Olympics 2024

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I watched the USA vs Germany women's warm-up match earlier. Goodness, that was so boring. The whole world of women's basketball has missed a golden opportunity because the US Women's Olympic Basketball Committee left Caitlin Clark off their team for political reasons (shame on the committee). Caitlin makes the game exciting to watch with her style and pace of play. So does Arike Ogunbowale. Now the talk at the Olympics is only going to be that the US women's team won gold and continued the decades long tradition of winning, and that talk will be very brief. They're going to win it with ease because the competition is so weak. If they had taken Caitlin (and Arike), I think there would have been a heck of a lot more attention, fanfare and discussion during the games and after it too, about the exciting manner in which they played and won. Caitlin might even have kick-started something bigger than all of the buzz she has already brought to the game, which is already so big. Perhaps, a Jordanesque type of global interest in the women's game, like when the world was first introduced to MJ at the 1984 Olympics.

Anyway, Arike is supposed to have removed herself from consideration last year, when she realized they were going with a specific group of players and could leave her out. At the very least, I would've taken Caitlin instead of the ole bag of bones, Diana Taurasi. Diana has been given every possible opportunity for 20 years, but selfishly still wants more, merely to add to her resume at the age of 42. She doesn't remember that when she herself was fresh out of college, an opportunity was taken from someone else and given to her for the 2004 Olympics because she was then the future of women's basketball. Diana doesn't have the grace to realize it is time to give someone else that same opportunity and step aside for Caitlin. Should've passed the darn baton along with grace, Diana. Caitlin is now the future, a more exciting and more profitable future. Apparently, having 6 Olympic gold medals on Diana Taurasi's resume to help make her case for GOAT women's player is more important than paying back the opportunities she was given.

Apart from Taurasi, I think Caitlin is already a better player and/or point guard than Kelsey Plum, Jewell Lloyd, Jackie Young, Sabrina Ionescu, Kahleah Copper, Chelsea Gray, Brittney Griner. So there was plenty to choose from to make place for her.

I agree with this.  Caitlin Clark is an exciting women's player with a lot of talent and skills.  She looks like she has some room to grow.  I hope she never loses the joy in playing.  Arike O. is also pretty damn good. Back when I was in sports and needed help on form I would often watch the women play.  Their physical size was more in line with mine.  Talent too...probably.  It helped me a lot.