This really wasn’t even close.
Team USA – the team of talented women not selected to the US Olympic team handily beat the women selected by the WNBA going to the Paris Olympics.
For a month, we have been reporting that not selecting Caitlin Clark for the US Women’s Olympic team was one of the worse decisions in sports history. On Saturday night we were proven right.
It didn’t matter that Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese were first-timers: They made a meaningful splash in their first All-Star Game and were integral contributors to Team USA’s victory. Clark had a quiet scoring night (4 points) but recorded yet another game with double-digit assists (10), a rookie record and one shy of Sue Bird’s all-time All-Star Game mark (with the all-time great looking on and apparently chirping courtside).
The maestro of double-doubles this season, Reese finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds to become the first rookie to record a double-double in an All-Star Game.
There’s little doubt a lasting memory from Saturday will be when Clark found Reese under the basket for a layup early in the third quarter, and the two high-fived while running back on defense — what could be a preview of All-Star Games, maybe even international competitions representing the United States, to come.
Arike Ogunbowale led all scorers with a WNBA All-Star Game-record 34 points and won the MVP while representing Team USA.
Here is Clark feeding Angel Reese with an easy bucket after cutting through the Olympic team’s defense. The crowd went wild.
The moment we’ve all been waiting for
The arena goes wild after Caitlin Clark dimes Angel Reese for the bucket @ATT #WNBAAllStar | ABC pic.twitter.com/QSMuYOw3bP
— WNBA (@WNBA) July 21, 2024
The biggest mistake in sports history was when a small group of jealous women decided not to invite Caitlin Clark on the Olympic team. The greatest player in NCAA Women’s basketball history has been snubbed by the league because she’s white, straight and Christian.
Clark leads the WNBA in points scored or assisted on than any player in the WNBA this year to date.
Caitlin Clark had the most points scored or assisted on in #WNBA history in tonight’s game vs the Wings pic.twitter.com/CUHw35dLuJ
— Clark Report (@CClarkReport) July 18, 2024
Clark has reached 400 points and 200 assists in a season faster than any other player in #WNBA history.
Caitlin Clark has reached 400 points and 200 assists in a season faster than any other player in #WNBA history
Only 4 other players have done it before pic.twitter.com/TSTupruIMb
— Clark Report (@CClarkReport) July 18, 2024
Despite having one of the greatest weeks in WNBA history, Clark was replaced at the last second in player of the week by the WNBA. They forgot to remove a video of her amazing plays during the week. What a trainwreck the WNBA is.
The video does not contain any highlights from prior to this week which means it can’t be meant for Rookie of the Month or POTM
Caitlin Clark was the first player in league history to average 20 points + 10 assists and now win POTW
Absolutely terrible look for the #WNBA https://t.co/4fPQUZAR7S
— Clark Report (@CClarkReport) July 18, 2024
Colin Cowherd is on the Clark train and he rightly argues that the WNBA women who run the league want Clark to pay her dues but don’t understand that she is already paying all the fees!
“They’re trying to get her to pay her dues, but she’s the one paying all the fees.”
Colin Cowherd absolutely COOKED the #WNBA pic.twitter.com/JAtYIz0T5X
— Clark Report (@CClarkReport) July 18, 2024
Only two players in the league have been top 15 in points, assists, rebounds, steals and blocked shots. Last year’s MVP and Caitlin Clark.
WNBA players this season ranking in the top 15 in PTS • REB • AST • STL • BLK:
Caitlin Clark (Rookie)
Breanna Stewart (2023 MVP)All 19ast by Caitlin Clark. pic.twitter.com/yM34V0Noxo
— LowkeySportsizRight (@LowkeyRealm) July 18, 2024
Some argue that Clark should not be Rookie of the year, yet she has broken multiple WNBA records and has had more 20+ point games than all the other rookies combined.
Caitlin Clark has more 20+ point games this season than all other rookies combined#WNBA pic.twitter.com/CHqaU3I1a2
— Clark Report (@CClarkReport) July 18, 2024
Clark has more assists per game than any rookie.
Most assists by a Rookie from the 2024 Draft:
Caitlin Clark: 19
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CC: 6#WNBA pic.twitter.com/9D3UzBLVQ7— Clark Report (@CClarkReport) July 18, 2024
Caitlin Clark was not selected for the women’s Olympic basketball team in 2024. The women who chose the team didn’t think she was good enough.
The spiritually sick women leadership in the WNBA will not overcome their hate and jealously of this newcomer and reverse their decision not to put her on the Olympic team.
As a result they got beat by Clark, Reese, and Ogunbowale who all proved they should be representing the US in the Olympics, not these over-the-hill players selected for reasons other than ability or productivity.
Now no one will be watching the US women’s basketball team in the Olympics when it could have been appointment TV.
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Team USA is the Olympics team, and they lost to Team WNBA. When you make such an obvious mistake in your writing it clues people in to the fact you know nothing about the W, and the sport. Also, pointing to statistics Clark accumulated after the team was selected is meaningless, unless you somehow think the Team USA could see the future?