re: At what level would you place Clark on a starting 5 at the men's level?

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To preface, in another sport, the USWNT, #1 woman's soccer team in the world, played an under 15 boys Dallas club and lost 5-2. Basically best women in the world lost to 14 year old boys solely from the Dallas metro by a fairly large margin. I think they lost 7-2 another year too, so happened twice.

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People trot this thing out constantly as some sort of be all end all proof about how female athletes aren't very good.

However, in sports we can actually measure... like track and field or swimming and the like. World class female athletes are roughly the equivalent of really good (sub elite) high school boys.


Now of course, in a sport like basketball... size and strength matter a bit more than they might in time measured sports.

So ultimately, I think it is likely fair to say that Caitlen Clark could start at guard for a random high school boys team. Probably not a really good one... but for an average one with average guards.