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Ex-Denver Nuggets Coach George Karl Makes Bold Caitlin Clark Comparison
Caitlin Clark has been one of the most popular players in all of basketball over the last few seasons.
After finishing her legendary college career at Iowa earlier this year, she was the first pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft by the Indiana Fever.
Clark ended the regular season with averages of 19.2 points, 5.7 rebounds, 8.4 assists and 1.3 steals per contest while shooting 41.7% from the field and 34.4% from the three-point range.
On Friday, AP Sports writer Tim Reynolds posted an astonishing stat about Clark’s impact on WNBA attendance.
Via Reynolds: “WNBA attendance this season …
Average, Fever games: 16,084.
Average, non-Fever games: 8,552.
(That’s an 88% difference. That’s Caitlinmania.)
Here’s a breakdown of what teams averaged at home in Caitlin games and non-Caitlin games:”
WNBA attendance this season …
Average, Fever games: 16,084. Here’s a breakdown of what teams averaged at home in Caitlin games and non-Caitlin games: pic.twitter.com/vnaFNxAutn — Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) September 20, 2024
Average, non-Fever games: 8,552.
(That’s an 88% difference. That’s Caitlinmania.)
One person who reacted to the post was former NBA coach George Karl.
He made a bold comparison.
Karl wrote: “Caitlin Clark may be the Julius Erving of the WNBA. He had that impact on the ABA then NBA!”
Caitlin Clark may be the Julius Erving of the WNBA. He had that impact on the ABA then NBA! @JuliusErving @abathrowbacks https://t.co/gvXtimLTZV pic.twitter.com/JdxWTlchgs
— George Karl (@CoachKarl22) September 21, 2024
Erving is one of the best 50 NBA players of all time despite spending the first five seasons of his career in the ABA.
He made the All-Star Game every year he was in the ABA and NBA (16 seasons).
As for Clark and the Fever, they finished the season as the sixth seed in the WNBA with a 20-20 record.
They will play the Connecticut Sun in the first round of the playoffs.
Game 1 of the series will be on Sunday in Connecticut.
DENVER (KDVR) — Denver police are investigating a hit-and-run crash involving a motorcycle on Tuesday evening.
The Denver Police Department reported that the crash also involved a motorist and happened at East 9th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard.
The motorcyclist was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
Police did not release any description of the suspect vehicle.
Denver police said drivers should expect delays in the area.
This is developing news.
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HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) — A woman accused of murder at Houston Lake Apartments back in March has returned to Middle Georgia after her arrest in Denver.
27-year-old Tylar Oglesby of Warner Robins is now in custody in Houston County for her alleged role in the shooting death of Diandre Oates at Houston Lake Apartments on the night of March 12.
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Officers on the scene found Oates with a gunshot wound behind the 1700 building, and he was then pronounced dead by the Houston County Coroner’s Office.
The first arrest made in the case happened on March 18, with Perry Police arresting Alexander Culler on a warrant for murder surrounding Oates’ death.
Oglesby was arrested over a week later in Denver, Colo., on a warrant for a party to a crime in connection with the fatal shooting.
Oglesby has since returned to Middle Georgia from Denver, where she faces a pending murder charge at the Houston County Detention Center.
Stick with WGXA where we’re keeping you ready for what’s next.
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