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Originally Posted by GrantDawg
So we can only have rivalries if they follow exactly the Magic vs. Bird blueprint? They both played huge college playoff games against each other (which ended 1-1), drafted in the same year with lots of attention, and now play on regional rival teams. That seems like a good recipe for a rivalry to me. And it definitely pulls eyeballs. No, I dont think we have bad guy/good guy, or make it all about race to be fun. They both have big egos, and they are always going to have extra juice when they play each other.
Honestly, I like them both. Bigger fan of Clark, but I hope Reese continues to develop and Chicago puts things together.
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They also played in two regular season games and the Big Ten conference title game against each other which ended with Clark being on the losing end all three times. Does that count as part of the rivalry?
You can have whatever rivalry you want. It does not have to follow the Magic vs Bird blueprint. I just don't think Clark or Reese look at each other as rivals despite how much fans and the media would like to create one a la Magic and Bird. Do Reese and Clark like each other? Probably not even though they have said that that it is not the case But rivals? Nah. While I believe Reese is a very good player, she is not playing at the level that Caitlin Clark is playing at for anyone to consider them rivals at this point in both of their careers. Hate from the media and fans and their dislike of each other is not enough for me to call it a rivalry. I wouldn't say that there is a rivalry between Clark and
I would even go a step further and say even if Reese thinks Clark is her rival, I can see Clark privately being so arrogant about her standing in the game, that she would consider it insulting for anyone to think of Reese is a rival of hers.
Now the Liberty and the Aces and Breanna Stewart and A'ja Wilson specifically? That is a rivalry for me.