Expect WNBA players to guard Clark more physically. How will she handle it?
Reality is coming. In the words of , as spoken to Scott Van Pelt on SportsCenter, is due for a reckoning when she gets to the . After four years of dominating the college game, Clark is starting the next chapter of her career at the bottom as one of the youngest players in the most talented league in the world. Regardless of what the overall arc of Clark’s career ends up being, it is unlikely that she hits the ground running as the best player on the court every night, as she did at Iowa.
The defense is going to be more physical and the players will be faster.” Advertisement The jump to the pros is often more challenging for top guard prospects. Of the nine rookies who have placed in the top 10 of WARP since 2010, only Maya Moore was a perimeter player, . And Clark’s game doesn’t exactly resemble that of her childhood idol. Former No. 1 picks and each experienced severe growing pains in their ascent to All-Star status.
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