I would be careful with your " ... everyone in the WNBA ..."
We were watching different games. Katie Lou was a liability defensively and didn't do enough offensively to offset that. The only reasons why people aren't harping on her lack of defense are because there were players in that game who had even worse defensive performances and because the team wasn't facing a dominant wing player. Let's revisit this when the Fever play the Aces, Dream, Sun, and Lynx.
You have been trying to make KLS a scapegoat for CC's poor performance for some time. KLS played nearly all of the first quarter scoring eight points (leading scorer for the quarter). Virtually none of the second quarter and left early in the third for an injury.
The game I watched...and using your standards...they were all liabilities no? KLS shot the highest fg% and played some of the fewest minutes.
I agree, however with all the hype about Clark coming into the league, there have been some (not saying here on BY) who assumed it was a forgone conclusion before the season started.
Nobody's using Katie Lou as a scapegoat for Caitlin's poor performance. Caitlin's struggles are what they are, and there are several people to blame for that (Caitlin included). However, that's not going to stop me from expressing the opinion that Katie Lou does not fit this Fever team and was a poor offseason acquisition by Lin Dunn for a team (and coach) that wants to have a defensive identity.
Were they?
But you haven't been exactly objective in your critiques ... that much is clearly obvious
How haven't I? Because I called a poor defender a defensive liability and criticized an organization that wants to have a defensive identify for selecting players who obviously don't fit said identity?
But her showing over and over again that she cannot guard her position and does nothing for the team's defensive identity does make it true. I'm not saying anything that hasn't been attributed to her for her entire career. She is a defensive liability and has been since she stepped foot into the WNBA.
You're upset because I am not going to sugarcoat things about a UConn alum (or anyone, for that matter) just for the sake of appeasement. If I was painting a rosy picture about Katie Lou, you wouldn't even engage.
The problem is you're critiquing one side of the ball. If I'm shooting 80% from 3....that's my defense, even if I give up a two for every shot I make. And if I'm a good defender, but, that's all I bring....that can be a problem too. I don't care who you talk about, but see the big picture. She played 18 minutes...presumably half on defense and it just doesn't add up that she would be the center of the problem because of 9 minutes of poor defense. I think people need to lower their expectations for CC and The Fever. Some of it is just unrealistic and understandable some unbridled excitement.
you have a long way to go before you earn any credibility with me.
Should have been last night.
Trust and believe that I'm not worried about earning credibility from you. This is an anonymous message board. People are allowed to have differing opinions. Not sure why that bothers you so much.
When a team loses by nearly 40 points, a veteran player's 10-point performance will not be highlighted. Sorry.
Katie Lou needs to be used better offensively. Just standing in a corner does nothing for the offense. One time she got the ball, and drove and scored.
isn't bothering me half as much as it seems to bother you... just my opinion though.
You were the one who responded negatively to something I said, not the other way around. I would not have interacted with you otherwise. Ergo, you seem to be the one who's bothered and not me.
Again....she played 18 minutes. Compare that to other minutes and points. You're not suggesting she gave up 40 points are you? I think rebounding was the primary cause of that margin. It wasn't as if the Liberty was shooting lights out from the perimeter.
That she was a -28 in only 18 minutes isn't any sort of flex. That's truly awful for a veteran on a protected contract.
I could be Michael Jordan and be on the floor with subs and not be on the positive side. Is 4 of 5 shooting awful? Because that would mean ALL the others were abysmal. You're over emphasizing that statistic to reflect a player, when in reality is a reflection of the team that was on the floor. Wisdom would say play her and get her more shots. So now it's her rebounding? lol. She's a veteran, but she's like the 4th option so that's pretty good where I'm from. I brought attention to her because...you seem to feel she's the problem. The obvious problem is that they aren't playing as a team. TBH...looking at the entire roster it's a miracle they didn't lose by 60!
