Dude, what you are doing is incredible. I hope you get noticed and picked up by a major network because this analysis is really what people like me love.
Totally agree with you. When the pace is pushed by Caitlin, their opponents are unprepared. The Fever team needs to be fit and be able to run like Caitlin for the entire 40mins. If they can maintain that pace, they will surprise everyone. This means that Wheeler should not be handling the ball..
The fact that they scored 95 points in spite of a horrible fourth quarter and bad 3 pt. shooting night shows their potential. If they could ever play well for four quarters, they'd score over 100 points a game.
Typical great analysis. Two observations (much from watching CC for years now): Good things happen when Caitlin drives and gets layups. Entirely opens up the rest of her game and relieves pressure to make her 3's; Pushing the pace adds to TEAM assists, not just Caitlin assists. When the rest of the team is doing the extra pass and moving the ball they are at their most dangerous- they can beat anyone.
You do such a great job explaining things. I'm "sports illiterate" and yes, came to WNBA because of CC but now am thoroughly enjoying getting to learn more about all the great players and other teams. The way you analyze and show the specific plays is so helpful!
@@santiagosanchez602 Nothing wrong with being woke (alert / aware), but I have learned more from Convo With Carter than I ever knew about basketball. He is better than all others and does not beg for Likes and Clicks.
Great take Carter, you are definitely right with your take on the speed the Fever need to play at and it shows how dangerous the Fever is when they are executing the high-tempo game. What was amazing about the first half was the Fever players had smiles on their faces, and they were actually enjoying the game.
true dat! I never even watched basketball before CC, but even I could tell something was not right about Christie Sides's coaching. then watching ConvosWithCarter, it started making sense. now I'm another obnoxious opinionated CC superfan! empowerment!
I love your work bro. No one is better. I really like when Clark gets aggressive and drives the ball. If she starts with that mindset she will open up the distance game even more. I get the feeling one of these games she's just going to go off like in college. She's going to go for like 40 and 9, and the haters are gonna have to just Shut. Up.
Thanks for the wonderful analysis. The Fever should capitalize on the running game. Every Fever player should be a better runner than they are now. And what I mean by that is running stamina, not short distances but over a long period of time; enough time to exhaust the other team. The off season will be telling! Which players, when the 2025 season training camp starts, will be a better runner than she is now? The more that each Fever player can run the more points. I hope the coaching staff makes a point of this. None of the Fever players can run as fast as Clark. The Fever have the possibility of running every WNBA team into the ground. Running should be a recruiting requirement.
I feel like the running propels them to keep moving. When they stop running they forget how to move. All they have to do is learn how to still move in a half court offense and bam. KM some awesome cuts in this game.
The last few games she has come out really aggressive on offense to get the defense to play even harder to stop her. That’s when she starts picking them apart with passes. Great stuff
One other thing about that play where you said you loved the way Boston was running the floor, if you watch Boston, she hesitates for about two steps just when she gets to the key, and you can see the defender relax, and Boston looks at Clark and bust for the hoop and Clark makes the great pass. I think Boston should also get some props for her court awareness on that play
hard for CC to adjust when sides n wheeler take her out of the game flow in the 4th qtr - CC will work on what needs to but she can't overcome sides ineptitude
Love watching your analysis on the fever.. Hoping in the 2nd part of this analysis you bring up Erica wheeler in the sixth minute of the first quarter how she misses a 3 then gets the rebound and blows past an open Caitlin who shrugges her shoulders then erica goes to the spot where Caitlin was and misses another 3pointer and then the coach runs the team under the bus in the postgame interview 😅
Here’s a rule that Sides could easily enforce: when CC asks for the ball, pass her the ball. Or be benched. There’s a lot of film of Mitchell seeing CC open and ignoring her, or waving her off. That behavior can easily be coached and corrected. Doing this one thing could result in more wins.
if Sides had ever watched an Iowa game, she'd have realized what she was working with, CC's potential. and maybe she would have supported CC in doing what she does best, and helping her teammates score. and we could have been here a month and a half ago.
Thanks for another great breakdown video! Remember to ask people to like and subscribe, right before you do the coolest breakdown! The coolest breakdown this vid was probably the CC22 to Kelsey Mitchell layup, or a tie with Aliyah Boston pushing the pace like a point guard, and hitting NAlyssa Smith for the fastbreak layup. Your hand usage has improved, since everything looked natural this video, either you've been consciously working on it, or just gotten more confident and the improvement came naturally. Keep up the great work!
Thank you!!! I appreciate you!!! In my latest video, I did ask folks to subscribe, so I’m talking your advice! I also made no effort to stop the hand movements. I feel I am getting more confident, as all of you guys leaving kind comments have given me a lot of encouragement. 💯💯💯
@@CarterMomon P.S. The hand movements as such were not an issue, just that you sometimes brought that right hand to your face or leaned on it in a "Thinker" pose distracted from the great message. So glad to hear it's just confidence; your breakdowns are so great you absolutely should give them with confident body language!
