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The 2024 WNBA Draft class, featuring Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, and Cameron Brink, is facing scrutiny as they struggle to meet high expectations in their third season. Their recent performances have raised concerns about their development and potential.
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The 2024 draft class has completely changed the outlook of the WNBA. Boasting names such as Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, Atlanta Dream forward Angel Reese, and Los Angeles Sparks forward Cameron Brink, the classâs arrival has coincided with record attendance numbers and television viewership, which in turn helped pave the way for the leagueâs new âtransformationalâ collective bargaining agreement.
However, as the class enters its third season, some concerns have been raised about whether its stars are truly reaching their potential. Each of the three struggled in her own way in their 2026 season openers. Clark went just 2-for-9 from the three-point line, Reese was similarly inefficient from inside the arc, and Brink struggled to remain on the floor at all with foul trouble.
After their slow starts to year three, No Cap Space WBBâs Andrew Giuntini-Haubner is raising concerns about how the class is developing.
âIs the 2024 draft class actually developing?â Giuntini-Haubner asked. âCaitlin Clark still has some trouble going left. The ballâs not as much on a string as I would like it to be. The turnovers are still an issue, even though, you know, it was five and not 10 in this one. And I think that matters when you are the player that we deign to be generational, transformational, and something different.
âWe do expect to see little addendums. To your game every year. And some of the problems that Caitlin Clark has are still, still problems that she had day one. Angel Reese still is not holding that ball [high] in the post the way she needs to, possession into possession. Sheâs still going low and trying to bring it high, whether it be a shot, whether it be she gets the ball and collects it in the block. Um, thatâs a day one problem. Cam Brink, fouling, day one problem.
The 2024 WNBA Draft class is labeled 'generational' due to the high-profile talents of Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, and Cameron Brink, who have significantly impacted attendance and viewership in the league.
Caitlin Clark struggled with her shooting, going just 2-for-9 from the three-point line in her 2026 season opener.
Angel Reese had an inefficient performance in her 2026 season opener, raising concerns about her development.
Concerns are being raised about the class's development, as key players struggled in their performances, leading to questions about their ability to reach their potential.
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Giuntini-Haubner did note that Chicago Sky center Kamila Cardoso was great in her debut, but wondered if she could be consistent when the offense wasnât running through ehr pick and roll action.
âKamilla Cardoso so far, is the only one thatâs been able to kind of escape this. She had a great game with Chicago in this new look Sky, but the question for her is how active and involved are you when you are not the focal point of P&R? But if you really want to kind of go that distance and overreact to it, you can ask the question like, how much development has actually happened for these players going into year three?
âBasically, like, thereâs a lot of players that where it takes 3 to 4 years, mid-20s is when they finally make the leap. So Iâm not out on the â24 class in terms of their ceiling just yet, but I think if you want to start monitoring something to overreact to later, it might just be this thing of like, this was a class, a generational class, mind you, of high floor, high ceiling players.â
He isnât ruling out that the classâs stars will develop into great players, but he needs to see how they improve.
âSo itâs like, where isâ where are you [improving] and what work are you doing to get there?â
The good news is the 2024 class wonât have to wait long to show what they have. Reese and the Dream take the floor on Tuesday night against the Dallas Wings. While Clark and Brink will face off against each other late on Wednesday on the West Coast.