Paige Bueckers Used to be BETTER Than Caitlin Clark & WNBA Players Still Think So...
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- Paige Bueckers Used to be BETTER Than Caitlin Clark & WNBA Players Still Think So... In this video we are going to be talking about Caitlin Clark, the number 1 pick in the WNBA draft and how she is ready to take over the WNBA.
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Paige Bueckers Used to be BETTER Than Caitlin Clark & WNBA Players Still Think So... In this video we are going to be talking about Caitlin Clark, the number 1 pick in the WNBA draft and how she is ready to take over the WNBA. In this video we are going to be talking about the WNBA. THe league is growing with Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Cameron Brink, Diana Taurasi, Breanna Steward and A'Ja Wilson who have all been incredible
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Reality is coming. Paige won’t be playing against a bunch of 18 year olds in the WNBA.
Lol
But who beat her in the final four this year? That would be Caitlin Clark and Iowa. That is what they can't handle - they lost. Paige would be good for the league. It's the UCONN - S. Carolina mafia that's in control and that is why 42 year olds get Olympic gold medals.
Ha HA !!!!
Watch out for that reality is coming comment. It gets slippery.
….woah…. Imagine all the hate you’ll get for not supporting Paige …. You must really hate woman basketball…. Who would ever say that about a rookie?
1000%! Best thing for Caitlin was going to Iowa. Geno would have really shut her talent down.
Paige Buekers was on a UCONN team was stacked. Caitlin Clark was on a tem that had really no one and got them to the finals for 2 years. HUGE DIFFERENCE. Caitlin Clark is better now as she is hungrier and more growth ahead. THANK GOD for Caitlin Clark who plays like a man.
Clark seems so strong and tough with her build and aggression … Paige seems frail to me … hope she gets stronger
I believe Iowa’s average height as a team was 6’. Hannah Stuelke was CC’s main big and she was 6’ 2”. Caitlin taking that Iowa team to back to back championship games is more impressive than winning a chip with UConn, SC, or LSU.
No reality is coming to CC when Paige comes in next year.
Caitlin beat out Paige during the 2024 Final Four, UCONN, Gino’s team.
This wasn't how good her team was but how good she was. See the difference? Paige was the best player in the country as a freshman and she did it against top teams. Big difference.
She's a great player but the question is yet to be answered if she's injury prone and I don't think Paige Bueckers is a point guard, more of a 2 guard, better defender.
The injury question looms.
@@seandowney5549 Agreed about injury concerns, but she’s been working out seriously to gain strength and while she may never look it, she’s a lot stronger than when she was POY as a freshman. She was also a PG as a freshman-it’s her natural position b/c she’s a great ball handler and has amazing court vision. A lot of questions will get answered this season if both Paige and the Huskies can stay healthy (for the first time in her career ).
Paige plays what the WNBA is now the best, Caitlin plays what the WNBA needs to be the best
Bueckers stayed in college another year because she didn’t wanna be in CC’s shadow.
bingo thomas !!
Wrong-she stayed another year because 1) she loves UConn, 2) she’s only been able to play 2 full seasons in the 4 she’s been there, and 3) she knows that her legacy won’t be complete without a championship-and with a healthy team (which UConn hasn’t had for 4 years) she can get that done. Nothing to do with Clark-Paige is a singular talent and is just coming off the first healthy offseason she’s had since her freshman year. Healthy, UConn will explode this year, and the Paige many people forgot (if they were even paying attention to start with) will be back.
Nah she's way better than will ever be she had a terrible injury twice that's literally the only reason you people know and hype Caitlin
@@michaelayers3998 Wrong,,, Thomas was correct.
@@yes350yes based only your fantasy universe. Anyone who’s followed Paige and UConn knows why she does what she does. Others’ opinions don’t matter.
Mick, you seem to have skipped over this :
Clark competed at the 2021 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary and led the United States to the gold medal. She averaged a team-high 14.3 points, 5.6 assists, and 5.3 rebounds per game, was named Most Valuable Player and made the All-Tournament Team
lol no one ever bothered to face guard Paige Buckets for 94 feet.
Probably will in the W.
@@yes350yes Nahh...They won't. She is ALREADY part of that group. Any UConn player are part of their clique.
ACL and meniscus tear - she's not the same player.
Injuring those particular soft tissues is extremely limiting.
