Tamika Catchings... GOAT?

[asuwish]

Doesn't DT lead the league in points scored, 3 pointers, etc... I cannot even read something that I know is a falsehood

Why are the numbers false? Do you think this person made them up? Tamika is great! Tarasi just wins, granted she did have great teamates. Except Uconn title 2 and 3 she carried them. She also won oversees and is by far the player you give the ball to to win a game. Tamika may have great stats, but I'll take DT. or maybe Breanna if her career is long enough

 

[Steelerone]

This is a Williams vs DiMaggio, Bird vs Johnson, Montana vs Brady post.

 

[bballnut90]

She is top 3 in both of the article's justification that Catching is #1: "Basketball-Reference.com's win shares have Catchings No. 1 with 93.7 career win shares, 20 more than anyone else. (Three-time MVP Lauren Jackson of the Seattle Storm is second at 73.1, with Taurasi third at 65.3.)" and his "WNBA Leaders, Wins Above Replacement Player" where Catching is #1 at 128.5, Taurasi #2 at 93.4, and Jackson #3 at 89.2. Pelton sure puts Jackson up there with the advanced stats.

What's interesting too is that LJ basically accomplished these numbers over a 10 year career while DT/Taurasi did theirs in 15. If LJ maintained the same win shares per season for another 5 years, she's likely par with Catchings or possibly ahead of her.

If you look at the offensive on/off summary the writer highlights in his article, Indiana was 12.6 ppg better per 100 possessions with Catchings on the court over her career. Jackson from 2001-2010 had an average of 13.7.

These numbers are interesting but the problem with these stats though is they primarily show how important you are to your team which doesn't paint the total picture. These numbers are a reflection of how important Catchings was to her team, but it also shows how bad her team was without her on the court, or how poor her replacement was. DT had better teammates so they were able to pick up the slack if she was out.

 

[bballnut90]

Why are the numbers false? Do you think this person made them up? Tamika is great! Tarasi just wins, granted she did have great teamates. Except Uconn title 2 and 3 she carried them. She also won oversees and is by far the player you give the ball to to win a game. Tamika may have great stats, but I'll take DT. or maybe Breanna if her career is long enough

Moore has more WNBA titles than DT and double the number of finals appearances in a career half the length of Diana's. I don't know how people can overlook her, especially on a UCONN forum.