They are such a young team. Aside from Mitchell and Wheeler, all of the players have been in the W for 4 years or less. The core group of Boston/Smith/Clark are 22-23 years old. It'll take time. I am not making any judgements on Coach Sides as of yet.
They added Caitlin Clark and KLS to their rotation, ofc their defense is worse than last year. The only good defender in their starting line up
Agreed, which is why it's major GM malpractice to stick a defensive-minded coach like Christie Sides with limited defensive options. They'd look a lot better with someone like Rebecca Allen at the three.
Yea but nobody’s going to the Fever before they go to Seattle, New York, the Aces or The Mercury imo. Bec Allen was one of the more sought after free agents this year, no way was she a realistic get for the Fever.
I disagree that they should be a top 4-5 team based off their draft picks. This is still a very young team with these young pieces are still finding their roles in the league.
Watching them the issue looks to be the interior defense. Against NY Stewie could have scored every time down the floor. Boston to me looks terrible on defense and even worse on offense. I don't necessarily blame her though, I think their coach has no idea how to build an offense around the talent she has to put on the floor.
I mean Ty Harris saw Clark on her in that fourth quarter and called game. I think with Mitchell back in the line up and looking good teams will start moving the best defender over to her and take a Clark out of the game on offense by going at her more intentionally. Especially with her propensity to pick up fouls.
lol. Who invited this guy? Says the fever should be a top 5 team, blames the coach, says the league should let Clark have all the freedom to do whatever she wants, throws Diana Taurasi shade in there for good mix, with a “the league isn’t capitalizing on the CC hype” for the cherry on top. You’ve covered the gamut of opinions for people who just want to see her do good and that’s it. The team is almost last in every major category, even pace. That isn’t just getting turned around with the snap of a finger. They had just as little time as everyone for training camp. They just not good
Can’t imagine Seattle won’t turn it around themselves. I’d put Dallas as a team the Fever shouldn’t have issue beating out.
They might finish above LA........and Washington if Sykes and Austin continue to have injury issues.
True... I'd love to talk to the genius who decided a schedule that quarantined the Fever would open 0-4 was equitable. The Sun and Liberty will make the lower echelon of the league look pathetic.
Maybe he’s Caitlin’s dad
I agree with this.
It's so disappointing.....even in the disjointed defense and a backcourt dominated offense where its freelancing seems encouraged, there evidence that they have enough good players to be better than their record. It is almost as if they are trying to showcase CC at the expense of good team play that utilizes all its resources efficiently. Boston was far more efficient tonight than the two guards. I am not pro-Boston per se. I do prefer to see good team play, on both sides of the ball. It would be safe to say that Boston did well on the defense tonight as well.
I actually think the Fever will win more games when CC has a stat line like the first Sparks game than this one. 12 pts, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. Or something. I’m not surprised she scored 30 tonight and they lost at home to a team they beat on the road last week. And this isn’t a knock on Clark, I’m sure she was happier scoring less points winning than she was tonight. I think it’s clear Sides has no idea how to balance the expectations of fans coming to see a Clark based offense and building an offense (and defense with so many defensive liabilities) that can win games.
Here's a radical idea: it's not so much about the Fever, it's about the Sparks. Their guards did nothing in the loss, they were much better tonight.