Before college, yes Paige was better. It didn't take long for Geno to snuff it out. Paige wasn't better than CC their freshman year. She had a better team and more hype, for sure. CC lead the country in points and assists that year. Now, CC is much better.
The question with Paige is when she joins the WNBA,,does she look at what CC has done and bring back at least some of her high school game?
@@xenialafleur maybe. If you haven’t practiced it since you did it against high school kids, it’ll take time to dust off that skill or relearn it.
Clark was always better.
@@jeffreypierce1440 Not always. This coming from someone who watched her high school games. Paige was a lot different then.
@@TenaciousStudent Clark's game was the same in hs as it is now. She was always considered the better player just possibly too temperamental.
A couple years ago, I was watching a CZcams video and they mentioned, "Some girl at Iowa" who shot like Steph Curry, and all the NBA players watched her. So I looked up Iowa Women's basketball highlights. Sure enough Caitlin was shooting the lights out.
That was early in Caitlin's Junior year.
Around the Big 10 tournament near the end of Caitlin's junior year, the media seemed to look around and were shocked everyone was watching 'that girl from Iowa'. Suddenly the media was like, "we need to get in on this!"
People forget just how late to the party the media was with Caitlin. Iowa fans knew her, fans of Big ten basketball knew her, but she was under the radar when it came to the media.
As a result, it's like being a fan of a local band and you tell all your friends how great the band is. You watch them play every chance you get, and then a year later their album drops and they become the biggest band in the world... And you are like, "I knew them before they were famous, I 'discovered' them!"
I believe that is how Caitlin fans feel. They were on board before the hype train even left the station.
Paige Buekers came in with all the hype. (Deserved hype, no hate)
Caitlin had to earn everything she got, and as a result her fanbase feels more grassroots.
I think that is where the fan loyalty comes from.
💯
You nailed it!! Everyone acts like CC was manufactured, but it's the exact opposite. They only paid attention to her because they had to
Yep, a Small time Basketball program going to Finals 2X back to back. It is a shame Iowa lost both times, but They were taller, more athletic and shot better than Iowa Did. Clark shot 30 pts in Both of those finals.....Her teammates struggled, unfortunately.....
Not even close. KD said he asked about CC in high school during AAU nationals, and he was told CC was the best player in the country. CC did more with less in college
But NCAA gave Paige Buecker the Rookie of the Year award even though Caitlin Clark had the Better Stats, in points, Assists, and Rebounds.
Laughable lol. She’s just not half as exciting to watch as Caitlin, and that’s just a fact that the views demonstrate. She is an amazing player, but she’s not better than Clark, and she’s boring in comparison.
He showed her HS clips, obviously Geno coached the flair out of her. Hopefully some of that returns, guess we’ll see what team she ends up on.
This shit aint about bein exciting. Its laughable that that’s what yall going off of. Tim Duncan aint Top 10 if thats the case.
@@GJTrae Are you slow? No one watches the league. It's the ONLY thing that it's about. IQs are so low these days, its sad.
@@GJTrae exciting and great , her stats say so .
@@Phlibberty Clark was better in HS. Clark scored more points than Paige 3 out of 4 years they played in High School. It isn't even close. Most Paige scored was around 24.4 pts average in her sophomore year. Clark scored 34 pts average in JR, and 33.7 pts in Sr year. She scored 10 pts MORE on average per GAME in High school than Paige. Clark only scored 17 pts in her freshmen year which Paige was better in that year only at 23.3 pts average.
A few weeks before the tournament started last year, ESPN and CBS started pushing the stars of tomorrow. Paige, Juju, Notre Dame player and one other player. Average US citizens do not like to be told who they should watch. Especially when it is coming from Disney. If I was told CC was the next great player a few years back I would have ignored her. These players will have a easy transition from the establishment at the next level. I have seen Paige at her best and seen Juju. Does not move the needle in the grand scheme of things. USC draws no fans. UCONN fills their house no matter what but not on the road. UCONN is a factory not individuals.
That tracks. I had zero interest in any sports until I was bored one day and heard about the david iowa team taking on the lsu Goliath. I watched it and I was hooked. I did not like lsu, but the kid from iowa had me going back looking up youtubes of her. The next season I didn't care until they met again and I was intrigued. First iowa got revenge, then iowa had to beat the bball factory that is uconn, another Goliath, and they did. Then they had to take on another rising dynasty and they fell short. I watched all 3 games whistle to whistle and was on the edge of my seat like I hadn't been for a game since brady got his 7th ring. I was not a sports fan anymore after growing up glued to espn. Now clark games are appointment television for me and I want her to do well because I like who she seems to be on and off the court. She's something different that is inspiring in a way others aren't. She's top of the heap and going to habitat for humanity sites. She's giving backpacks away to needy kids and looks jazzed to be there. She signs for kids and only kids and that's beautiful.
