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The Indiana Fever are back on the hardwood as the team reported to training camp ahead of the 2026 season, and all eyes are once again on superstar guard Caitlin Clark.
This time, it’s to make sure she’s healthy enough to come after another injury-riddled season in the WNBA.
Clark told reporters at training camp that she is “100% healthy” after dealing with quad, groin and ankle injuries in 2025 that led to just 13 games played for the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year.
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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) looks on against the Minnesota Lynx in the second half during the Commissioner’s Cup final at Target Center on July 1, 2025. (Jesse Johnson/Imagn Images)
But while Clark wasn’t allowed to be on the field, she learned with head coach Stephanie White how to be a little more cautious heading into year three.
“I’m a person who doesn’t want to sit out a single rep, just like I want to be in there every single time,” Clark told reporters, according to the Indianapolis Star. “But I think just being a little bit smarter with my body … whether it’s recovery, whether it’s pre-trial, whatever it is.”
White echoed Clark’s statement.
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“She doesn’t have to be out there every time, she just has to pay attention,” she said. “Every year she gets older, she understands that the cadence is a little bit different.”
Clark played in just 13 games, but she made her second straight All-Star game, averaging 16.5 points, five rebounds and 8.8 assists per game.
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) plays against the Atlanta Dream during the first half of Game 3 of the first round of the 2025 WNBA playoffs at Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia. 18 September 2025. (Dale Zanine/Imagn Images)
Heading into this season, Clark is clearly looking to continue her hot start to her professional career, and training with Team USA in March ahead of the FIBA Women’s World Cup was an experience she said helped prepare her for this season.
“You want to rise to the level of the people around you, and then you want to beat them too, get on the court and compete,” she said of the experience of playing and training with the best of the best in women’s basketball.
So Clark enters training camp perhaps not pushing herself the way she has in the past, including years at Iowa. The Fever can see what else they have at the guard position when she sits out and rests, including first-round pick Raven Johnson out of South Carolina.
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) drives the ball against Connecticut Sun guard Leila Lacan (47) in the second quarter at TD Garden on July 15, 2025. (David Butler II/Imagn Images)
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The Fever hope to continue their build to a WNBA contender, losing in the semifinals last season with an injury-plagued team. They also made it a point to bring back core players from last year’s roster, including Sophie Cunningham, Kelsey Mitchell and Lexie Hull — all of whom dealt with injuries in 2025.
Indiana also looked to the future, inking Aliyah Boston to a four-year, $6.3 million contract extension that marked the highest-paying deal in WNBA history following a historic CBA agreement between the league and the players union.
