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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 4492662, member: 2117"] To be fair I don't think win share correlates with best player or best season as much as it indicates how important or heavily used a player is to their specific team. Dissecting the players listed: -Angel Reese's numbers are amazing but they have come against an awful schedule (though Angel might keep up her current tear). -Siegrist/Latson play for borderline top 25 teams, so while they're putting up great numbers, they aren't elevating their teams to be among the best in the country. It's a 2 way street since basketball is a team sport and neither has the teammates to get there, but the flip side is that their win-share numbers are also inflated compared to others because they're so heavily relied upon. There has to be a balance between individual stats and overall winning/team success. Both are elite with the former but not with the latter. A player like Boston/Brink/etc makes it with leading their team to success but neither has elite individual stats. -Caitlin Clark finds that balance since her team is likely in the 10-15 range after this week, she is tearing it up against a tougher schedule, and is leading her team to victories in several of these big games. Also, in regards to your last comment, I disagree voters will be lazy and just go with big names. Several players who weren't on top 25 teams still made the AP teams last year despite a lack of team success. Morrow was 2nd team without DePaul being top 25, Siegrist made 3rd team despite Villanova barely making the tournament, and Burton made 3rd team without leading her team to the tournament at all. This year Morrow made the preseason top 5 team and Siegrist received votes as well. Voters are recognizing players across the country even if they don't get a lot of exposure or play for elite teams. [/QUOTE]

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