There’s a strange thing that happens when you watch greatness often enough.
You start getting used to it.
Caitlin Clark is averaging 22.1 points and 8.3 assists per game this season. She’s already recorded five career games with at least 30 points and 10 assists.
The rest of WNBA history combined?
Four.
But maybe this number says even more:
Clark has recorded 11 games with at least 20 points and 10 assists this season alone.
No other player in WNBA history has more than 10 such games in an entire career.
Read that again.
We're reaching a point where a 20-point, 10-assist night doesn't necessarily stop us in our tracks anymore. A ridiculous pass through traffic gets replayed a few times and then we're on to the next one. Another record falls and somehow it feels almost expected.
Of course Caitlin did that.
That isn't because these performances have become less impressive.
It's because Caitlin Clark has changed the standard.
She's still only in her third WNBA season. She's still getting better. And we're already reaching a point where extraordinary performances can feel routine.
Maybe we shouldn't get too comfortable.
Someday we'll look back at this stretch and realize just how unusual it really was.
THS Take: Is this the new norm for Caitlin Clark — or have we simply become too accustomed to greatness? Leave a comment below.
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