It sure seems like Caitlin Clark has figured out this whole WNBA thing, huh?
The rookie point guard had a single-season record of 19 assists and 24 points in a loss to the Dallas Wings on Wednesday night. The record was previously Courtney Vandersloot’s, who established it in 2020. Clark broke it here, and honestly, she could’ve had more.
It’s beginning to feel like Clark is pulling off feats we’ve never seen every time she steps on the court. Just a week ago, she had a stat line that no one in either the WNBA or NBA had before in a loss to the Mystics. Before that, she became the first rookie to record a triple-double. She’s also the fastest player to tally 400 career points and 200 career assists, getting there in just 26 games.
She’s in a groove right now. The wins aren’t there yet, but she’s found her stride in the league and has pulled it off relatively quickly. It’s impressive, honestly.
Diana Taurasi told us it would take time, and it did, to be sure. Don’t get it twisted. She started extremely slow. She took her lumps and people whined about it. They claimed she was being treated unfairly when, really, she wasn’t meeting the standard of the competition. It was as simple as that. She knew that. She was ready for it. The people weren’t.
Now that the game has slowed down for her, you don’t hear as much about the extracurricular stuff anymore. There’s no more hemming and hawing about how people treat her or questions about whether the rest of the league is jealous of her. No one cares about the hard fouls anymore. That was always nonsense, truth be told.
Now, we’re in a space where most people can just enjoy her game. She’s fun! In case you didn’t know, Caitlin Clark is really good at basketball. She’s closer to being one of the best point guards in the league than being at the bottom of the ladder in just half a season. That’s the talking point from now on.
We were always going to get here one way or another. I’m just glad we’ve — or, rather — she’s finally arrived.