It doesn't change the fact how good they both are. You don't have to like them. Who cares? It will have no effect on how good they will do this year. Juju will be the female Jordan and Paige will be a smoother version of Bird.
I think injury will keep PB down; unfortunately. I am medical pro and her knee does not look good
@@Barto-p4k Juju will be what? lol yall delusional? lol yall delusional as hell, keep the same energy till 2028 when your takes make yall clowns
A lot of ppl watched the women’s tournament. It’s just regular promotion, I didn’t think it was force feeding anything. They were definitely promoting CC heavy in college so this is simply not true.
Considering where Caitlin Clark Is gameplay wise Geno not selecting her is probably the best thing that could ever happen to her. The chance of going to IOWA instead of UCONN made her unbrindle and totally unleashed her potential and broadened her game. I think Paige going to an IOWA type of school instead of UCONN would have given us two very exciting players instead of one. Hopefully playing in the WNBA can allow her to regain some of her past flair. The WNBA sorely needs that exciting game that draws us to look at them. Hopefully there will be more players that can provide us with their own special exciting brand of gameplay in the future.
Clark was committed to Notre Dame but changed her mind. I used to think that Iowa was the better choice for the same reasons, but I think Clark is so good that she would still have found a way to excel at Notre Dame. It's not necessarily the coaching but how Clark makes adjustments. UConn would have been different because you would have had Paige who has an Alpha personality and Geno who wants everyone to conform for the team.
CC dominated college ball. Paige has not. The UCONN mafia hypes Paige they are not the same. You are dreaming mate.
Dominated? The best she ever achieved was a six loss season and lost 2 championship games by double digits. She played in the Big 10 which is only rated the 4th hardest conference. It's all media hype. Paige is that girl.
@@Barto-p4k dumbest shit I've heard. CC beat Paige and uconn with nobodies... bruh
@@Barto-p4k lol... What has Paige won so far at the college level? Did she reach 2 Finals? Not to mention she plays with at least 5 WNBA level talents next to her. CC was the Iowa Team. And everyone with half a brain knows it.
Paige is a great player and will most likely be a force in the WNBA.
But she will never be CC.
@@Barto-p4kPaige can play no doubt but she lost head 2 head with BETTER PLAYERS & CC outplayed her .. PB dropped like 17/4/3 & CC dropped a near trip/double lol like 21/9/7 .. yall do everything to try and diminish Clark & can’t lol
@@Barto-p4k college player of the year twice broke all the scoring records number one draft pick ... record deals about to be rookie of the year rofl
No way is she AS GOOD AS CC LOL. Not as showtime or box office either lol
These haters don't even look at the stats from High School AND from College stats. Clark was BETTER in HIGH SCHOOL, AND in College when Paige was Healthy. We all know what happened with the All time points Record that CC broke. That means her average is HIGHER per year than Paige was. They have no clue.
She is being overhyped because she is from UCONN. Being better in High School and as a freshman in college is not the same. If she played for a college like Iowa no one whould even pay attention to ther. She is a shooter and a selfish player. She will always be second to CC.
Again who cares. Caitlin broke her records , moved onto the wnba where she is doing great. I don’t think Caitlin cares what Paige’s talents are.
page held no records .
Clark was better in High School also. She scored 8-10 pts more on average per game than Paige did from sophomore to Sr year. Paige only beat Clark in Freshmen year with 23.3 pts vs only 16 pts. Clark also scored more points in College too than Paige did....We already know how that ended with Clark breaking the Scoring Record.....
She is the best player according to her coach, Gino. She is no Caitlin Clark. Gino also said CC is not built for the WNBA and can’t play like college
She’s doing a fair job of it considering she is pestered the whole court and doubled in the half court!!! She’ll be tough next year!!!
The put it simply, Geno is a pompous ass.
UConn was good before Paige. They won championships before Paige. Paige did not make UConn better. Iowa had no one until Caitlin, then people started watching and Iowa started winning and going to the playoffs.
