I can't stand Reese.
I hope she breaks a leg.
POS
I hope she breaks a leg.
POS
Fever's Caitlin Clark breaks WNBA rookie record for assists.
Add yet another milestone to Caitlin Clark's record-breaking 2024, her latest coming Sunday in the Indiana Fever's 92-75 win over the Seattle Storm as she broke the WNBA single-season rookie mark for assists.Clark, who leads the WNBA in assists at 8.3 per game, had 9 Sunday to reach 232, passing Ticha Penicheiro's previous rookie record of 224 set in 1998.
Penicheiro was the No. 2 pick that year for the Sacramento Monarchs, who are no longer in the WNBA. She helped lead the Monarchs to the 2005 league championship and finished her career with 2,600 assists, third most in WNBA history.
Clark was four years from being born when Penicheiro came into the WNBA, and was 10 years old when Penicheiro retired. But Clark said the two connected during her college career at Iowa. And she knows enough to accurately describe Penicheiro, who is regarded as one of the most creative and exciting passers in women's basketball history.
"If you watch her highlights, she was definitely a better passer than me," Clark said. "She had way more flair to her game. She would spin around and make these crazy passes. I kind of just run in transition and chuck it up there and hope for the best."
In fact, Clark's passing is one of her top attributes. Along with scoring a Division I men's and women's record 3,951 points at Iowa, Clark had 1,144 assists, third in NCAA Division I women's history. She topped Penicheiro's WNBA rookie record in her 28th WNBA game; Penicheiro set her mark in 30 games.
With the expansion of the WNBA regular season to 40 games, Clark still has 12 games remaining to add to her assist total. The overall WNBA single-season assist record is 316, set last year in 40 games by the Connecticut Sun's Alyssa Thomas.
Clark at her current pace could eclipse that in 11 more games. Thomas currently is second in the league in assists with 202 through 26 games.
If you'd told me I was going to lead the league in assists coming in here in my rookie season, I probably would have told you that you were lying," said Clark, who also had 23 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks Sunday. "But I take a lot of pride in that. I want to set my teammates up first and foremost, because that's going to help you have the most successful team.
"I'm always looking for my teammates in transition; that's where I tend to thrive the most."
Indiana, seventh in the WNBA standings, is now 13-15, matching last season's win total. The Fever haven't finished with a winning record since 2015, when they went 20-14 and made the WNBA Finals.
They haven't made the playoffs since 2016, when they were 17-17.
"I think we just have a really balanced attack," said Fever guard Lexie Hull, who had a career-high 22 points and was 6-of-7 from 3-point range Sunday. "It's just really fun to watch when you have Caitlin running in transition -- the ball can go anywhere, anyone can knock it down, our offense is just so fluid."
Caitlin Clark wins Rookie of the Year.
Having etched her name across the record book during the 2024 WNBA season, Caitlin Clark has been named the league’s Rookie of the Year, league sources told The Athletic on Friday.That Clark won the award came as little surprise considering how prolific her debut season was.
Clark broke both the WNBA’s single-season and single-game assist records. She scored the most points by a rookie ever, and the most points by a point guard ever. She became the first rookie to record two triple-doubles and the first Fever player ever to record a triple-double.
Caitlin Clark wins WNBA Rookie of the Year honors.
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark was a near-unanimous pick for WNBA Rookie of the Year, the league announced Thursday.Clark, the No. 1 draft pick in April, got 66 of 67 votes from a national media panel. The other vote went to the Chicago Sky's Angel Reese, who was the No. 7 pick in the draft.
Fever players have won the award in back-to-back seasons; Indiana forward/center Aliyah Boston won the honor last year after she was also the No. 1 draft pick. Clark and Boston helped lead the Fever to their first playoff appearance since 2016 before they were swept in the first round by the Connecticut Sun.
"I am incredibly honored to be named Rookie of the Year, but more than that, I am grateful to everyone that supported me throughout this past season -- my family and friends, my teammates, the Fever organization and everyone that cheered us on all season. I am so proud of what we accomplished and so excited for what the future holds," Clark said in a statement.
Clark was joined on the WNBA All-Rookie Team by Reese, Sky center Kamilla Cardoso, the Los Angeles Sparks' Rickea Jackson and the New York Liberty's Leonie Fiebich.
Clark had a record-breaking first WNBA season that followed her history-making college career at Iowa, where she became the all-time leading scorer in Division I basketball, men's or women's.
She started all 40 regular-season games for the Fever, who went 20-20 and finished sixth in the league. She averaged 19.2 points, a WNBA-best 8.4 assists, 5.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals in 35.4 minutes per game. She led all rookies in each of those categories except rebounding, in which she was third. Reese led the WNBA in rebounding average at 13.1.
Along with leading the league in assists, Clark was first in 3-pointers (122) and second in minutes per game and free throw percentage (90.6). She was seventh overall in scoring.
Her 337 assists set a WNBA single-season record, and she had a single-game record of 19 assists against the Dallas Wings in July. She also set a rookie season mark with 769 points and became the first WNBA rookie to record a triple-double. (She had two.)
Speaking after the Fever's 87-81 loss in Game 2 against the Sun, Clark said she was thrilled about the potential she and the team have ahead of them.
"The fun part is I feel like I'm just scratching the surface," Clark said. "I know I want to help this franchise get even better, help my teammates get even better, be better for my teammates. I know there's a lot of room for me to continue to improve, so that's what excites me the most."
This is the person who voted Angel Reese for ROTY
Who does that look like?
LMAO
Who does that look like?
LMAO
This. Reese jealous like all the former players. Petty league
