Indiana Fever star and reigning WNBA Rookie of the Year Caitlin Clark an “inside” look at how she approaches the games she plays not only individually but also from a team perspective.
In her recent appearance at the 2025 Cardiovascular Research Technologies event, Caitlin Clark shared her mentality whenever she comes into a game and how she looks not only on herself but on the team as a whole. She revealed her priority as a point guard for the roster.
“There’s always a game plan, there’s always a scouting report,” Clark said. “I think as a point guard (which is my position), my first goal when a game starts is to get my teammates involved.”
“You don’t always want to come out firing right away. Sometimes you do, but I think getting your teammates involved, that’s going to make things a lot easier for myself. It’s going to open up the court more. It’s my role to kind of orchestrate the team on the court and kind of be the coach on the court in a way.
“You need to be the extension of your coach,” she added.
During her rookie year in the WNBA with the Indiana Fever, Caitlin Clark averaged 19.2 points, 8.4 assists, and 5.7 rebounds per game, leading the league in assists and setting a new single-season WNBA assist record with 337 assists.
Clark also led the league in three-pointers made, with 122, and became the first rookie in WNBA history to record a triple-double.
Throughout the season, Clark broke numerous records and achieved several milestones. She set the single-game WNBA assist record with 19 assists and became the first player in WNBA history to record at least 20 points, 15 assists, and five rebounds in a game.
Caitlin Clark also became the first rookie to record at least 450 points and 200 assists in a season.
Caitlin Clark Gets Honest on NBA vs WNBA Comparison
In the same event, Caitlin Clark also talked about the long-running discussion of the NWBA getting compared to the NBA—from how games should be played to how much players should get paid. But for Clark, the comparison is not something that sits well with her.
“I’m not huge on comparing the WNBA to the NBA, I don’t think that’s fair,” she said. “I think where the WNBA is right now it’s pretty incredible. I think most people would not believe it’s in the place it is right now.”
Caitlin Clark added: “When people keep asking those questions of where I believe it’s going to be in five years, the answer is people didn’t even think we’d be right here right now and I think really the sky’s the limit.”
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