Dave Portnoy likens Dennis Rodman to Dennis Rodman and Caitlin Clark to Stephen Curry.

The WNBA Rookie of the Year race is being hotly debated with the two faces of the 2024 WNBA Rookie class – Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy doesn’t understand why the two are still being debated over, with Clark sealing the ROTY in his eyes after their head-to-head matchup on Saturday where Clark’s Indiana Fever beat Reese’s Chicago Sky 110-81.

“I keep hearing people talk about the Rookie of the Year race. I thought we put this to rest this weekend when Clark went into Chicago into Angel Reese’s building, beat them by a 100, and Caitlin checked out of the game with 5 minutes left… Clark was on the sideline signing Angel Reese Barbie paraphernalia while Reese was in the game trying to scramble for a fraudulent double-double.”

Portnoy went on to compare Clark to Stephen Curry while relegating Reese to a Dennis Rodman comparison due to his rebounding and defensive ability.

“Not everyone is Steph Curry… Some people are a poor man’s, Dennis Rodman… [Angel Reese] rebounds. She does nothing else. Caitlin Clark does it all. So why do we keep comparing these two?… They’re not in the same sentence.”

I hate agreeing with Portnoy, but he is bang-on in this case. The WNBA Rookie of the Year race shouldn’t be a contest, with Clark ahead of Reese on every objective metric outside rebounding.

Clark is averaging 18.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 8.4 assists on 42.4% from the field and 34.1% from three.