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The legend of the WNBA, Lisa Leslie, praised the impact of Caitlin Clark on the League while the sniper is preparing for his second season with the fever of the Indiana.
The former superstar of Los Angeles Sparks spoke to Sports illustrated in Clark and the chances that the fever won the WNBA championship thanks to a new head coach and veterans parts that the organization added during the offseason.
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The Indiana Caitlin Clark fever goalkeeper, n ° 22, questions an official on Sunday, May 4, 2025 in a pre-season match between Indiana Fever and the Brazil national team in Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. (Imagn)
“Let me say, Caitlin Clark had an incredible impact on the WNBA,” Leslie told the point of sale. “Her ability to go out and play, especially after her academic season. And then to enter the WNBA and really had the effect she had, it was really exceptional. I was so proud of Caitlin.”
Leslie said that, on paper, the fever list “looks incredible”. The Indiana added Sydney Colson, Sophie Cunningham and Dewanna Bonner to the list and re-erected Stephanie White as a new head coach.
The basketball renowned temple said that with the accumulation of the list and increased expectations, there is also additional pressure.
“So when you talk about Caitlin in her second year, she is more seasoned, she had time to rest. She had time to really get together and see exactly where she wants to go,” said Leslie. “Obviously, (fever) has a ton of new players, a new coach.
Caitlin Clark, Fever Demolish Team Brazil in the WNBA pre-season match
Lisa Leslie, a former American basketball player, attended the female gold medal match between the France team and the United States team on the sixteen day of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Bercy Arena on August 11, 2024 in Paris. (Catherine Steenkeste / Getty Images)
“And maybe they can. I don’t say they can’t. The All-Star game is there in Indiana. Everything is arranged. Caitlin has had time to really treat what the WNBA looks like, what it does.
Clark did not do the national American women’s basketball team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. However, it seemed to be a disguised blessing because it seemed to be more synchronized with its fever teammates after the Olympic Games break than it was at the start of the regular season.
Indiana did the playoffs in 2024 for the first time since 2016, when White was still a head coach. The fever ended 20-20 in 2024 and brought back key players like Kelsey Mitchell, Aliyah Boston, Natasha Howard and Lexie Hull.
The Indiana Caitlin Clark fever goalkeeper, on the left, gives autographs after a women’s basketball match against Brazil on Sunday, May 4, 2025 in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP photo / Charlie Neibergall)
The 2025 fever season begins on May 17 against Chicago’s sky.
