{"id":107851,"date":"2024-09-28T08:19:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T01:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107851"},"modified":"2024-09-28T08:19:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T01:19:48","slug":"caitlin-clark-wins-rookie-of-the-year-napheesa-collier-wins-dpoy-for-2024-wnba-season-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107851","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark wins Rookie of the Year, Napheesa Collier wins DPOY for 2024 WNBA season: Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Having etched her name across the record book during the 2024 <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/wnba\/\">WNBA<\/a> season, <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"HFYx9YAvtq3ozzSb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/wnba\/player\/caitlin-clark-HFYx9YAvtq3ozzSb\/\">Caitlin Clark<\/a> has been named the league\u2019s Rookie of the Year, league sources told <em>The Athletic<\/em> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>That Clark won the award came as little surprise considering how prolific her debut season was.<\/p>\n<p>Clark broke both the WNBA\u2019s single-season and single-game assist records. She scored the most points by a rookie ever, and the most points by a point guard ever. She became the first rookie to record two triple-doubles and the first <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"668\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/wnba\/team\/fever\/\">Fever<\/a> player ever to record a triple-double.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5795293\/2024\/09\/25\/caitlin-clark-rookie-season-indiana-fever\/\" class=\"go-deeper\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"go-deeper\">\n<div class=\"go-deeper-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/09\/25225313\/GettyImages-2174545988-1024x700.jpg?width=128&amp;height=128&amp;fit=cover&amp;auto=webp\" class=\"go-deeper\" alt=\"go-deeper\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"go-deeper-label\">GO DEEPER<\/p>\n<p class=\"go-deeper-title\">Caitlin Clark grades her rookie season as &#8216;solid&#8217; after playoff exit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those are just some of her many accomplishments among averaging 19.2 points and 8.4 assists per game \u2014 numbers that were even better in the second half of the season \u2014 and led the Fever to their first postseason appearance since 2016. Indiana also improved its win total by seven in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Clark, the No. 1 pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft, entered the league as the most-anticipated rookie in league history. She flourished at Iowa for four seasons, leading the Hawkeyes to two Final Fours and setting the women\u2019s NCAA Division I and major college women\u2019s basketball scoring records.<\/p>\n<p>The spectacle around Clark followed her to the professional ranks. While Clark dazzled fans and tormented opponents, she also played an instrumental role in a season of explosive growth for the WNBA. Six different league television partners set viewership records this year for its highest viewed WNBA game, and all six included the Fever.<\/p>\n<p>Attendance in Indianapolis hit a record high, with an average of 17,036 fans packing Gainbridge Fieldhouse for home games. Indiana led the league in attendance for the first time in WNBA history.<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s news, however, is not a reflection of the off-court Clark Effect, but her successes between the court\u2019s four lines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s been special,\u201d Indiana coach Christie Sides said ahead of the playoffs. \u201cShe came into the best league in the world, the best women\u2019s basketball league in the world. She found her footing. She\u2019s continued to get better. She\u2019s put herself in position to be called one of the best players in the league. That\u2019s incredible for a rookie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5761709\/2024\/09\/12\/indiana-fever-improvement-caitlin-clark-wnba-playoffs\/\" class=\"go-deeper\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"go-deeper\">\n<div class=\"go-deeper-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/09\/11221911\/GettyImages-2166663907-scaled-e1726108268815-1024x683.jpg?width=128&amp;height=128&amp;fit=cover&amp;auto=webp\" class=\"go-deeper\" alt=\"go-deeper\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"go-deeper-label\">GO DEEPER<\/p>\n<p class=\"go-deeper-title\">From shaky start to playoff bound, how Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever revived their season<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the first half of the season, the Rookie of the Year race seemed as if it would be among the tightest ever. Through the first two months of the season, <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"f6dqlhDhkYXdsdC5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/wnba\/player\/angel-reese-f6dqlhDhkYXdsdC5\/\">Angel Reese<\/a> helped the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"666\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/wnba\/team\/sky\/\">Sky<\/a> remain in playoff contention. She had 14 double-doubles in 20 games and broke <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5622827\/2024\/07\/07\/angel-reese-double-double-record-sky\/\">Candace Parker\u2019s consecutive double-double streak<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reese, like Clark, earned All-Star honors and was awarded WNBA Rookie of the Month in June. She set the league\u2019s single-season total rebound record (446) and recorded the highest per-game rebound average in WNBA history (13.1).