Fever coach Stephanie White speaks out after Caitlin Clark’s ‘fed up’ comments

Caitlin Clark has faced a lot of questions heading into her third season with the Indiana Fever.

The two-time All-Star’s 2025 campaign was cut short by multiple injuries, with Clark being limited to just 13 games. This explains the clamor to see her back on the court in the new WNBA season.

Clark, however, seemed a little bit exasperated with one particular line of questioning. In a recent interview during team practice, the 24-year-old was once again asked about playing off the ball. It resulted in a snarky remark from the former Rookie of the Year.

“You guys’ two favorite questions, what I wear to practice and me playing off-ball basketball,” she told reporters. 

Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White addresses Caitlin Clark off-ball issue

Fever head coach Stephanie White addressed Clark’s comments in a recent appearance on the “Women’s Sports Now” show. They pulled up the Clark interview, and host Suzy Shuster described the Fever star as sounding “a little bit fed up already.”

White addressed the issue head-on.

“Well, I think fans are fans for a reason, right?” White said. “They want to see their favorite players in a way that they’ve always seen them.

“I think that certainly, when you understand basketball, and you talk about basketball, at every level it requires a different version of the player. At every level, every player is better.

“I just think that the way that Caitlin gets played, it’s unique. It’s 94 feet. It’s all the time. For us to be able to free her up a little bit, we play her off the ball. You see it in the NBA all the time.”

White neither confirmed nor denied whether Clark is truly feeling “fed up” with all the off-ball talk. However, the Fever coach is adamant that this style of play benefits both Clark and the team significantly.

“Now, does that mean that she’s not going to have the ball in her hands? No,” White continued. “Does that mean she’s going to play off the ball every single possession? No.

“But when we have opportunities to be strategic about ways to ease the load on her body and, quite frankly, on her mind, and get her some easier opportunities on the second or third side of the floor, we got to do that.”

There’s going to be a lot of attention on Clark this season from opposing defenses. White seems convinced that the best response is to continue playing her superstar off the ball.

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