Actually, I wouldn't say Iowa had "no one". There was Megan Gustafson who is now in the Aces.
She played some great games in the Olympics for Team Spain. She has been playing abroad, just joined Aces this year. Unfortunately, she doesn't get many minutes off the bench at the Aces. I wish Fever would trade NaLyssa Smith for her.
I believe you just justified his statement…😂😂😂
Geno probably crushed a lot of the next level potential out of her.
Like he crushed Maya Moore? Breanna Stewart? You know nothing. The only thing Geno hated about Paige's game as a frosh was when she was too passive. He wanted her to take control and shoot more.
Paige was NEVER better than CC. I spent two years (CC and Paige's freshman and sophomore years of college) arguing in CZcams videos that CC was better than Paige. It was similar to the current CC/Reese drama, except on a much smaller scale. The Paige fans were snobbish, arrogant, know it all, UConn elitist type fans who just could not fathom that little 'ole Caitlin from farm country Iowa could hold a candle to Paige. UConn had really good teams back then and Iowa was rebuilding and UConn had an enormous fan base. So I struggled to win the argument even though CC had slightly better stats than Paige. Things got better for me when CC really took off in the 2nd half of her sophomore year. Then Paige got hurt late that year which destroyed her junior year and CC played GOAT basketball her junior year with a surprise run to the title game. The rest is history as CC went on to make the basketball world forget about Paige since the start of her junior year. So poor CC and the poor CC fans have had to put up with this who's better drama nonsense twice, first with Paige, now with Reese. And CC has won both times.
There is such a thing called creative freedom, that's the Caitlin Clark effect, an intiuitve stlye of play like no other, and it is excitng "you bet".
I honestly could not tell you. Past two years I’ve seen UConn play 4 different times and she never played. Injured. 🙄
Paige got injured in 2nd year in College, I believe. She got injured before that, but not sure when that happened.
@@1flash3571 She had, I believe, ankle surgery after her freshman year following UConn’s appearance in the Final Four. Then in early December of her sophomore year she suffered her first knee injury-a patellar tendon, I think-and she was out until late February (she later said she probably came back too fast) when she returned for the Big East and NCAA tournaments. She probably played at the 75% range at that point, but led the Huskies to the NCAA final but lost to SC (UConn’s first championship game loss in 12 appearances). Then that August she tore her ACL in a pickup game, missing her entire junior season. UConn knocked out of the NCAA tourney in the round of 16-earliest exit since 2005. Paige came back for the 2023-24 season healthy, but needed time to regain both her stamina and her confidence-which she mostly did by season’s end, which came in another loss in the Final Four. This off-season has been her first fully healthy offseason since she started college.
Paige can’t be compared to CC! CC is a new woman of basketball! CC is a new beast!
You'll see. Paige has no weak spots in her game. Score at all 3 levels, pass the ball, handles, really good defense. She's the total package.
@@Barto-p4k but she will never be a CC , sorry
@@Barto-p4kGabby marshall handled her. In final 4, Clark outsmart and outplay Paige Buekers.
I’d like to think there is a wave of players coming that will change the game immensely!
@@Barto-p4k yes her 3.8 assists showed us last year she can pass . lol
Ur shot dood. Stick to watching euro basketball. I saw Paige and her Huskies lose to CC and her Hawkeyes. Paige was schooled with all her #1 teammates from around the Nation. So, then, from the way you're talking Paige is breaking all of CC's records this season, right??!!! Good luck.
Look at their college freshman stats...CC was better and they gave it to Paige
CC for MVP CAMPAIGN BEGINS NOW!!
Count those who are ballers who know ballers In. We see who the champ.is. CC is the MISTRO!!!
So glad Paige was so good she went to uconn instead of clark😂
Clark could have went to UCONN but wanted to play for her home state
Clark has had a million times better college career …if she can translate to the stronger more physical wnba remains to be seen
If Paige can translate I mean
@@jaylucas8352 Wow! You really had me there for a second with "if she can translate...." I thought, hasn't CC already proven that she can translate to the W?😄
@@ransom6892 That's not true, UConn didn't offer Clark a scholarship. Clark was committed to Notre Dame but changed her mind.
You think PB will get beat up like CC did ? i doubt it
Paige ain’t tough and strong like Clark. We will see
Paige is gay, lol. Of course they’ll love her.
ther is no need to press page like they do CC , she cant do the same things .
