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An Ugly Win for USA WBB for the Gold Medal

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Wow!
What a game from France and what a mess of a game by USA.

This was one game where I thought Diana would have been a good sub in the second quarter when the US was running around in circles - the reason to include her in the team was for a moment like that where the guards were playing scared. (And she couldn't have done worse than any of the other subs in that quarter :eek:)
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I couldn't understand why we didn't slow down.
 
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One can recognize her talents and realize the Olympics wouldn't have played well into her skill set. The guard play in general was an issue but there are players more suited to fill the weaknesses of the team (Allisha Gray, Kayla McBride, Aeriel Atkins) that I would have picked over Clark.

The largest issue with the backcourt, imo, was it was almost exclusively guards that need the ball in their hands to be effective. That led to a lot of over dribbling, turnovers, and no real offensive flow. We needed some 3 and D guards that excel in role player positions imo.
We can disagree, which is fine. If you asked every GM in the WNBA a question. Who would you rather have, all the players you listed OR Caitlin Clark, 100% would pick Clark.
 
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We can disagree, which is fine. If you asked every GM in the WNBA a question. Who would you rather have, all the players you listed OR Caitlin Clark, 100% would pick Clark.
Cheryl Reeves is a WNBA GM and she made it clear she would not have picked Caitlin Clark. So you are starting off wrong.
 
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