The problem with how people are covering the WNBA and critiquing the WNBA is they’re viewing it through NBA lenses.
Womens basketball will never have the explosiveness, speed or athleticism of the NBA. Why? Because they are WOMEN. A’Ja Wilson plays center, but would be a guard in the NBA. She towers over most players, but Ja Morant is almost as tall as her and he’s considered small in the NBA.
And Clark gained popularity because of the Steph Curry comparisons, but it took years of the NBA evolving for him to be able to play the way he has. Angel Reese is basically playing like an old school power forward/center. And most of the best teams this year and over the course of the history of the league usually had a dominant front court player.
Most teams can’t spread the floor with the front court players consistently hitting 3’s. Imagine Steph Curry playing in the 90’s. His numbers would probably look different.
And for the 1000 time, Clark’s bag is limited. She can make flashy passes, that a male player could handing, but once again, she’s playing with women, who aren’t athletic enough to make the adjustments needed to finished some of them. I mean there’ve been layups that Clark made, with a defender right there and she didn’t have to do anything because they defender wasn’t athletic enough to even contest them.
Which is also why teams try to trap her and make her give the ball up at the top but she’s not even skilled enough to beat the trap and drive for an easy bucket.
So people need to stop looking at these players like they’re supposed to have NBA ATHLETICISM.