During the Indiana Fever’s media day on Wednesday, 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year Caitlin Clark did not mince words when asked about the team’s expectations this season. Boasting a new coach and revamped roster, the Fever only have one goal in mind.
“Yeah, absolutely,” Clark said, when asked if the team has been “explicit” about wanting to win a title in 2025.
When a reporter followed up, asking what success would look like this season, Clark doubled down: “a championship.”
Clark’s arrival last season put the Fever back on the map. After years of bizarre draft decisions and frequent last-place finishes, they went 20-20, made the playoffs for the first time since 2016 and were transformed into one of the most well-known franchises in all of sports, let alone the WNBA.
Instead of slow-playing their rebuild, the organization went all-in this winter. Kelly Krauskopf and Amber Cox were brought in to lead the front office as the president and general manager, respectively, Stephanie White was hired as coach and they announced plans for a new $78 million practice facility.
On the court, the team swung big trades and made major moves in free agency to re-sign Kelsey Mitchell and acquire a number…
