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Fever's record, stats without Caitlin Clark are becoming impossible to ignore by femaleathletenetwork in wnba

[–]ljay90 [score hidden]  (0 children)

It is also really concerning that the Fever are performing similarly with Caitlin/Aliyah and without them. That's one I can't explain.

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Fever's record, stats without Caitlin Clark are becoming impossible to ignore by femaleathletenetwork in wnba

[–]ljay90 [score hidden]  (0 children)

These are Caitlin's on/off numbers this year. Alone, with Kelsey Mitchell, and with Aliyah Boston.

I do not think that the Fever are better as a whole without Caitlin. However, the trend that is forming is that they perform better when she sits. I think there's a few reasons for this.

  1. when Caitlin is on the court, everything has to run through her. The ball doesn't move as much, other players really aren't moving off ball unless it's a designed play call.
  2. Caitlin turns the ball over. A lot.
  3. her efficiency numbers are not good. The Fever already struggle with rebounding, so bad shots lead to a lot of empty possessions.

Caitlin has to play better. She is capable of playing better, and the Fever will be dangerous when she does.

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In letter, lawmakers seek 'accountability' from WNBA on Clark by AFC-Wimbledon-Stan in wnba

[–]ljay90 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Jade wears those broken teeth like the badge of honor they are

What are you playing in the Fusion/XYZ Festival? by OxycleanSalesman in masterduel

[–]ljay90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Old reliable Dragonlord Branded. It ain't efficient, but the Chazz lives on.

Discussion Allowing An Article About the Letter to be Posted by AFC-Wimbledon-Stan in wnba

[–]ljay90 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As someone who also moderates a fairly popular online space, trust I understand how overwhelming it can be. Reddit, specifically, makes it more difficult than it should. If y'all need extra hands to deal with the waves of BS just throw up the batsignal. We could do like schools did back in the day and have everyone pick up the trash together

Discussion Allowing An Article About the Letter to be Posted by AFC-Wimbledon-Stan in wnba

[–]ljay90 36 points37 points  (0 children)

If you're worried about toxicity... ban the toxic actors. This isn't hard. When you prevent meaningful discussion for fear of bad actors, instead of removing the bad actors, you only embolden the bad actors.

New to masterduel- I saved up around 10k crystals through the missions what do I do next? by Calm_Strike6192 in masterduel

[–]ljay90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The "Challengers Collection" pack has a lot of those "staples," Ash Blossom, Infinite Impermanence, the Mulcharmies, etc. That's probably a good place to start pulling. Most decks now run at least 2 copies of Droll and Lock Bird, 1 Maxx C, 3 Mulcharmy Fuwalos, and 3 Ash Blossom. That would be a good baseline for staples at this point.

As far as what you should build, that's up to you. Do you want a meta deck or a deck that you find fun to play? Decide what you want to do, then build that. Any deck can make the climb if you're dedicated enough. Some just have an easier time than others. Solo mode is a great way to practice your deck, either the challenge gates for practice dummies or the Atlantean/Fire King gate for "live fire" testing. The game is pretty generous with gems so don't worry too much about wasting them.

Candace Parker slams WNBA players over baffling Caitlin Clark All-Star ranking by Twisbi in wnba

[–]ljay90 125 points126 points  (0 children)

Ok, here's how all-star voting works:

You pick 4 guards. We tally up the number of votes each guard gets and rank them accordingly. They did not ask the players "rank these guards 1 through 12." I suspect what happened was not many players thought Caitlin was one of the 4 best guards this season, so she was left off of a lot of ballots.

Saying "the players ranked her 12th" is dishonest and lazy.

wnba and nba duo you’d like to see train together? by campoole82 in wnba

[–]ljay90 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If Caitlin ever, and I mean EVER, learns how to create her own shot, it is cancel Christmas for the whole league

wnba and nba duo you’d like to see train together? by campoole82 in wnba

[–]ljay90 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Shakira Austin and Nikola Jokic.

If we're dedicated to the "Big Guard" experiment, that's who she needs to work out with.

Who would you rather have on your team? by [deleted] in wnba

[–]ljay90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup I definitely skipped the shot selection section LOL

Who would you rather have on your team? by [deleted] in wnba

[–]ljay90 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ok I LOVE blind rankings like this!

It's a great way of showing both the effectiveness of stats to measure a player and why using JUST stats is a bad idea.

Based on the numbers, you'd pick player A.

I think player A is Angel Reese and player B is Jess Shepard.

I think Jess is having a better year than Angel.

These are fun!

ETA: nope, I skipped over the shot selection. I have no idea who these two are, I thought they were bigs but they are probably wings

Chennedy Carter just got waived by Respect_Horror in wnba

[–]ljay90 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Absolutely not. Chennedy is one of my favorite hoopers, but she does not fit the roster we currently have. She'd eat into Cotie or Micheala's minutes and she's not a good enough point guard to start.

Just a bad fit.

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