fukk all these advanced stats. I go by what my eyes see. vs weaker teams and defenders, Clark plays well. When her team has a lead, she plays well.
When she plays against equal or better teams/defenders, she folds quickly. Once she realizes she’s outmatched, she gives up and just goes thru the motions.
She also flops a lot and tries to sell contact. She’s a shytty defender. She’s a good passer, because it doesn’t require much physical talent. But trying to make fancy passes requires knowing who you’re playing with and trusting they can FINISH. If you’re making difficult passes, knowing it’s a 50/50 chance it’s going to lead to a score, that’s poor efficiency.
She’s also not a natural leader. She only welcomes confrontation to bait the refs into calling fouls. She’s used to being the best player and focal point of the offense. And she doesn’t demand the ball when her team is in an offensive slump. She’s a great free throw shooter, but doesn’t drive to the basket nearly enough.
She’s not a great ball handler, doesn’t recognize traps fast enough…..
Basically, she has a lot of work to do on her game. But at 22, how realistic of a drastic change do people expect? She’s the only player in the WNBA, that is comfortable jacking up mostly 3’s, but the problem is, most players don’t, so it’s not that hard to take that away from her without the opposing team paying for it. Teams are willing to let Boston and other players get easy 2’s than her getting 3 pointers.
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