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Caitlin Clark may offer her babysit services while she is unable to deliver her basketball.
Clark was seen with a small child around CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore on Wednesday night. Clark was not active for Indiana Fever’s game against Washington Mystics as she sat out with a Quad injury.
Indiana Fever Guard Caitlin Clark, #22, sits on the bench before the game against Washington Mystics at Entertainment & Sports Arena. (Emily Faith Morgan-Preferred Pictures)
Recordings of Clark bearing the child were sent to social media by Yahoo Sports.
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Sports Illustrated reported that the child is the son of Indiana assistant coach Karima Christmas-Kelly and Austin Kelly.
Clark’s fever continued to lose against the mystics of her absence.
The team announced on Monday that Clark will miss at least two weeks of the Quad question. However, fever header Stephanie White said there is a silver lining for Clark that can’t play.
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Indiana Fever Guard Caitlin Clark, #22, plays against Dallas Wings in the second half of a WNBA basketball match in Indianapolis on September 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
“I think it’s a great opportunity for Caitlin to see the game from the sidelines, to grow in a coaching -stroke thinking and see some different things that we might be talking about on film, addressing in practice, to see it developing in live action,” White said via CBS SPORTS.
“As players do you see [the game] In a micro point of view, and when you’re on the sidelines and you see it as a whole, you’ll see it in a different way than a macro point of view. I think it will give her a unique perspective and she comes back better and it will help us be better.
Indiana Fever Guard Caitlin Clark talks to the referee after the second quarter against Washington Mystics at Entertainment & Sports Arena. (Emily Faith Morgan-Preferred Pictures)
“It’s nice to grow when you’re on the floor, but you also see the game on different levels when you’re not on the floor,” White added. “You see it on a level or two levels when you’re on the floor, and you often [equate] It is to be in a coach’s mindset and be in a coach’s point of view. Listening to us and our conversations, whether in practice or on the sidelines, talk about what our weight is, what we are looking for and you see it from a different perspective. “
Clark will be out after the team’s upcoming matches against Connecticut Sun and Chicago Sky. The earliest Clark would return is June 10 on the road to the Atlanta dream.
