After re-signing Aliyah Boston to a blockbuster new contract, the Indiana Fever — who also re-signed Sophie Cunningham — are already preparing to do the same with Caitlin Clark in the 2027 offseason
Sophie Cunningham and Caitlin Clark became close friends on the Fever in 2025(Image: Getty Images)
The Indiana Fever have made two contract decisions as another major one looms.
Recently, the Fever made Aliyah Boston, the first overall pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft, the highest-paid player in league history with a four-year contract worth $6.3 million. Named second-team All-WNBA in 2025, Boston was able to renegotiate the fourth year of her rookie contract and agree to an extension.
Her contract was issued under the new collective bargaining agreement, which the WNBA and the WNBPA agreed to on March 24. The CBA introduced the new EPIC (Exceptional Performance on Initial Contract) clause, and Boston became the first player in league history to sign an extension on the EPIC clause.
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Sophie Cunningham was not quite as lucky, but Caitlin Clark is the next woman up for the Fever.
Clark new deal
The Fever are preparing to give Clark a lucrative contract extension after locking up Boston on a record-breaking deal. The two-time All-Star is entering her third season in the WNBA, and Indiana’s leadership is planning to have her around for the foreseeable future.
Clark made first-team All-WNBA as a rookie, so she is already eligible for an EPIC contract extension. But the former Rookie of the Year could earn even more; she is already eligible for a max contract next offseason worth $1.3 million (17 percent of the team’s salary cap), yet could potentially earn a supermax deal worth up to $1.7 million (20 percent of the cap) if she wins MVP in 2026.
Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston are expected to remain teammates in Indiana for years to come(Image: Photo by Michael Hickey/NBAE via Getty Images)
Fever general manager Amber Cox outlined what the franchise might do next offseason in terms of Clark when her extension window opens. On Clark and Boston, Cox told the Indianapolis Star: “We want those two around for their careers, the duration of their careers.
“And the (EPIC clause) really allows us to plan now, whereas under the old CBA, they would be coming off of their rookie scale contract, and then you’re going into restricted free agency, and that’s only a couple of years. This gives us a longer runway to really plan, so we love this.”
Cunningham offers thoughts
Speaking on her ’Show Me Something’ alongside co-host West Wilson, Cunningham — who is coming off an MCL tear — was asked whether the new CBA was better than expected. After signing a one-year, $665,000 deal, she shook her head.
“It’s tough because I came off an injury, and I haven’t been in front of any teams,” Cunningham said. “I had a lot going on this offseason. I was fully cleared; they had all the doctors, they had the numbers, and everything. But if you don’t get in front of these people, it’s like, ‘Hey, are you actually good?’”
She added: “I’m not even gonna lie to you, though, it’s a little, kind of, frustrating. Because I’m someone who — I kind of shoot it straight. If I wasn’t feeling good or was hesitant, I think I would have said something and been honest.”
On social media, Cunningham clarified her position was because she wanted more years on her deal rather than a problem with the money. She appeared in 30 games for the Fever in 2025 before her MCL tear, at which point she was shooting a career-best 43.2 percent from three-point range.
Cunningham and Clark will link back up when the Fever open the 2026 WNBA season against the Dallas Wings on May 9.