Caitlin Clark reveals if she would ever leave Indiana Fever

By JAKE NISSE

Caitlin Clark has revealed she wants to retire with the Fever, as she gushed that it’s ‘just really different’ to play basketball in Indiana.

Clark has been passionately cheering for the Pacers during their postseason run – she sat courtside during their huge Game 3 Finals win on Wednesday – and shared in a newly-published interview that neither she nor her good friend Tyrese Haliburton have any plans to leave Indianapolis.

‘Ty and I would both tell you this is where we both hope to stay the rest of our careers,’ Clark told ESPN. ‘People are like, ‘It’s a small market.’ But no, that’s what makes it fun. These people, this is what means the world to them. 

‘We haven’t hosted a Finals game in 25 years, and I’ve never seen this type of excitement. People are lining up three hours before the game. I literally just got the chills thinking about it.

‘And they’re the same for the Fever. I think it’s just like [Pacers coach] Rick [Carlisle] said, ‘In 49 other states it’s basketball, but here it’s just really different.’ I’m really fortunate to be able to play here and he’s the same.’

Both the Pacers and the Fever are owned by Herb Simon.

Caitlin Clark has said she wants to end her career playing with the Indiana Fever

She was seen cheering on the Pacers on Wednesday, and said playing basketball in Indiana is ‘just really different’

Clark is good friends with close friends with Pacer star Tyrese Haliburton (right)

Clark is under contract for three more years with the Fever after signing a four-year, $338,056 rookie deal last year – though that number is expected to skyrocket after the league and its players negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement (the current agreement expires in October).

The Fever have seen a massive rise in popularity since drafting Clark last year, with the franchise selling out of season tickets for this year.

Ticket prices to watch the Fever and Clark have also skyrocketed, though the reigning WNBA Rookie of the Year hasn’t played since May 24 against the Liberty due to a quad injury.

Clark missed her fifth consecutive game earlier this week when she sat out her team’s road loss to the Dream.

However, the Fever announced on Friday that Clark was set to return the following day for her team’s matchup against the defending champion Liberty.

‘She’s back,’ the team’s X account wrote with a fire emoji. 

Without Clark in the lineup, the Fever at least stayed afloat, going 2-3.

Through their first nine games of the season, Indiana is seventh out of 13 teams in the WNBA standings, and has the third-best winning percentage in the Eastern Conference.

The Pacers, meanwhile, lead the Thunder 2-1 in the NBA Finals and will look to seize a massive Game 4 win on Friday. 

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Caitlin Clark reveals if she would ever leave Indiana Fever

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