On Saturday afternoon, WNBA rookie Kate Martin made her regular-season debut — recording her first on-court minutes as a member of the Las Vegas Aces.
Through 26 minutes, Martin recorded three points, three assists and five rebounds. The No. 18 overall pick also notched a big-time block in the Aces’ 89-82 win over the Los Angeles Sparks.
After the game, WNBA superstar Kelsey Plum was asked to discuss Martin’s impact in this closely-contested win.
“Kate Money Martin…I love that kid!” Plum said.
Martin, a former Iowa star and teammate of Caitlin Clark, impressed through training camp and preseason with the reigning WNBA champs. Her impressive play earned her a final roster spot, and now some meaningful minutes.
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Plum lauded Martin earlier this year as well.
“Kate Martin is awesome. Kate Martin picks up things so quickly, she’s an amazing sponge,” Plum said. “I think Becky nicknamed her Kate ‘Money’ Martin. I think that’s gonna stick.
“And when I say ‘money,’ it’s not just about scoring and stuff, she’s just in the right place at the right time. She just makes people better. And that’s what Becky values, that’s what our coaching staff values and that’s why she’s gonna be a great asset to our team.”
The Aces are now 2-0 to start the season.
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Demand for the dismissal of Caitlin Clark’s WNBA coach has risen after the Fever. However, it seems fans may have placed too much hope on Caitlin, and now, disappointed, they are seeking a “scapegoat” for their own unrealistic expectations?
Equipped with two of the top young talents in the WNBA, the Indiana Fever still has no answers after a 0-2 start to the 2024 season.
They played a rematch Saturday of Thursday night’s contest against the New York Liberty which resulted in a nearly 40-point loss earlier in the week. Even though they have the No. 1 overall draft selection in Caitlin Clark and the reigning rookie of the year in Aliyah Boston, Saturday ended up being a near repeat of what’s starting out as a disappointing start to the schedule.
However, much of the blame isn’t heading in the direction of the team’s players, but more so the one leading them in head coach Christie Sides. Well before the game ended, fans took to X to express their frustration with the second-year head coach.
“Christie Sides is so unfit for her job as Head Coach of the Indiana Fever it’s actually insane,” Paula Baddyosa posted on X.
Several fans are upset with some of the coaching decisions Sides made throughout the game.
“Takeaways from this game so far @ChristieSides. Let Caitlin Clark be the only PG. Take Kelsey Mitchell out. What is up with Boston? She’s not shooting well, not rebounding or defending. Also, Fire Christie Sides and put someone in there that wants to win!” Jerrett Franklin wrote.
“Get Nalyssa smith OFF THE COURT PLEASE christie sides. She’s garbage,” another fan wrote about her personnel decisions.
Hassan de Casablanca believes Clark’s talent is wasted with this group saying, “This Fever team is terrible. Christie Sides isn’t gonna survive this. Caitlin is a Bugatti surrounded by Buick Sabers.”
Eric The Red says Sides deserves all the blame writing, “If they don’t fire Christie Sides, develop an offensive scheme and substitution pattern, they’re not gonna draw the fans that they should. No one wants to watch a losing team that woefully mismanaged by the coach.”
The halftime score status fielded a lot of comments for Sides to be removed as head coach.
Sides is now 0-3 in her second season with the Fever following the 80-91 loss. It’s unclear how much time she has left to prove she is still the best option to run this team, but several fans are already starting to turn on her.
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SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK, CHUCK!!!!!! Charles Barkley Ripped Into The “Petty WNBA Players” That Should Be Thanking Caitlin Clark Instead Of Hating On Her
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a hundred thousand times: it’s absolutely fucking bananas that the WNBA cries from the mountaintops how little attention and respect they get, but as soon as they start to get it because of Caitlin Clark, they hate on her. The WNBA players should be on their knees (relax, Harrison Butker fans) kissing Caitlin’s feet for all she’s done for them. Oh, you want private flights? Caitlin walks through the airport one time and boom, the entire league gets chartered flights for the next two seasons. You want bigger crowds? Caitlin plays in one preseason game and gets 2x the highest attended Fever game from all of last season. The list goes on and on and on. I mean, the totality of WNBA blogs on Barstool in the last decade is about four. Caitlin Clark gets one almost every other day. And the attention is all positive!!! But the response from the WNBA players seems so negative….?
Diana Taurasi keeps her petty ass….Chuck’s words, not mine….hating though:
The “new fans”? Diana, literally every single fan of the WNBA besides like 3 of them are new fans. And you should realize more than any that a rising tide lifts all boats. I’m sorry you weren’t electric enough to make this amount of change over your entire career that she made in the first two weeks, but don’t you want the game to get better for future generations? Or maybe Diana should keep riding on Spirit Airlines if she wants to keep talking shit about Caitlin instead of thanking her.
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