Farewell: Caitlin Clark breaks down in tears as she announced Fever exit…..

The Fever’s No. 1 pick has had a mixed bag of reviews in her WNBA debut season.

Caitlin Clark’s WNBA debut with the Indiana Fever hasn’t quite gone as expected. Or maybe it has depending on who you talk to. The Fever have not gotten off to a good start to the 2024 WNBA season. The Fever’s most recent loss, a 103-88 drubbing by the Seattle Storm, dropped them to 1-8 and 0-4 at home. Their lone win came on the road on May 24 against the Los Angeles Sparks.

Despite the Fever being down by double-digits for most of the second half against the Storm, Caitlin Clark shockingly did not get much of a breather. She played all but four seconds of the game as per WNBA reporter Khristina Williams.

Clark was just one of a few Fever players who logged heavy minutes against the Storm. Nobody on the Storm played more than 31 minutes. In addition to Clark, Kelsey Mitchell played 36 minutes and NaLyssa Smith played 33 minutes. As the season goes on, minutes played might become something to monitor.

Clark’s 40 minutes was a season-high. Prior to this game, her season-high was the 36 minutes she logged in the win against the Sparks. Through the Fever’s first seven games of the season, she had been averaging a little over 32 minutes per game.

There has not been a player more polarizing in quite some time coming into their rookie season in the WNBA as Caitlin Clark has been. The former Iowa star captured the nation’s attention during her final season at Iowa when she became the NCAA Division 1 women’s basketball all-time leader scorer.