Agreed, and they'll go easy on the girl that brings them nothing, but they beat the crap out of the one who brought them all the attention, crowds, charter flights, and future money.
Paige wasnt never better than CC
And im a fan of Paige
Clark was on the bench because the coach was basically the dad of someone that started over Clark.
Clark was definitely better than the other girl that was basically gifted minutes, her minutes. Clark easily proved that because she's been the best freshman in college--better than Paige by far. She's been like the best guard for her whole career.
You can't make that argument anyway: Paige (a high school player) doesn't even matter. Much like all high school players, they seem better than they are. Paige was on a stacked roster, in a weak conference. Nothing more. Paige has these as freshman career highs:
Points - 32
Assists - 14
Blocks - 2
Steals - 6
Rebounds - 9
Clark has scored Paige's career high at least 10 times.
Clark tied with Paige's career high in assists, but has had 10 assists more times in a season than Paige.
Clark had 4 steals as her highest, so Paige won there--however, Paige is playing with two all-conference DEFENSIVE PLAYERS each game.
Clark has had 2 blocks more than Paige has.
And this arguably the best that Paige has ever been in all her years of college to date. Clark's easily eclipsed any "potential" future comps that Paige may have reached in what was the harder conference night-in and night-out that Paige couldn't even dream of seeing.
Paige barely averaged around 19 PPG against non-conference play. Even with her having taken so many shots per game. Clark's outscoring her, and outplaying her against actual competition without any "effective" WNBA caliber players around her.
They definitely overvalued Paige's career as a freshman:
Wasn't even top 10 in scoring, assists, PER (odd that Clark was), or any stat at all, for some reason--but thankfully she was able to "win" enough to get good Win Shares (even though Clark was better than her on Offensive Win Shares despite being on a weak team) and it just shows how badly they overrate players on stacked teams in college.
Clark's worst year was in fact her "freshman" year and that is only on account of a bad team around her--by her Junior Year, she's pretty much put the whole league away and out of reach--with her senior year putting her in legendary status. Paige is basically trying to even compete against Clark's worst year--which she's failing at.
I was a fan of Paige as a freshmen before I saw CC. After I saw CC, Paige was a after thought. Paige has a huge problem. She has bad knees and ankles. I hope she stays healthy this year. I just do not think she can. Every time she goes down fans gasp. Has such a wiry body with little muscle.
Derrick rose was amazing until he started getting hurt. Never quite returned to form.
She is a completely different player than CC! They don't play the same way at all. I have no idea why it suddenly became cool to hate on Paige. CC is a future mvp AND so is Paige!
Am I the only one that had to Google Paige because of this title? WNBA players are obviously not liking that the bar has been raised to a level never seen before. It takes a lot of talent to get NBA fans and especially men to get excited to watch a player in the WNBA. And that is not a bad thing for the league. They either have to work harder on their game or whine and complain about not being fair. Let's see who rises to Clarks level and eventually beyond or who keeps complaining with excuses of unfairness.
Buekers is silky smooth. Clark is a killer. Together they would be unstoppable.
Saw an interview with caitlin clark and people that did the interviews showed a her dropping 60 points in a highschool game also said that she was on every college watch list in her sophmore season in highscool
Lisa Bluder started recruiting Caitlin for Iowa when she was only 13.
Clark was always better than her and Clark doesn't get injured.
She wasn’t better than CC. She was on the best team and got all the hype.
I'm not trying to be mean but til Bueckers can actually play a full season uninjured I don't consider a top talent. If you're not on the court you're not helping your team win games, availability is part of what makes Clark better then Bueckers.
I am a UConn fan. And I was always confident that Paige was better. Until this wnba season that is. Paige can’t do what I have seen Caitlin do. IMO anyway. Caitlin is a way better passer than I thought she was based on Iowa.
Right Paige would not have all those league leading turnovers
why ? CC averaged 9 assists a game at iowa .
The difference is she dosnt have a lot of what Clark has.She won't move the needle like Clark.Clark is generational and Paige isnt.Is stupid to compare them going on high school stats
The goal of college is to prepare students for their profession once they graduate. Well it used to be. Anyway, I’m so over UCONN. If they mistrain players in a way that wins them championships but they end up not being successful in the WNBA, they are a complete failure.
