Caitlin Clark’s immediate future after the Indiana Fever’s season-ending loss to the Connecticut Sun on
Caitlin Clark’s immediate future after the Indiana Fever’s season-ending loss to the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday night has been revealed, as the rookie star has confirmed her next steps.
There was plenty of speculation surrounding whether Clark would play in the new Unrivaled league or be courted by an overseas team to play while the WNBA offseason occurs.
Clark confirmed neither has been decided, and she’s going to try another sport in her first break from basketball in nearly a year.
‘I don’t know what I’m going to do tomorrow. I don’t know what I’m going to do the next day. Maybe play some golf? I think that’s what I’m going to do until it gets too cold in Indiana, either that or become a professional golfer,’ Clark said Wednesday.
Clark won WNBA Rookie of the Year and set plenty of records during her first professional season.
Since beginning her final season at Iowa last October, Clark has either been in the middle of a basketball season or heavily preparing for one to begin. Now comes, if she chooses, her first extended break in 12 months.
The Connecticut Sun advanced to the WNBA semifinals with a 87-81 victory over the Fever.
The Sun led by nine to start the fourth quarter, but two tough Clark baskets got the fever back into the game and let Indiana momentarily take the lead.
Clark’s history-making ways continued, as she became the first player in WNBA history to have 25 points, five rebounds, and five assists in a playoff game.
Connecticut advance to face the winner of the Minnesota Lynx versus Phoenix Mercury series.
The second-seeded Lynx have a 1-0 series advantage and would have home-court advantage in a semifinals matchup against the Sun.
This will be the sixth straight semifinals appearance for the Sun, while the Fever made the postseason for the first time since 2016 in Clark’s first professional season.
Clark led the revival for the Fever, who had only won double-digit games in a season twice from 2017-2023.