@@CarterMomon PPS Every breakdown here on out, a little "drinking game" for me, I'll try to leave a SuperChat voting for what I think is the coolest breakdown, and see if you put your "like and subscribe" call just in front it.
The first half that Indiana played is championship caliber , starting late second half they team played like a team that missed the playoff. I’m not sure if it’s the team or the coaching staff. The coaching staff is responsible for as much as player. If the team is having chemistry you don’t change what’s working! It goes for anything in life. “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.”
1:27 that’s right somebody that understands The ballet of basketball with the movement of people and the ball……, yes finally I’ve just subscribed the man you understand this game…… ☮️❤️🙏🌍🌎🌏🇺🇸❤️☮️
#CoachKingCarter Your basketball IQ is off the charts. I would love to see you put yourself in the coaching arena. For I have no doubt your teams would not only succeeded but flourish under your intellect …,,, Thank you I have somebody to look forward to spending time with and the love of basketball….. It’s been 20+ years since I’ve watched BASKETBALL AT ANY LEVEL. CC was the only reason I came back….. got to see this entire game and man was cheering unbelievable #TheFantastic4 #CatchTheFever ☮️❤️🙏🌎🌍🌏🇺🇸❤️☮️
Thank you, Carter. It will be very interesting to hear your thoughts on the semi-collapse. Especially, how accurate are other people's claims that Wheeler and Clark can't play together?
To your point. Makelele (probably butchered his name) played for Real Madrid (soccer). They won successive titles, but he felt underappreciated because he was a defensive player who didn't score. He went to Chelsea where he was embraced, Paid three times his previous amount, and won individual awards, as well as the league. And Real Madrid spent years and a lot of money trying to find a replacement. And didn't win the league the next two seasons.
Fun to re-live that first half. Great analysis. Crisp editing. Love the shirt. (You might consider increasing light on right side of your face. Shadow is a bit distracting.) Thanks!
Caitlin’s smart. She sees what’s available and takes advantage of it. Not having a big Griner down low, she used that as a staple of her game in yesterday’s match.
It was nice to hear the "yea" and "awe" when CC shoots her 3 pointers. It is great to see Boston run like Temi Fagbenle. Good to see the Fever is playing Iowa B-ball: fast.
your videos are so much fun to watch! loved CC bouncing a pass off the backboard, and then somehow recovering. how the h3ll did she do that? speaking of "pushing the pace": she's always pushing herself. sometimes too far or too fast, but sometimes it's almost unbelievable.
Yeah, I’ll be interested in seeing the dissection of the disastrous 4th quarter. The Mercury went to a simple zone and the Fever went brain dead. I mean, c’mon, no answer to that? Being outscored like that? Gonna see a lot more zone in the future if they can’t adjust
Mercury went to zone the second half and it took the Fever some time to adjust. It’s about having a game plan and knowing what to do in every situation.
caitlin is the offensive conductor and should be involved in every play. she is the cog that runs the machine and when she isn’t allowed to do that the whole machine malfunctions. she is the system and her coach needs to realize that.
I think Sides is jealous of Clark's leadership and style of play that is the opposite of Sides'. i don't think the players decided on their own to play differently in the 4thQ - that's totally on Sides. You can see her on the sideline commanding Mitchell during a play to NOT provide a screen CC asked for, while also motioning CC to handoff to Katie Lou. Result = turnover (not on CC, but when KL tries to do what CC would do with an inside pass). Compare to how things went with CC and Bluder at Iowa. The coach again trying to slow CC down, but CC happily ignoring her and making scores. Bluder smiles, throws her hands in the air, fake groans, then gives CC the keys to the car! Sides' ego will not allow her star rookie run the floor-show, despite the proven results when doing things CC's way. Sides should be sidelined permanently.
^ this. if Sides ever watched an Iowa game, all she learned from it was that she was going to be the one in charge, not CC. "CC is spoiled, and Bluder is weak. I'll show them how to do it!" yep, you showed them.
Carter! Do you think part of Caitlin's strategy is to not project that she's going to pass the ball? In the one example where you mentioned you thought she would lay it up, she kept running past the basket, then bounced a pass to Kelsey. Well, was it my imagination or did she not even turn her head. It was almost as if it were a stealth pass. She kept her head facing toward where she was running, but passed the ball to her left where Kelsey was cutting. Maybe it's just my imagination. If I'm right, that's sneaky good.