That strategy has worked previously but now the WNBA is starting to get faster and more skilled and the old strategy that UCONN employs is just not going to cut it anymore. I could be wrong but time will tell.
paige game is boring
Because she went to UConn, not because she can’t be exciting. Look at the high school highlights he showed. Hopefully she goes to a team that allows her to open up once she gets to the W.
Will Paige get the same amount of hard fouls and double teams CC has faced every time she hits the floor, a good way to get hurt again!!!
Paige may match # 22 in Assists by her Sophomore WNBA season.
@@VeryOldMerc not possible as she’s a senior
@@VeryOldMerc LOL why ? page is just an average passer . take your meds and go to bed .
You see athletes with a lot of talent and others with less talent who are better. The difference? Above the shoulders. Michael Jordan was rejected in High School, Tom Brady was selected 199th in the draft, and Kobe raised above everybody. Bueckers might be offensively better, but Clark's passing game and vision are second to none. Still, CC broke offensive records in college.
not sure why anyone would think page is better than CC offensively .
@stevecourtois3741 I don't think Buecker is better, especially when you look at the numbers.
@@rafaelmejia5988 very very true .
It’ll be interesting to see how much more love she gets from the WNBA players and analysts/announcers than Caitlin has gotten this year. I think she’ll be a good player and being from UCONN will give her a leg up with the other players, but she won’t generate near the fan interest that Caitlin has this year.
Yeah shes good, but not as good as Clark and like other players she has no aura that Caitlin has. Since freshman if you dont follow CC then, media are on her already, ESPN covering CC since 2017 because her game of different than others. Paige game is like others nothing special dont kid yourself.
No she was never “better” than CC, she just went to UConn and got all the hype. Geno came to recruit CC but she had terrible shooting game and was emotional that game. He left at halftime overheard saying “seen enough of this sh$t!”. Have you seen any of CC’s games in high school and her legendary performance in the under 19 world games?
Stop the b******* man cc3 should have been player of the Year as a true freshman even ahead of PB as tremendous as she was for Connecticut.
This the Magic/Bird of the WNBA. Next year, Angel Reese will be an after thought. Paige is Sue Bird & Taurasi combined.
lol she is good , not that good .
only in your dreams . lol
Unfortunately it’s not the UCONN system that has changed Paige’s game. Maybe a pass over a shot here and there, but the reality is her injuries changed how she plays.
Paige will never do the things Catilin does, CC was every bit as good as Paige in high school, and even if she didnt get hurt she would never have scored more points or had the assists or the rebounds Clatlin has.
It will be interesting to see if they treat her like Clark when she gets there💯
Paige part of the ABC so she already in with the politics the wnba gonna try and push her on us but she boring saw one game and it was against Caitlin and Paige was getting cooked 😂
Perhaps someone can remind the WNBA players that need reminding that Caitlin Clark has brought the league a windfall of money that will translate into much higher salaries for them, not to mention those cushy private charters, and getting to play in front of packed arenas, instead of in front of empty seats. And maybe also remind them that Paige Bueckers hasn't done a single thing for them yet.
She was never better just hyped more. Caitlin came in as a freshman to a shitty team and lead the nation in scoring, and second in assists. Trust me I followed the hype train for Paige and Hailey in their senior years of high school the only reason people think that is because we were told that.
Iowa was not a shitty team. They play in a major conference and are always near the top of it. Iowa generally has been an NCAA tournament team for years. It has 30 NCAA tournament appearances. In Clark's freshman year, they were an Elite 8 team. I don't think they were shitty.
@@LogoTimeClark sweet 16 , got beat by uconn.
@@LogoTimeClark How many 5 star recruits?
I like PB and CC but CC is the best of course
Caitlin Clark has NEVER missed a game due to injury! Case closed!
Who says she was the best? Geno? Geno is Joe Biden in tennis shoes ..... Caitlin is faster...better .... just is
Your take on this is spot on. I hope we can see Paige in a situation where she’s allowed/encouraged to bring that flair.
Thank you Geno and Bluder for letting CC take her own path!
Come on mick, zero chance today, Paige is better than CC.
Now Paige will be great in WNBA. Perhaps roty??!!
But CC has expanded her game from Freshman to rookie. She can do it all
Does she plays defense at all?
rather than talk - just post their records!
