It has not been an easy rookie year for No. 1 overall pick Caitlin Clark, whose induction into the WNBA has seen her face criticism over everything from race and gender to commercial travel to whether or not she shoots too much, or not enough. All the while, her team, the Indiana Fever, has struggled to overcome a 1-8 start to the year, though they’ve played better lately and sit at 7-12.
Still, the Fever lost their second straight game on Thursday night, falling to the Seattle Storm on the third leg of a massive five-game road trip that has already seen them rack up a win in Atlanta and a heartbreaking one-point loss in Chicago that saw them blow a 12-point fourth-quarter lead.
After the loss to the Storm, Clark met with the media alongside fellow Fever star Aliyah Boston and, well, Clark got a little tired of the steady stream of questions thrown her way.
Clark took the first four questions, but as a reporter began asking a fifth, she put up her hand. “Ask Aliyah a question,” she said.
The reporter continued, but Clark insisted: “No, ask Aliyah a question.”
WNBA Rookie of the Year Aliyah Boston Has Struggled
Boston did, finally, get a question, as well she should have. She led the team with 14 rebounds, but struggled with her shooting on the night, going 5-for-16, and added four of the Fever’s 20 turnovers. Clark also struggled with turnovers, committing six in all.
Boston, it could be argued, is actually the Fever’s most important player—certainly the most important after Clark. She was the WNBA Rookie of the Year in 2023, and the pairing with Clark was supposed to give the Fever an exciting inside-out duo.
Instead, Boston has backtracked from her rookie numbers, dropping from 14.5 points per game to 12.9. Her rebounding (8.3) and blocked shots (1.3) have been steady, but her real problem has been efficiency as a scorer—her shooting percentage has dropped from 57.8% last year to 48.3% this year.
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