I think you're right: her vision is so good that she knows where everyone is. sometimes she needs to check, to make sure they've realized they could get open and they've started towards that spot; sometimes she just assumes they'll figure it out and passes anyway. worked at Iowa, because she had a team and a coach who supported her. the Fever is taking longer to build that trust and anticipation, mostly because Sides doesn't even realize what CC is capable of. and yes, that's what a lot of turnovers are about. CC calls it her being too excited, but she's just assuming people see what she sees. they need to be educated, and practice. and that's the coach's job. but Sides is incompetent.
Brother you need to do a video before the other content creators about the top 10 possible coaches Next coaches for the FEVER. And your top three is most suitable.
What happened to the analysis of the 4th quarter? I was waiting to watch this when that showed up. I appreciate your videos nonetheless. I'm sure these take a lot to put together.
That’s a good question! I had the video finished, but I experienced some technical difficulties. By the time I was able to fix it, the next Fever game was being played, so I just made another analysis about that game. I know you guys were excited about the video, so I’ll post another one similar to it when the Fever lose their next big lead (I don’t doubt that they will).
@CarterMomon Sounds good. Once again I appreciate your time and effort in these. I'm glad I found a channel that focuses on the stats, per se, and not the drama.
@@CarterMomon dude. you wouldn't even have to DO anything: just give them the link to your RU-vid page. boom, instant improvement. if you really wanted to be helpful, call Lisa Bluder. and take notes. boom, you're Coach of the Year.
I liked that Mitchell did not dribble from CC’s pass, she instead jumped up, to make the layup. I want to see more women not make that wasteful dribble. Otherwise, she plays wastefully with her hero ball rather than economically. Clark ALWAYS finishes her plays.
Great analysis! I'm curious to hear more about what you say really happened the 2nd half/4th quarter. My opinion,GM Dunn hired point guard Erica Wheeler a year or two ago at max contract. Wheeler is paid $220,000 a year, 2nd highest in the WNBA. So .... Dunn wants her expensive hire to play and look good, but the Fever suffers when Wheeler replaces Caitlin as point guard. Wheeler slows the pace and it all falls apart. They have to keep Caitlin at point guard to continually win !!!!!
“I noticed” Carter changed his microphone from I believe the Liberty game video that I last watched. I’m guessing (without looking back) you may have used a Samson q2 in the previous and this one just looks different from it. If I’m not wrong, I’ll subscribe pending your next video. 😏 Well done 👍🏼!
i know she a amazing shooter but am i the only one whos hella annoyed by kelsey mitchell playing hero ball? Now it turned out positive with 28 points but on a bad shooting day that shit can cost them the game. Fever can be a couple points behind with 2 min to go and kelsey would ignore all the open players just to run into other players trying to get a bucket herself she plays like she cares more about her own stats.
I agree. And she has zero assists in this game too! She literally missed open Lexie Hull by herself at the basket but decided to chuck a 3pt that she missed
to give her the benefit of the doubt, Sides is about not using the point guard. so KM's play style is one of the few things the Fever had going for them, and nobody was suggesting anything much different. hard habits to break.
@@lgbtorion yeah I was at that game. It was intense wondering if CC was going to make that triple double. But it was much competitive and was a closer game the entire time. Makes me wonder that there never would have been a 30 point lead but that it might have turned into a loss for Indiana.
what happend was Wheeler was put on as PG... .. taking the ball out of CC's hands for mercury... they couldn't do it, but Sides could. ... And did. As far as i get, the main job for all coaches is somehow get the ball out of CC's hands... and the only one that have managed that is Sides so far....
How they almost blew their lead would be interesting. Caitlin needs to start taking shots in the middle when she drives down low but nothing opens up. I don't like her kicking it back out for a lower percentage shot then she could take shots in the middle.
she's said it herself, her go-to is assists. she loves doing that, her teammates benefit, it builds trust and cooperation, it keeps CC from getting quite as banged up, plus it keep Sides off her back. probably worth it.
When they were up 31, if dummy Sides wanted to bring in weak ass wheeler she should have gave Caitlin a breather. Talking your best player out when up 31 points makes sense. Clueless coach!
what happened in the 4th? sides put wheeler in at point. cc didnt really touch ball with wheeler in. prior to taking point over, wheeler refused to take 2 wide open 3s from.cc passes. was she a -16? think thats correct.
Sides promoting running? Are you kidding? Don't you think it's IOWA Mk2? You missed the most important incident. Sides micromanaging CC223D 45seconds before the end of the 1st QTR and creating a mess. CC223D saying something to sides as she walks past at the end of the 1st QTR and Sides grabbing CC223D by the arm. You are mistaken to give Sides any credit for the win or the running. Sides created the collapse.
1st qtr is very effective offense of the team as a coach why should i change the tempo of the game sides make a big blunder starting 3rd n 4th qtr. Fever players are young and can run the floor with more stamina compare with opponents just jogging for defense.