Clark is literally the best college scorer of all time. Hard to compete with that…
Yea being in school five years can do that
@@shamarjames1315 might want to check your facts. Sheryl Swoopes is not a reliable source
@@shamarjames1315 hopefully that was your attempt at humor since you know she was only in school for 4 years or is swoopes your idol ? lol
@@stevecourtois3741 first off Caitlin can't even sweep up swoopes kitchen.....the actual goat told u fools the truth
@@shamarjames1315 what did she say that was the truth ??? i will be waiting for your reply ?? lol she will own swoopes by the time she is done .
once I heard her speak completely uninterested. I like hearing Caitlin talk about the game of basketball.
CC22 is jordan and boekers is tmac or penny hardaway. She could have been better, and before injury it looked like she would be, but we'll never know. She's injured and will be prone to it now. Her body would never be able to take the olympic year condensed play after championship game run like clark did.
Nah never insult Jordan like that ever again
UCONN player aren't likeable. to arrogant.
My goodness, people talking like Paige is a bum. She’s a talented basketball player with lots of potential to be great in the WNBA. Players come and go all the time and we have no idea how their careers may unfold moving forward regardless of their talent. Look at all the young talented players that were quickly compared to MJ in the NBA and then they eventually fell off for some unforeseen reasons. I don’t like crowning players before they actually win a championship and of course put in the body of work over a reasonable amount of time. This is why as of now I don’t have a issue with folks making comparisons with Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady because Mahomes is clearly on his way to being one of the best or the greatest to ever play in the NFL. Paige may be drafted number one, but the next class will be loaded with exceptional talent as well. Yes folks, there’s a such thing as other highly talented players!🤔
Imo Coach Bluder shaped the Hawkeye system to CC's strength. While PB has to mold her game to the UConn system.
Her freedom was killed by the head UCONN coach.
I’m not sure Paige is better than Ariel Atkins, Kahlea , or Arike . MAYBE somewhere in that level but we will see. She’s not that strong… what wnba players are built like Paige and can perform well? Chennedy Carter is easily above Paige.
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Let everyone keep underestimating Caitlin. I think we are starting to see what effect that will have on CC's success.
She'll be ok it's you fans that will have to cope with her not being the greatest..... hopefully she gets ROTY so she can finally win something but it's not her fault it's you guys fault
@@shamarjames1315 lol she has two NPOYs. the only ones who don't have a correct understanding of talent are haters like you
same thing with reese. they used to think reese was better than caitlin. now she got reality checked and quits her team with a fake injury lol
Paige was never better than CC Mick. The only reason she was considered better than CC was because she was on a stacked team at Uconn. Paige is a traditional PG vs CC being other worldly PG. And the only reason she didnt start on those under 18 teams was because the coach didnt want CC taking shots from deep. CC has been taking shots like that since HS.
I think Caitlin ending up at Iowa was the best thing to happen to women's college basketball. She was shining a spotlight on the NCAA , whereas if she went to UConn she would have not got the the recognition with the general public. She would have just been another good player on a legendary team. Caitlin put Iowa on the map. UConn was already there.
Paige is an injury waiting to happen so she becomes a liability, not an asset
I think its great that Paige is getting a lot of media attention for next year already. Regardless how good she becomes its good pub for the WNBA and for Caitlin Clark.
I dunno, I'm getting kind of bored with the hype already surrounding Paige.
In college Clark had one advantage: minutes per game. Paige averaged more in her freshman year than Clark but a bit less overall. That ACL tear might’ve altered Paige’s trajectory.
Hoping Paige B boosts the “W” as well.
Paige is awesome. Shes just obviously accident prone and i think that one injury will be what you have to look forward to professionally. Also, the jump from being great in hs to being great in college is way way different then great in college and being great in wnba. Everyone looks good in HS
I don’t see Paige Becker better than Clark at all. She was never better than Clark at all. The difference between Clark and Paige OK you said Paige was better than Clark but it’s hard work and getting better in the gym for Clark. That’s why she’s so much ahead of Paige and these other college players, it will never be another Clark in college basketball and this is why Clark is so much ahead in the WNBA because she goes in the gym focuses on her craft you see a Paige Becker you see a juju there always on TikTok on social media you don’t always see Clark on social media she don’t always be posting anything she’s just in the gym that’s the difference between all these players compared to Clark simple 😩😩🤷♀️🤷♀️
Cc not better now bc paige was injured...cc grew into her talent and blossomed and paige canr touch her now nor is she charismatic enough to b at cc level. Ry Bluder for changing ur style to allow cc to b all she can b. U are her retired Queen for a reason.
