The Indiana Fever are without superstar Caitlin Clark for at least two weeks after she suffered a quad strain. In a vacuum, this is a tough loss for the Fever, especially with how much Clark means to the team and the league as a whole.
However, Yahoo Sports WNBA analysts Caroline Fenton, Cassandra Negley, and Ice Young spoke about the injury and revealed that this could be a positive for both Clark and the Fever.
"If there were a time for it to happen, it seems like this might be an ok one," Negley said. "I think what I liked hearing out of her ( Stephanie White) was this was an opportunity for Caitlin to sit on the bench for the first time and watch the game from that perspective and gain something from it."
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Young agreed with that statement from Negley. "I totally agree," Young said. "I think this is an opportunity for Indiana to figure out what they look like when Caitlin Clark is not the point guard...Caitlin Clark can't always be on the ball for this team...Now it gives you an opportunity for the point guard roles to be meshed a little bit."
Young mentioned that Clark can take a look at the way the game goes and learn from it, which is something she hasn't done since this is her first lengthy injury in both college and the WNBA.
The Fever play the Washington Mystics on Wednesday on the road followed by the Connecticut Sun to end the month of May, so it will be interesting to see what the Fever look like without the superstar guard.
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