<\/p>\n<p>The No. 7 draft pick, Reese would have become only the third player taken after No. 6 in the WNBA Draft to win Rookie of the Year. But her second half proved different than her first. Chicago slumped and Reese eventually was ruled out for the rest of the season on Sept. 8 with a wrist injury. The Sky missed the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>During the season Clark and Reese downplayed the importance of the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure (Angel) would give you the same exact answer\u2014I\u2019m sure she has given you the same exact answer,\u201d Clark said in late August. \u201cSo for us, everybody can write that, but our focus is on winning basketball games. It\u2019s as simple as that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Said Reese: \u201cWe don\u2019t either care about Rookie of the Year. I think you guys have made it a big thing. We haven\u2019t. We both want to win. We\u2019ve been wanting to win, and that\u2019s what we\u2019ve done in our collegiate career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clark became the third consecutive No. 1 pick to win top rookie honors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know there\u2019s a lot of room for me to continue to improve,\u201d Clark said after the Fever were knocked out of the playoffs by the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"667\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/wnba\/team\/sun\/\">Connecticut Sun<\/a>. \u201cI feel like I had a solid year, but for me, the fun part is I feel like I\u2019m just scratching the surface.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Collier wins DPOY award<\/h2>\n<p>From the beginning of the regular season until its conclusion, the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"636\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/wnba\/team\/lynx\/\">Minnesota Lynx<\/a> had one of the WNBA\u2019s top defenses. And that defense now boasts the league\u2019s top defender after <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"lca3BkJD3NHORRIY\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/wnba\/player\/napheesa-collier-lca3BkJD3NHORRIY\/\">Napheesa Collier<\/a> was named the 2024 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year award winner, league sources told<em> The Athletic<\/em> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Lynx finished the year first in opponent field goal percentage (41), first in opponent 3-point percentage (30.1), first in opponent assist rate (18.6), and a close second in defensive rating (94.8). Collier\u2019s versatility was key to all their success as an anchor Minnesota\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n<p>Often Collier was tasked with guarding an opponent\u2019s top frontcourt players. At other moments, she rotated over to provide crucial help.\u00a0 She was especially impactful against top competition as the Lynx went 7-4 against the other top-four playoff seeds, including Minnesota\u2019s Commissioner\u2019s Cup victory.<\/p>\n<p>Collier finished second in the WNBA in steals per game (1.9) and eighth in blocks (1.4 per game). According to Synergy Sports, opponents shot only 34.3 percent against her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so proud of Phee\u2019s defensive work in 2024. Her commitment to all aspects of our defense \u2014 deflections, denials, steals, blocks, rebounds \u2014 anchored one of the top defensive teams in the league and led to her best season yet as a pro,\u201d Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve <a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/awards-wilson-clark-ap-wnba-55eb092dba5a1face9dff9031a564d15?taid=66f034168956bb0001b6e108&amp;utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/awards-wilson-clark-ap-wnba-55eb092dba5a1face9dff9031a564d15?taid=66f034168956bb0001b6e108&amp;utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">told the AP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota finished second in the WNBA standings and swept the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"671\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/wnba\/team\/mercury\/\">Phoenix Mercury<\/a> in the first round of the playoffs. The Lynx, winners of four WNBA titles, will be looking to win their fifth this postseason. If they do, they would move into first place for titles won by an active WNBA franchise, breaking a tie with the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"649\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/wnba\/team\/storm\/\">Seattle Storm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tipoff for Game 1 of their semifinal series against the third-seeded Sun is set for 8:30 p.m. ET on Sunday.<\/p>\n<h2>Required reading<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>(Photo: Dylan Goodman \/ NBAE via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5796437\/2024\/09\/27\/caitlin-clark-wnba-rookie-of-the-year\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having etched her name across the record book during the 2024 WNBA season, Caitlin Clark has been named the league\u2019s Rookie of the Year, league sources told The Athletic on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107851\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}