There weren’t many criticisms to make of Caitlin Clark during her historic Rookie of the Year campaign with the Indiana Fever last season, but she did pick up a lot of technical fouls. Her six technicals were tied for the second-most in the league, and she was one away from reaching the regular season suspension limit of seven.
During an appearance on The Bird & Taurasi Show’s alt-cast for the 2025 Women’s NCAA national championship game earlier this month, Clark joked about technical fouls with Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi. Taurasi, who announced her retirement in February, led the league in that department nine times during her career, per Across the Timeline.
Taurasi set the over/under for Clark’s technicals in the 2025 season at 4.5, and both she and Bird took the over. Clark, however, said she’ll go under, and claimed that she’s already told new Fever coach Stephanie White that she’ll only get two technicals this summer.
“I was close to getting suspended for our last game and like every front office or your GM tries to get your technicals taken away and they wouldn’t take any of mine away,” Clark said. “I got two for slapping the stanchion of the hoop and then I got another one for accidentally…
