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The Indiana Fever made a bid of offseason moves Saturday to situation superstar Caitlin Clark pinch talent arsenic nan squad looks to contend for a WNBA title this year.
The Fever re-signed cardinal players Lexie Hull and Kelsey Mitchell, while adding seasoned Monique Billings from nan Golden State Valkyries.
The players were signed aft nan Fever were 1 crippled awkward of reaching nan WNBA Finals successful 2025 while Clark missed nan full postseason pinch an injury.
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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark (22) is ushered backmost to nan chair area by teammates aft being called for a flagrant foul connected Chicago Sky guardant Angel Reese during nan 2nd half successful Indianapolis May 17, 2025. (AJ Mast/AP)
With Clark group to return, Indiana is keeping its halfway together while adding seasoned extent to bolster its roster up of nan 2026 season.
The Fever person nan fourth-best likelihood to triumph nan WNBA title successful 2026 down nan Minnesota Lynx, nan defending champion Las Vegas Aces and nan New York Liberty.
Hull antecedently teased nan Fever's offseason plans and title ambitions successful an question and reply pinch Fox News Digital.
FEVER WIN FIRST PLAYOFF SERIES IN 10 YEARS DESPITE CAITLIN CLARK'S INJURY, ADVANCE TO WNBA SEMIFINALS
Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark reacts during nan 4th fourth against nan Golden State Valkyries astatine Chase Center June 19, 2025. (Darren Yamashita/Imagn Images)
"I deliberation it's because we made it wherever we made it past twelvemonth without immoderate of our cardinal pieces, and pinch a batch of injuries, and a batch of, like, this adversity. … Our chair was longer than each different bench. We had much group successful nan training room getting curen than immoderate different team, and we still almost made it to nan Finals," Hull said.
"Tasting that and being truthful adjacent and emotion for illustration we person truthful overmuch much to give, I deliberation that conscionable changes our mindset a small bit. And it's not needfully overconfident, but assured successful nan truth that we really do person a chance. And we should beryllium playing for illustration each crippled matters, and we're preparing for that past one.
"I deliberation it's very achievable pinch what we're going to beryllium capable to do pinch free agency."
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Indiana Fever guards Kelsey Mitchell (0) and Caitlin Clark (22) talk during nan first half successful Game 2 of a first-round WNBA hoops playoff bid against nan Connecticut Sun Sept. 25, 2024, successful Uncasville, Conn. (Jessica Hill/AP)
The Fever's play ended successful 107-98 overtime nonaccomplishment to nan Las Vegas Aces successful Game 5 of nan WNBA semifinals past year.
With Clark returning from injury, their halfway intact and astatine slightest 1 caller addition, Indiana is looking to decorativeness nan job.
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