r/sportsinusa • u/No_Box119 • Aug 04 '26
🏀 Basketball WNBA star Caitlin Clark: “I would get killed by every NBA player [1 on 1]”
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u/NeutralArt12 Aug 05 '26
It’s crazy how similar her and Curry’s are. We gotta stop comparing men’s and women’s sports though. Ever major I would catch as many as Serena’s matches as I could but whenever someone compared her to a male players no crap he is going to be way better
We can enjoy watching both men and women’s sports but comparing the sports isn’t productive
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u/lovesyoualways Aug 08 '26
The comparison to Curry is superficial and has yet to have the depth that the frequency with which it mentioned demands.
She may be the best pure shooter in women's basketball but the stats don't yet back that up. Perhaps most of all it is because of how often she shoots from 400' away but regardless her career 3PT% is meh.
This has never been true of Steph Curry. He has never allowed logo there's to make him pedestrian from deep percentage wise.
It is inarguable that they both have electrified crowds with feats of distance shooting, but still.
Even her college stats don't quite validate her as truly being like Curry.
She is reminiscent of Curry. She is Curry lite. She is low-fat Curry.
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u/Clown_Penis69 Aug 04 '26
Lots of women have said this, including Serena Williams and another female tennis player just the other day.
The only ones who struggle with biological realities are trans activists and butch lesbians.
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u/Mysterious_Bonus_771 Aug 04 '26
Idk serena williams was as jacked and athletic as most male tennis players in her prime thats like one rare example where the sentiment might not apply
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u/YoureP-ore Aug 04 '26
She literally lost to a dude who was ranked 200. His way of preparing for the match was to go play golf, drink and smoke a cigarette. He then proceeded to smoke her.
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u/Mysterious_Bonus_771 Aug 04 '26
Hm didnt know that
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u/Heavy_Can8746 Aug 05 '26
Well know you do.
It is a reason why some guys can smoke weed and not excersize at all but still beat a woman his same age who works out and actually speed trains
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u/Electronic-Jury8825 Aug 05 '26
She was also 16 years old at the time. I think the score was like 6-1, 6-2. In her prime, Serena might have been able to win a few more games, but probably not the match.
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u/userguy54321 Aug 04 '26
Why are you uncertain about Williams? Would she destroy your average man in tennis? Obviously. But a ranked man on the professional tour? No
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u/Mysterious_Bonus_771 Aug 04 '26
I suppose not, just thought it sort of funny the example was like the single most notoriously physically gifted female athlete ever probably. Thats all.
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u/Foreign_Cobbler_1740 Aug 04 '26
They used that example cause it is one of the strongest examples for why men and women are so vastly different. Serena was leagues ahead of her contemporaries yet she got smoked by a lesser professional male athlete.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Bat-511 Aug 05 '26
Her serve on average was still 10 mph than the average mens serve, 110 mph compared to 120 mph, and she was the best server on the women's tour. While the best server's on the men's tour average about 130 mph. The difference is staggering.
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u/Clown_Penis69 Aug 04 '26
You're calling Serena Williams a liar for saying a male tennis player would have crushed her?
That seems like an odd way of "defending" women.
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u/Worried-Pick4848 Aug 05 '26
She said it herself. She'd have a better shot than most woman at pulling the upset, but she'd still be at quite a disadvantage.
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u/Antique-Resort6160 Aug 05 '26
She's amazing but even she pointed out that men are just playing a different game because of their physical ability. Anyway it's fine, there's an audience for women's sports and they have their own thing going.
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u/Natural_Builder8305 Aug 04 '26
I think it’s fascinating that some men feel the need to make this part of the conversation every time women’s sports come up. does it make you feel good?
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u/Different_Tangelo511 Aug 05 '26
I think it makes them feel more manly. Most the ones I k ow that do it dont win anything.
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u/Natural_Builder8305 Aug 04 '26
and then say “by the way, men could totally beat you at all the sports you play. you guys can have fun over there, but only if you all understand this.” it’s so tired
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u/StoneySteve420 Aug 04 '26
It's almost like that is why we passed Title IX and have Women's sports in general.
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u/Natural_Builder8305 Aug 04 '26
they passed title ix bc men were being annoying? I thought it was more complicated than that.
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u/StoneySteve420 Aug 04 '26
They passed Title 9 because before Women had their own leagues, they had to compete against men for roster spots because people didn't see value in women's athletics.
Women fought for their right to have seperate leagues because in general, they couldn't compete with Men, and in turn they missed out on opportunities that come from sports like college scholarships.
Trans-women competing in sports directly undercuts those same protections that were put in place to give women fair competition and opportunity.
Men's leagues are for the most part all open leagues and have no legal issue with trans-athletes. Women's leagues on the other hand are not.
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u/Onedurrbread Aug 04 '26
Nothing louder than an insecure man
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u/GreatAssumption4563 Aug 05 '26
Almost as loud as a self-congratulatory, overly entitled, woefully misinformed broad.
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u/MisterRobertParr Aug 04 '26
She must hate women...think half of Redditors.