep, it's a cute narrative for some to say that games are moved to bigger arenas to see the rookie class, but, no, it is happening because people want to see Caitlan Clark. The attendance numbers of last night's game and how quickly the game sold out tells the tale.x.com
Mystics host Sky
Maybe - but Clark drew double that, the next night.
Isn't Reese originally from Baltimore>. That would be a more logical explanation for that crowd than some mythical "rookie class" - because every game includes part of the "rookie class".
| Indiana Fever | 16,032 | 7 | 112,224 | 8,910 | 20,333 | |
| Los Angeles Sparks | 11,104.25 | 4 | 44,417 | 7,911 | 16,013 | |
| Chicago Sky | 10,365 | 5 | 51,825 | 6,251 | 17,274 | |
| Connecticut Sun | 9,854.67 | 3 | 29,564 | 3,265 | 17,274 | |
| Seattle Storm | 8,999.67 | 6 | 53,998 | 4,200 | 15,022 | |
| Phoenix Mercury | 8,605.33 | 6 | 51,632 | 6,489 | 10,419 | |
| New York Liberty | 8,003.20 | 5 | 40,016 | 3,255 | 17,274 | |
| Dallas Wings | 7,788.17 | 6 | 46,729 | 3,265 | 10,340 | |
| Minnesota Lynx | 7,016.20 | 5 | 35,081 | 3,265 | 9,052 | |
| Washington Mystics | 7,007.50 | 6 | 42,045 | 3,627 | 9,878 | |
| Atlanta Dream | 6,099.33 | 3 | 18,298 | 3,847 | 10,251 | |
| Las Vegas Aces | 5,891.67 | 3 | 17,675 | 4,015 | 7,409 |
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An 0-9 team played in front of 10,000 people against Chicago without Caitlin Clark. Normal capacity for their home arena is 4200. Sounds like more than a cute narrative.Haha, yep, it's a cute narrative for some to say that games are moved to bigger arenas to see the rookie class, but, no, it is happening because people want to see Caitlan Clark. The attendance numbers of last night's game and how quickly the game sold out tells the tale.x.com
Mystics host Sky
Maybe - but Clark drew double that, the next night.
Isn't Reese originally from Baltimore>. That would be a more logical explanation for that crowd than some mythical "rookie class" - because every game includes part of the "rookie class".
Caitlin Clark omitted from USA Olympics women's basketball roster: Fever star misses cut for Paris, per report
The Las Vegas Aces and Phoenix Mercury will be well represented on the roster this summer
And to give this some perspective. With less than 1/100th the hype and attention the WNBA is enjoying, the NWSL averaged 10,432 last season.
Caitlin Clark omitted from USA Olympics women's basketball roster: Fever star misses cut for Paris, per report
The Las Vegas Aces and Phoenix Mercury will be well represented on the roster this summer
This seems like a colossal mistake but I’m happy she will get the time off.
She certainly needs it. But her ommision is utter horse****.Caitlin Clark omitted from USA Olympics women's basketball roster: Fever star misses cut for Paris, per report
The Las Vegas Aces and Phoenix Mercury will be well represented on the roster this summer
This seems like a colossal mistake but I’m happy she will get the time off.
never miss a chance to miss a chance and shoot yourself in the foot.Caitlin Clark omitted from USA Olympics women's basketball roster: Fever star misses cut for Paris, per report
The Las Vegas Aces and Phoenix Mercury will be well represented on the roster this summer
Caitlin Clark omitted from USA Olympics women's basketball roster: Fever star misses cut for Paris, per report
The Las Vegas Aces and Phoenix Mercury will be well represented on the roster this summer
Injury, absolutely. I think she is already an alternate.
Yeah, I think this is fine from a team perspective, there is precedent for earning your place, etc.
10,000 in an arena that holds around 20,000 vs selling out the arena of 20,000 in 30 minutes (and who knows how many it could have been had the capacity been higher).An 0-9 team played in front of 10,000 people against Chicago without Caitlin Clark. Normal capacity for their home arena is 4200. Sounds like more than a cute narrative.Haha, yep, it's a cute narrative for some to say that games are moved to bigger arenas to see the rookie class, but, no, it is happening because people want to see Caitlan Clark. The attendance numbers of last night's game and how quickly the game sold out tells the tale.x.com
Mystics host Sky
The problem if she is on the team is clear: certain veterans would likely cry like 1-year olds and freeze her out in the games and embarrass us at the Olympics, much like Isiah had the All-Stars do to Jordan early in his NBA career. Clark will have a great chance to make it the next time and hopefully some of the bitter curmugeons will be retired and/or less weepy by then.
Jordan paid Isiah back later, with interest, for that when he was left off the original Dream Team.
Are we sure it was the WNBA's choice? I thought the team was chosen by a committee that was not related to the WNBA (I may be wrong about this)
Oh this is a good point. I truly have no idea who the Olympic committee is. For the men Grant Hill makes the call and he’s not in an NBA org so you are probably right.
I have no idea either. I would assume it's like other sports and it's an Olympic committee not tied to any professional League.
Meh, there's really not that many of them, and they are just really noisy at the moment. They'll be bent about something else in a week.
Thank you for that.
