Rookie of the Year Race: Caitlin Clark's Impressive Season

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00:00Now, from a Rookie of the Year perspective, we're obviously still looking at Kaitlyn Clark

00:06here.

00:07Look at her season statistics here.

00:08Points per game, 17 points.

00:10Assists per game, 8 points.

00:11Rebounds close to 6 per game, and it seemed like she was getting better as the year's

00:14going on.

00:15She got a nice little break here, didn't have to play in the Olympics, now she's back for

00:18the second half.

00:19Talk to me about this Rookie of the Year candidate, what we can expect over the second half of

00:23the season.

00:24Sure.

00:25I think what's been most impressive is that it has not been the runaway race for Rookie

00:29of the Year that we expected.

00:31Kaitlyn Clark and Angel Reese have both really exceeded expectations.

00:35I think that their shooting percentages are lower than we might have expected.

00:38They're both around 40%, but when you look at the effective field goal percentage with

00:42Kaitlyn, that bumps up because of all those long threes she takes.

00:45But for her to be leading the league in assists, while also putting up 17 points a game, while

00:50also having Indiana in position for a playoff spot as of now, and then you look at Angel

00:55and that that was a full rebuild in Chicago, and that they're in a playoff position as

01:00well, and that Angel is right now neck and neck with not just Asia Wilson for leading

01:06the league in rebounding, but for the best rebounding season in the WNBA all-time, that's

01:11pretty awesome.

01:12I just think that what Kaitlyn is doing, like you said, she's at the top of all these categories,

01:17is just pretty remarkable, and she keeps on getting better, and she's putting up these

01:22record performances that we're now seeing her get more comfortable, which is what we

01:26thought we would see, but the chemistry building, especially with Aliyah Boston, and the fact

01:32that both of these players were able to take a break for three weeks after coming straight

01:37from college, straight from that tournament, and going right into training camp, I think

01:41is huge, and this second half, we should see the best.