Jason Whitlock explains what Caitlin Clark 'CANNOT continue to do' despite Fever success: 'It's killing her'

Caitlin Clark is still not astatine her astir effective for nan Indiana Fever contempt breaking different WNBA record, says Jason Whitlock.

Having put up 300 profession points, 100 rebounds and 100 assists successful a grounds clip past week (19 games), Clark etched her sanction into nan history books erstwhile again connected Saturday nighttime by becoming nan first WNBA rookie ever to grounds a triple-double.

The 22-year-old sensation vanished pinch 19 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds successful nan Fever's 83-78 triumph against nan league-best New York Liberty, earlier she was soaked by her teammates successful jubilant scenes afterwards.

Despite her historical evening, though, Whitlock believes she is not being managed successful nan correct measurement by Indiana. 

In a station connected X, nan blimpish sports commentator claimed Clark is 'exhausted' aft playing betwixt 38 and 39 minutes of each game, which he feels is 'killing her shooting' connected nan court.

'Enjoyed nan triumph and triple double. Caitlin Clark is great,' Whitlock wrote. 'However, she cannot proceed to play 38-39 minutes each game. She's exhausted and it's sidesplitting her shooting. 

'She looks for opportunities to remainder connected some ends of nan court. She needs to play 34-35 minutes.'

Clark's mean of 16.1 points-per-game is nan 16th highest successful nan WNBA this play and nan highest for a rookie, pinch Chicago Sky rival Angel Reese adjacent successful nan second database pinch an mean of 14.1.

Whitlock had antecedently taken purpose astatine Reese amid her ongoing feud pinch Clark and implied she is not connected nan aforesaid level arsenic her aged assemblage nemesis, while moreover dubbing her existent double-double streak arsenic a 'made up' statistic.

However, past week nan podcast big performed a awesome U-turn and suggested Reese stands a 'real chance' of winning nan WNBA's Rookie of nan Year award.

'There's going to beryllium a morganatic lawsuit for Angel Reese to beryllium rookie of nan year, and I'm going to opportunity this for a mates of different reasons,' he said.

'Caitlin Clark's plus/minus is 1 of nan worst successful nan league. I deliberation retired of 145 aliases 146 players she ranks astir 140 successful plus/minus. A mates of her teammates are down location arsenic well.

'Caitlin Clark is starring nan convention successful turnovers and Caitlin Clark is shooting 33 percent from three-point range, and she goes done these scoring droughts during nan crippled that hamper her team. This is simply a female that led nan NCAA successful scoring 2 years successful a row, is nan all-time starring scorer... she is not an effective scorer successful nan WNBA. 

'I cognize she's averaging 16 points a game, but I've watched each game. She's a very inefficient shooter, she's sewage nan agelong 27-foot three-pointer, that's successful her bag. Occasionally she gets to nan rim and gets a lay-up.

'But betwixt nan turnovers, nan plus-minus, missing 70 percent of three-pointers she shoots... Caitlin Clark has been awesome box-office, she's a awesome player. But connected nan different ledger, Angel Reese... I don't bargain nan double-double point astatine all. That's a spot of a gimmick and conscionable a stat that they brought retired of nowhere.

'But she's starring nan convention successful rebounds. That's a existent stat, that's a existent contribution. She's doing it arsenic a rookie. This Rookie of nan Year title is person than a batch of group think.'