How Well Has the Caitlin Clark Olympics Team Snub Aged? | The Rich Eisen Show

Rich Eisen and the guys debate if keeping Caitlin Clark off the women’s Olympic team was the right decision for Team USA Basketball.

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[CUMBICA]

I'm Brazilian and I wanted to see her in the Olympics! Hell it's no exaggeration to say every basketball fan in the world wanted to.

[mikeleichtweis]

Caitlin could sign autographs in a Wal-Mart parking lot and get more attention than the entire WNBA 😂

[sweetrobertos]

Ha!! Did you see the empty stands TJ? C'mon man. Those stands would've been full if CC was there.

[christopherweise]

Really disappointed in TJ's take about "what has she proven in the WNBA?".

CC has been setting records no rookie has ever done. Plus, she leads the league in assists, and is tied 7th in scoring with Breanna Stewart.

[clumsysmurf]

The reality was Taurasi and Gray should have been left off for Clark and Arike. US Basketball didn't have the guts to leave Taurasi off. Gray hadn't played a game all season due to injury when they named the team. It was laughable then, it's laughable now. Remember, the argument was, her game didn't fit because of her usage. And now people are realizing she is the best passer in the women's game, which was true then. TJ is so far off base with his take.

[ronintje]

They left out CC because grandma had to get her 6th golden and grandma couldn't deal with a youngster outshining her triple zero.

[SW-lxlu]

TJ - Facts for you:
- Arike pulled herself out of the of the running months earlier bc of this bs politics
- Angel was not in the eligible pool

What has Caitlin proven?
- She has more assists already l in 26 games than 75% of WNBA players in league *history.*
- She currently leads the entire league in assists.
- She has the highest total points either scored or assisted on in the league.
- She has better numbers this season than 3 of the 4 guards on the team, and she’s not far off from Sabrina’s numbers.
- They only brought one true point guard on a team of individual stars, and that PG can pass but hardly move.
- Caitlin fills a legitimate need.

If hypothetically, Angel was eligible and in the pool, she plays a role at 4 or 5 that is covered well on the team by aja, griner, Stewie, etc, plus, they can play small in a lot of games and still have the size advantage.

The marketing narrative is not how would want her to make the team when there are better basketball reasons why Caitlin should be there.

[justinland]

That dude is totally missing the point and it has to be on purpose. Also, why’s he so emotional about it, it’s embarrassing.

[DeepRest]

Every Clark conversation has these uncomfortable racial undertones... You guys know its okay to like Clark AND Reese? Its okay to say Clark is a whole level above your average rookie. The poor girl keeps getting politicized and all she wants to do is ball. Reminds me of the stuff I've learned about Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.

[NeilTruick]

Dawn Staley: "If we had to do it all over again, the way that she’s playing, she would be in really high consideration..."
Translation: "We f'ed this up...bad."

[kwqjmmt]

Why can't anybody say anything about Caitlin Clark without somebody having to say what about Angel Reese, They are not in the same conversation despite everybody trying to force it to be... LOL

[kofiashiboe-mensah]

Yall forgetting DT and Breanna went straight into the team from college. Its not like theres no precedent

[kevinsage]

Taurasi didn’t want CC22 to have opportunity to take her 6 Gold medals from the record books

[siniister]

TJ letting his angel fandom blind him from reason lol they're not even the same type of player and aren't competing for the same spots

[stevedesio]

Diana Tarausi made it outa college. And she broke no records in college

[starokh]

How we forget we used to fill up our basketball teams with only college students so to sit there and say that she wasn't seasons enough kind of ironic.

[tuhranwilliams]

Lossing millions and millions of dollar's on purpose is a bad way to run a business.

[sread]

Why is TJ mentioning AR? She can rebound, but she cannot dribble the ball or shoot and she even has trouble with layups.

[chrisolivo]

As a hockey fan, Wayne Gretzky is the only player in NHL history to really register with the masses. His trade to LA was the biggest story in sports, he hosted SNL and brought eyeballs that the league has never seen again. The NHL has been a niche sport that the national media completely ignores for 10 months and may mention it during the playoffs.

For every WNBA fan like TJ who doesn’t understand what CC can do for the sport, you advertise the hell out of her now. SHE is the only reason people are talking about the WNBA, and yet the irony is the pushback is coming from WNBA fans.

[christopherweise]

Team WNBA beating Team USA was all i needed to see. Proves team USA in not the best 12. They will probably still win gold, but they aren't the best 12.