Center A'Ja Wilson's Rookie WNBA Season. She not only had the best season by a rookie in 2018, but she is in the discussion of having one of the best rookie seasons in league history to that point in time.
20.7 PPG - tied for 3rd in the WNBA and led all rookies by over 6 PPG.
8.0 RPG:-- 6th in the WNBA and led all rookies by over 3 rebounds per Gm.
1.67 BPG - 6th in the WNBA, more than a half BPG than any other rookie.
Only 2 players (centers) in the WNBA averaged at least 20 Pts, 8 Rbs and 1.5 Blks per game in 2018. That’s why Wilson winning Rookie of the Year was a foregone conclusion.
Well good for her, but now she's whining that she and other minority players will never win anything because Clark (Time's Athlete of the Year) is white, so she's claiming it has nothing to do with Clark's accomplishments.... 🙄
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Indiana Fever rookie sensation Caitlin Clark set a WNBA or franchise record virtually every time she took the floor in her first professional regular season, and as a PG guiding the team to the playoffs for the 1st time in years in her first season as a pro.
She led the league in threes made, not just the other rookies, (122).
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Just the raw stats for each as a rookie:
PG Caitlan Clark 6-0 152 - 2024 Rookie of the Year:
19.2 PPG
5.7 RPG
8.4 APG - 5.6 TO's for a 1.5 to 1 Ratio.
1.3 SPG
0.7 BPG
2.8 PF
Shooting Percentages: FG 41.7% - 3's 34.4% - FT 90.6%
A freakin' PG that's rebounding and blocking shots like a PF.
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C A'Ja Wilson 6-4 195 -- 2018 Rookie of the Year:
20.7 PPG
8.0 RPG
2.2 APG - 1.4 TO's for a 1.6 to 1 Ratio
0.8 SPG
1.7 BPG
2.1 PF
Shooting Percentages: FG 46.2 - 3's 0.0% - FT 77.4%
As a center, most shots and rebounds coming from under or near the basket.
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A'Ja and the few other jealous haters in the WNBA, need to just sit down and STFU....
20.7 PPG - tied for 3rd in the WNBA and led all rookies by over 6 PPG.
8.0 RPG:-- 6th in the WNBA and led all rookies by over 3 rebounds per Gm.
1.67 BPG - 6th in the WNBA, more than a half BPG than any other rookie.
Only 2 players (centers) in the WNBA averaged at least 20 Pts, 8 Rbs and 1.5 Blks per game in 2018. That’s why Wilson winning Rookie of the Year was a foregone conclusion.
Well good for her, but now she's whining that she and other minority players will never win anything because Clark (Time's Athlete of the Year) is white, so she's claiming it has nothing to do with Clark's accomplishments.... 🙄
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Indiana Fever rookie sensation Caitlin Clark set a WNBA or franchise record virtually every time she took the floor in her first professional regular season, and as a PG guiding the team to the playoffs for the 1st time in years in her first season as a pro.
She led the league in threes made, not just the other rookies, (122).
A Partial List of records Caitlin Clark broke during her historic WNBA rookie season.
The Total was 62 Records.
- WNBA leader in assists per game (8.4)
- WNBA leader in three-pointers made (122)
- WNBA Single-season assist record (337)
- WNBA Single-game assist record (19)
- WNBA Single-season points by a point guard record (769)
- WNBA First rookie in history to record a triple-double (x-2)
- 19 Pts, 13 Asts, 12 Rbs --- 24 Pts, 10 Asts, 10 Rbs
- WNBA First player in history to record at least 20 points, 15 assists and five rebounds in a game
- WNBA First rookie in history to record at least 450 points and 200 assists
- WNBA Most assists by a rookie in All-Star Game history (10)
- First rookie to record 350 Pt's (769), 100 Rb's (227), and 150 Ast's (337) in a season. <<<<
- WNBA and NBA - First player in history to record 25 points, 10 assists, five rebounds, five steals and five blocks
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Just the raw stats for each as a rookie:
PG Caitlan Clark 6-0 152 - 2024 Rookie of the Year:
19.2 PPG
5.7 RPG
8.4 APG - 5.6 TO's for a 1.5 to 1 Ratio.
1.3 SPG
0.7 BPG
2.8 PF
Shooting Percentages: FG 41.7% - 3's 34.4% - FT 90.6%
A freakin' PG that's rebounding and blocking shots like a PF.
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C A'Ja Wilson 6-4 195 -- 2018 Rookie of the Year:
20.7 PPG
8.0 RPG
2.2 APG - 1.4 TO's for a 1.6 to 1 Ratio
0.8 SPG
1.7 BPG
2.1 PF
Shooting Percentages: FG 46.2 - 3's 0.0% - FT 77.4%
As a center, most shots and rebounds coming from under or near the basket.
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A'Ja and the few other jealous haters in the WNBA, need to just sit down and STFU....
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