Caitlin Clark Return: Fever Coach Provides Latest Update
Since then, Clark has been rehabbing from the second injury that has cost her time this season. Overall, she's appeared in only 13 of the Fever's 32 games. so far.
With a nationally-televised game against the Dallas Wings on tap for Tuesday night, and Clark listed as a "game-time decision" on the WNBA website, there was some speculation that the second-year guard would be making her return.
Not so fast though, Fever head coach Stephanie White told reporters Monday.
Caitlin Clark still hasn't practiced
While White said Clark is making progress behind the scenes, she's still not ready to return to practice with her teammates, let alone play in a game.
"She's been able to get a little more in her full-court running with all of her body weight," White said. "It's really building up from doing minimal to then building some endurance to do longer periods of time. She's been able to do a little bit more on the court in terms of how she moves, but not practice yet."
Given the fact Clark has been hampered by quad and groin injuries this season, it's safe to assume the Fever are being cautious with her.
Clark admits she feels 'responsibility' to return
During this week's edition of Sue Bird's "Bird's Eye View" podcast, Clark said she feels a duty to get back on the court, both for her team and for the WNBA as a whole because of how she has helped the league grow.
"It's hard, because obviously I do feel this responsibility of being out there and playing," Clark told Bird.
'And not that I think there's a fear of any of this going away. That doesn't happen when like, LeBron or Steph get hurt. [Fans] are always going to be there,' Clark added. 'But you do want to play, you want to give people something to cheer about or scream about. People spend so much time, and money, and resources to come and watch you play. And it's been cool to see people continue to show up for my teammates, whether they're fans of the Fever just fans of myself, they're continuing to show up and support.'
Fever holding down the fort
Indiana is 10-9 this season without Clark and 18-14 overall with eight games to play. The Fever also recently lost guards Sydney Colson and Aari McDonald for the season due to injury.
There's hope that Clark will return, hopefully sooner rather than later.
"We feel this fight is a little different with (our) girls out of the lineup," Fever star Natasha Howard tweeted over the weekend. "All the hard work they've put in over this season won't go unnoticed. Win (or) lose, just know we are fighting to the end for Syd, CC & Ari. See you soon CC."
Caitlin Clark Return: Fever Coach Provides Latest Update first appeared on Men's Journal on Aug 11, 2025
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