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A Big WNBA Night
Only buckets can cure Caitlin Clark’s Fever!
The 2024 WNBA Draft was last night, and you’ll be shocked at who went first. The Indiana Fever took Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark with the top pick to save a franchise that hasn’t made the playoffs since 2016 or had a winning season since 2015, when the Fever lost in the Finals to the Lynx. With Clark entering the next phase of her career and the WNBA Draft adding more talent to the league, it’s time to have a quick Q&A with Chantel Jennings, one of our women’s hoops aficionados.
Zach: I’ve had some debates with people that Caitlin Clark will adjust quickly to the physicality of the WNBA. How much of an adjustment period do you think awaits her?
Chantel: At 6-0, Clark has good size for a WNBA point guard, but the physicality she’s going to get from defenders will be different than what she saw at Iowa. The WNBA is full of veteran guards who are going to take the challenge of shutting down Clark very personally, I’d imagine. But passing lanes are passing lanes, and she’ll find those even if her scoring needs to take…