Paige Bueckers stayed in school an extra year so she wouldn't have to watch Caitlan from the bench. Caitlan played for her states school. while Paige was on UConn with better teammates.
Nah I’m not buying it
CC is way better
A Paige - CC backcourt would instantly be a WNBA dynasty.
Nah Paige too good to deal wit CC and her nutty fans
@@shamarjames1315 page wont even be a kelsey mitchell . lol
Paige is a very talented and exciting player. The question is her knees. We will find out if her knees hold up.
Yup, just like PENNY HARDAWAY😎
And she will be really tested to hold up, because she'll have to go straight from the NCAA tournament to a full WNBA season, which is 10 - 11 months straight, with around 80 games, give or take a few. I really wonder if her body can handle that after those serious injuries.
The difference is CC went to Iowa which is a random school that has no real pro teams. The university is the biggest deal. UConn is a powerhouse that has a lot of haters. Best decision CC ever made.
Paige Buckets was better than CC when they was teenagers playing AAU ball. Paige is the 1/1 draft pick next year. The one thing CC fear is Paige Buckets 🫣🤫🏀🏅
That player does not still exist. She got injured and that is life right? saying she should be this does not really matter any more. Highschool Paige Bueckers what do you mean she is Senior at UConn not in High School so what are you talking about.
Do you know why she was never, and will never be better than Caitlin? As a point guard, her assist is awful compared to Caitlin. And you know what? No point has ever and will ever combine shooting and passing like Caitlin as a point guard. That's why no point guard is ever like Caitlin.
@@WavesEntertainments You obviously don’t understand statistics-scoring numbers alone aren’t definitive. One of the areas Paige has always towered over CC is in scoring efficiency-CC makes more shots, but misses a higher percentage of the shots she takes. Paige makes more of the shots she takes. Always has. She also has always had a better assist-to-turnover than CC-CC has lots of assists, but also turns the ball over more. The two cancel each other out, which is the reason there’s an “assist-to-turnover” statistic to measure it. Paige is a better ball handler. And she’s the definitive point guard.
Paige has already been awarded mvp before she has ever entered the league...UCON controls the W
Geno ruined Paige. Took a Magic Johnson talent player and made her into a fraction of a James Worthy type player.
UConn has gotten so used to running over little competition in the Big East recently. Last year, there were THREE Big East teams in the NCAA tournament. The Big 10 had more than double that: SEVEN. It’s not easy, but a whole lot more manageable, to win your conference each year when you don’t have the competition that so many other schools have in their conferences.
Regardless of who is better currently , there is also the Elephant in the room, Paige is injury prone , Caitlin is not.
I think Geno is able to draw such a high level of players, no one player really gets shine very much, because of the talent around them. That’s part of the reason that UCONN has been so successful. Iowa did not have the same level of talent, so CC was allowed to shine and lift her teammates to be their best. Obviously Geno knows how to coach or he wouldn’t have drawn the recruits that he does. Unfortunately it doesn’t translate to box office. Look at the outstanding UCONN players in the league past and present.
Paige is skinny. Can she get threw this season playing at the highest level? Paige would be the perfect compliment to Catlin. Paige moves with out the ball and adult women cant keep up. Paige could get 15 Clark assists a game EASY. She is that good. Will Paige hold up under the physical abuse in the WNBA? I really like Paige.
I remember 4 years ago CZcams was filled with Paige highlights. Then it seemed like she disappeared. I guess this was do to injury.
Identity politics at work at the WNBA.
Years ago, Marquette Coach Al McQuire had a theory that there could be only one star on a team. The other players had to be good, but each had a role to perform for the star. If you had multiple players looking for acclaim, you didn't have a team. Clark was the star, no doubt, for Iowa. Paige can perform a superlative role for UCONN, but she is one among many at UCONN who have done it. I wonder what Paige would have accomplished if she had gone to the U. of Minnesota instead? She could have gone head to head against Clark. She would have been financially better off for sure. 9:10
It is sad when a person peaks in high school. I’ve gone back before and watched the IowaYConn game their freshman year. CC was already the better player. Paige had the better team. What none of us knew was how fragile Paige is. She will definitely break in her rookie season if Alyssa Thomas does her the way she’s done Angel and CC.
Paige has been ruined by gino already. She plays that old school basketball now. Nobody wants to watch that. Gino did Caitlin a favor. Lisa allows her players to be themselves. Gino is a system guy because thats what has always worked.