The lure of first-year drafts across professional sports is the appeal of what could be. The fascination with a player’s potential and the constant pondering of what if everything goes to plan. But perhaps no pick has come loaded with as many thoughts of joyous wonder as the one the Indiana Fever earned Sunday evening. Iowa star Caitlin Clark could find herself in an Indiana uniform in less than six months. Every aspect of the franchise could, emphasis on could, bloom like it hasn’t before.
Clark represents the biggest draw in the upcoming WNBA Draft, the presumptive No. 1 pick if she does end up declaring. The senior Hawkeyes guard, who scored her 3,000th point this past week, has repeatedly accomplished what no woman has done in college. She was the first player in women’s basketball history with more than 1,000 points and 300 assists in the same season, and she was the first to have a 40-point triple-double in the NCAA Tournament. She is closing in on Kelsey Plum’s all-time scoring record, with every 30-foot 3-pointer getting her closer to one of the few offensive milestones she can’t yet lay claim to.
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