What if Caitlin Clark was named WNBA's first player-coach?
But what if Caitlin Clark was named the WNBA's first player-coach? It'd be yet another history-making moment for the generational women's basketball star of the Indiana Fever.
The thought spawned while watching the WNBA All-Star Game. Clark was a team captain and picked her roster, but then an injury prevented her from playing.
So instead, there she was on the sideline, encouraging players and drawing up plays.
Clearly, it's not the same as a competitive game environment, but it was awesome.
Clark is the face of the Fever. She's the face of the WNBA.
It wouldn't be a crazy leap to name her player-coach.
Obviously, her assistants would be crucial. When Clark is healthy and on the floor most of the game, someone would have to worry about substitutions and some strategy changes while Clark played.
But it would be a chance for the WNBA and Clark to draw even more interested observers to their sport.
One of the NBA's all-time greats, Bill Russell, was a player-coach at the end of his career. It went out of vogue once more money came in and it made sense to just have separate coaches.
Clark could stand alone in league history even more than she already does, though.
It almost certainly won't happen, but it's quite the fun idea. Why not?
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