Caitlin Clark is on tempo to interrupt Alyssa Thomas’ single-season help document regardless of some inconsistencies amongst her Indiana Fever teammates. She is already a top-five participant within the WNBA as a rookie and solely continues to get higher with each recreation.
Nevertheless, the No. 1 total choose and the crew that drafted her have but to achieve their full potential— which goes to be an issue for the remainder of the league for years to come back.
Clark is averaging a league-high 8.2 assists per recreation. Ought to that tempo proceed, it might be the best common each for a rookie. And as of proper now, she wants simply 70 extra assists to interrupt the single-season document, which was set by Thomas at 316 final 12 months. At her present tempo, Clark will transfer into the highest spot on Sept. 15 in opposition to the Dallas Wings.
It may/needs to be sooner if her teammates would step up!
Caitlin Clark is dropping dimes.
Everyone talked about Clark as a shooter at Iowa. And for good motive. She was must-see T.V.
Nevertheless, in doing so, individuals missed the remainder of her recreation — particularly as a passer. The runaway Rookie of the Yr drops dimes night-in and night-out. She is so easy.
Clark scaled again a few of her deep-range triples in the course of the center portion of the season to place an emphasis on getting her teammates the ball. It labored! Indiana received 12 of its final 18 video games and the Fever are on observe to slide right into a playoff spot. Their star level guard has not been the highest scorer in all of these wins as a result of the individuals round her have lastly stepped up.
With that being stated, they’re nonetheless holding Clark again— to an extent.
Her stats in the course of the early season had been soured by her teammates’ incapability to catch slick dishes or end on the rim, which led to seen frustration. So much (most?) of these points are cleaned up by now, however not all of them.
Take Monday for instance. The Fever allowed the Dream to comeback from 15 factors down at one level in the course of the second half. Issues obtained dicey for a second they usually couldn’t rating.
I do not know the way Caitlin Clark broke the assists document, her teammates cannot catch or end. #caitlinclark #wnba #FeverRising pic.twitter.com/AwySNDDNO0
— Chad (@ChadPursell) August 27, 2024
Indiana went on to beat Atlanta by 5 so it was not an enormous deal. Clark completed with seven boards, seven assists and 19 factors. Kelsey Mitchell completed with a game-high 29.
Although every thing went in her favor in the long run, Clark was not thrilled with how issues went down the stretch. She was on demon time because the clock ticked nearer to zero.
i’d be pissed off too if i used to be robbed of so many assists as a result of my teammates can’t end layups ???? pic.twitter.com/IRtRIDAO6U
— vi ✰ (@ccloveoml) August 27, 2024
Curiously sufficient, Caitlin Clark took far more deep threes on Monday than she has in latest weeks. The best scorer in school basketball historical past pulled up from the emblem on a number of events.
Caitlin Clark from wayyyy downtown????????????????
She’s not lacking that 2 instances in a row.#WNBA #FeverRising pic.twitter.com/oQOJJhCJXW
— Ashwin (@Sudharsan_ak) August 27, 2024
She had a a lot faster set off all through the sport.
Caitlin Clark deep three from the A! ???? pic.twitter.com/DdHBCqmtdv
— Indiana Fever (@IndianaFever) August 27, 2024
Maybe there’s a correlation there?
Possibly head coach Christie Sides advised Clark to open issues up. Possibly Clark took issues into her personal fingers whereas her teammates, outdoors of Mitchell, largely struggled to get the job carried out.
The Fever are successful video games whereas nonetheless looking for their full id. They’ll be a very robust crew to beat as soon as every thing clicks on a constant foundation.
