Caitlin Clark says she is '100% healthy' heading into Fever training camp after injury-riddled 2025 season

The Indiana Fever are backmost connected nan hardwood, arsenic nan squad reported to training campy up of nan 2026 season, and each eyes are connected superstar defender Caitlin Clark erstwhile again.

This time, it’s to make judge she’s patient capable to get aft it pursuing a sophomore play successful nan WNBA riddled pinch injuries.

Clark told reporters astatine training campy she is "100% healthy" aft dealing pinch quad, groin and ankle injuries successful 2025, which led to conscionable 13 games played for nan 2024 WNBA Rookie of nan Year.

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Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark (22) looks connected against nan Minnesota Lynx successful nan 2nd half during nan Commissioner's Cup last astatine Target Center connected July 1, 2025. (Jesse Johnson/Imagn Images)

But while Clark wasn’t allowed to beryllium connected nan court, she learned, on pinch caput coach Stephanie White, really to beryllium a spot much cautious heading into twelvemonth three.

"I’m a personification that doesn’t want to beryllium retired a azygous rep, for illustration I want to beryllium successful location each azygous time," Clark told reporters, per nan Indianapolis Star. "But I deliberation conscionable being a small spot smarter pinch my body…whether that’s recovery, whether that’s pre-court treatment, immoderate it is."

White echoed Clark’s statement.

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"She doesn’t person to beryllium retired location each rep, conscionable being mindful," she said. "Every twelvemonth that she gets older, she understands nan cadence is simply a small spot different."

Clark played conscionable 13 games, but she made her second consecutive All-Star Game, averaging 16.5 points, 5 rebounds and 8.8 assists per crippled complete that span.

Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark (22) plays against nan Atlanta Dream during nan first half of Game 3 of nan first information of nan 2025 WNBA playoffs astatine Gateway Center Arena successful College Park, Georgia. Sept. 18, 2025. (Dale Zanine/Imagn Images)

Heading into this season, Clark is evidently looking to proceed her basking commencement to her master career, and moving retired pinch Team USA successful March up of nan FIBA Women’s World Cup was an acquisition she said helped her hole for this season.

"You want to emergence to nan level of nan group astir you, and past you besides want to hit them, get connected nan tribunal and compete," she said astir that acquisition playing and training pinch nan champion of nan champion successful women’s basketball.

So, Clark heads into training campy not pushing herself possibly really she has successful nan past, including years astatine Iowa. The Fever tin spot what other they person astatine nan defender position erstwhile she does beryllium retired and rest, including first-round prime Raven Johnson retired of South Carolina.

Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark (22) drives nan shot against Connecticut Sun defender Leila Lacan (47) successful nan 2nd 4th astatine TD Garden connected July 15, 2025. (David Butler II/Imagn Images)

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The Fever are hoping to proceed its build to a WNBA contender, losing successful nan semfinals past play pinch an injury-riddled squad. They besides made it a constituent to bring backmost halfway players from past year’s roster, including Sophie Cunningham, Kelsey Mitchell and Lexie Hull — each of whom dealt pinch injuries successful 2025.

Indiana was besides looking up to nan future, inking Aliyah Boston to a four-year, $6.3 cardinal statement hold that marked nan highest-paid woody successful WNBA history pursuing a historical CBA statement betwixt nan convention and nan players’ association.

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