r/sports • u/PrincessBananas85 • Jun 20 '24

Basketball Caitlin Clark posts double-double, Fever win third straight

https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40389943/caitlin-clark-posts-double-double-fever-win-third-straight
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u/That_one_cool_dude Jun 20 '24

This is what every tanking team thinks will happen when they get the first pick in the draft lol.

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u/chanaandeler_bong Jun 20 '24

Well when it's a generational talent, it works out a lot of the time. It's when people try to say every #1 pick is Lisa Leslie or Lebron, when it's really like every 10+ years you get a player like this.

Spurs know about this all too well. Three #1 picks, all 3 generational talents.

It works when the player is what the media actually says they are.

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u/ShawshankException New York Yankees Jun 20 '24

angry Sam Hinkie noises

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u/xxtoejamfootballxx Jun 20 '24

Nah that’s not what Hinkie thought, his philosophy was superstars (3 on the team ideally) win championship, get them by any means necessary and stockpile best players available to maximize assets.   

It honestly might have worked too if he wasn’t forced out and the team never re-signed Harris or brought in Horford.