Naturally, comparisons to last year’s WNBA Rookie of the Year, Caitlin Clark, are flying. The former Iowa superstar took the league by storm with a tremendous rookie season. But some fans are already noticing one big difference: how the league is defending Bueckers compared to how Clark was guarded in her debut.

She’s just a fiery competitor,” Christie Sides would say after Caitlin Clak had earned her 5th technical foul as a rookie. We have seen the result of that in her records, but on the other side of it?

What a rewarding time to be a WNBA fan. Consider everything that’s gone down lately — that loopy 2024 Finals and the packed-out celebration down Broadway, then the wildest offseason in women’s basketball history,