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

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

This time, it’s to marque definite she’s steadfast capable to get aft it pursuing a sophomore play successful the WNBA riddled with injuries.

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

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

But portion Clark wasn’t allowed to beryllium connected the court, she learned, on with caput manager Stephanie White, however to beryllium a spot much cautious heading into twelvemonth three.

"I’m a idiosyncratic that doesn’t privation to beryllium retired a azygous rep, similar I privation to beryllium successful determination each azygous time," Clark told reporters, per the Indianapolis Star. "But I deliberation conscionable being a small spot smarter with 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 determination each rep, conscionable being mindful," she said. "Every twelvemonth that she gets older, she understands the cadence is simply a small spot different."

Clark played conscionable 13 games, but she made her 2nd consecutive All-Star Game, averaging 16.5 points, 5 rebounds and 8.8 assists per crippled implicit that span.

Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark (22) plays against the Atlanta Dream during the archetypal fractional of Game 3 of the archetypal circular of the 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 blistery commencement to her nonrecreational career, and moving retired with Team USA successful March up of the FIBA Women’s World Cup was an acquisition she said helped her hole for this season.

"You privation to emergence to the level of the radical astir you, and past you besides privation to bushed them, get connected the tribunal and compete," she said astir that acquisition playing and grooming with the champion of the champion successful women’s basketball.

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

Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark (22) drives the shot against Connecticut Sun defender Leila Lacan (47) successful the 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 physique to a WNBA contender, losing successful the semfinals past play with 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 with injuries successful 2025.

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

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