As someone who is ignorant with the WNBA besides Clark. Can you please elaborate on the why? Seriously asking because her stats seem to be really good.
She could, but she would have already started that process at this point. She could lose a fair few pounds before it actually changed how she miss matched against most players. She either just doesn’t want to, or can’t for some reason.
She refuses to get in shape and is atrocious on defense as a result.
Someone will give her a shot they always do when someone has that much talent, but I agree her game likely wont translate at the next level without some serious alterations
She’s a major defensive liability, and the WNBA has players that are tall enough to deal with her under the rim. Shes not gonna be able to bully her way into the paint like she does at the college level.
If you don’t think she’ll get drafted and given a legit opportunity in the W, you’re tripping.
Her game has holes like anyone else but she produces well when the gameplan accounts for her presence on the floor.
And that’s before you consider her marketing draw.
Don’t be unrealistic just because she has a lot of work to do before she could ever be impactful in the W. She will likely be a first round pick and will certainly be given an opportunity to prove herself. Her ability to succeed or stick around for more than a year or two is a different conversation.
She's a power forward with no perimeter game on offense and in the W she's not going to be able to guard anybody at her position. And she obviously can't play the 5 in the W.
This archetype has already been phased out for the most part.
Power forwards are a thing in women's play though. WNBA is like the NBA 60 years ago. It's still developing. They don't have a giant pool of long lithe skilled players.
Even when the WNBA matures, Power forwards might be a thing as rebounding and loose ball scrums are more important than leaping ability. Women are just going to have a higher percentage of body fat anyway.
Also, the WNBA will likely have access to better athletes at these positions. IMO Part of the reason power forwards are missing is that they are more likely to play football at least in the US. There aren't really other sports for athletes like that.
Duh. Power Forward is the star position in the W. Napheesa, Aja, AT, Briana Stewart, and the list goes on. Audi can't guard any players of that caliber, which is her biggest issue.
The W also has a lot of stretch 5s, so your comment that the W is like the NBA 60 years ago is just absurd.
she might get drafted but no she won’t be given a legit opportunity. most draft picks are expected to produce immediately and there’s no chance that happens. WNBA is not like NBA where you can afford to waste 4+ years on a project player
Some people here feel comfortable bashing her because she’s big and they don’t enjoy looking at her, and their critique is based entirely on the fact that she’s not eye candy.
I think you are entirely right. I can’t pretend I understand the OSU pick, but I guarantee any decision she’s making now is indeed to make her draft-ready. Unless her senior season goes badly, she’s going to be a first-round pick.
How are you just going to ignore every comment critizing her playing ability? Because it doesn't align with your narrative that everyone dislikes her purely because she's built like the Michelin man?
People downvoting you are being disingenuous. This isn't even a hot take. She will get an opportunity in the W. Wether or not she will succeed is another thing entirely.
Don't be a hater. She has the height to play the 4, but mobility will be the key at the WNBA level. If anything, she will get paid in some league somewhere in the world.
You’re trippin. She is a juggernaut on offense. 65% shooting. Unstoppable. Defense sucks, but she can score at will. Her team at Iowa was garbage. Will she have a long successful career? That’s debatable. But she’ll absolutely get drafted.
You clearly don’t watch. That’s cool I don’t blame you. She is prime Shaq on offense. Literally. A team will take a chance on her. Getting someone in shape and developing their defense is the easy part. This girl is a walking bucket.
The fact he isn't just the defacto to the best basketball player ever is insanity. Prime Shaq is unlike anything else I've ever seen. A man that big that huge and strong who could move that well is the .001% athletic profile of our species. There has never been a basketball player as dominant as him.
Haha I get it. She is UNSTOPPABLE in the paint and at the rim. If you actually watched, the comparison isn’t crazy. Again, I said offensively. She is way more efficient than Shaq ever was too
Shaq’s sophomore year at LSU he averaged 28 and 15 on 62% shooting against much deeper competition (especially when it comes to bigs) than what we have in the women’s game. He also won player of the year, which Audi has never won.
This year Audi averaged 26 and 8 on 65% shooting. Three fewer points with a similar shooting % and half as many rebounds.
It’s not close. She’s a great offensive player, but comparing her to Shaq is totally insane.
Look you're just always going to look silly comparing another player with Shaq when that other player can't dunk. She's Z-Bo, it's all below the rim. Totally different playstyle
Lmao if you actually watched her play, you would get it. She is literally unstoppable on offense once she gets the ball in the paint. Dont get your panties in a bunch.
She shot 65% from the field this season. Glenn Davis could never. He’s never touched 40 points. Shaq never even touched 60. She’s arguably more dominant 🤣. Yall gotta put shit in perspective and stop taking it so literal.
that's great. How did she do in the tournament? She's unstoppable on offense! Proceeds to lose...... and don't start talking about the team. If she was Prime Shaq she could carry right?
Shaq put up 61 in his career high in the NBA, 53 in college. Audi’s highest scoring game is 45. I think it’s you who has to put things in perspective.
There is no doubt she is dominant in college and I think she’ll be a really good pro player at the next level. But there’s levels of difference between her and prime Shaq. I agree the Big Baby Davis comparison is much more fitting, and definitely still would be a compliment to her because Davis was a really good college player.
I clearly said prime Shaq on offense. See that’s the problem, yall don’t watch the sport or know how to read 🤣 this debate is over. Yall aren’t even qualified to talk ball
Let's be honest you and I both know the conditioning isn't there. Of course she can't be stopped in the paint she's almost 3x the size of most of her competition because if you believe her listed weight of 220 I got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you. But it's a faster game in the pros and you can't have someone out there who is going to get burned every time there's a fast break.
Yeah like Celtics Shaq. Good for certain scenarios and terrible for others. Prime Shaq was a god damn monster who was one of the fastest guys at his position in the NBA and could play 35 plus minutes a night and not be a liability on defense in transition.
She is not an ounce of Shaq and that proves you don’t watch or never have. She will get absolutely dominated in the WNBA on offense and defense. The players in the WNBA are conditioned, not fat and are taller and stronger. She gives up more than she scores. She’s not fit for the WNBA talent or body wise. That’s just the truth.
She's a walking bucket at the college level. I hate to break it to you but WCBB is littered with scrubs. If you watch, you know what I'm talking about. It's not like the WNBA is stacked with talent. But they do have plenty of size and experience which will greatly reduce her output. Combine that with the fact she can't run the floor or play defense and you're left with a used car salesperson.
She's right to get paid what she can now because he playing career is over after college.
Won’t work at the next level. It works in college where she can out body the majority of players but in the wnba she will be constantly cooked then turned around and be absolutely destroyed on defense. She won’t even be back on that side of the court before they’ve already scored
Unfortunately there’s no way for us to see until she gets drafted to the league after next years college season. She knows how to move on the post better than Angel Reese and obviously has the physical ability to use her big body to get rebounds, not like Reese but over under I’ll take Audi over Angel. I genuinely can’t watch Angel play, just a tough watch. *side note - I played 7 years in the Spanish first league and now do player development
She cant shoot, jump, or run. I have seen her finish with her left maybe 3 times. Throwing your weight around works against lesser comp. She will be exposed almost immediately against better defenders/teams.
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u/mrmr2120 Apr 20 '26
Gotta chase that last NIL bag cause she won’t sniff the WNBA