{"id":442397,"date":"2026-01-30T06:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T06:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/442397\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T06:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T06:07:07","slug":"indiana-fever-guard-reacts-to-caitlin-clarks-new-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/442397\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Fever Guard Reacts to Caitlin Clark&#8217;s New Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/tag\/caitlin-clark\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Caitlin Clark<\/a> opted not to play competitive basketball this <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/wnba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WNBA<\/a> offseason despite reported interest from the 3-on-3 league Unrivaled. The <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/wnba\/indiana-fever\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indiana Fever<\/a> star suffered a groin injury in July and a bone bruise while recovering, so it was not surprising that she has been cautious with her activities.<\/p>\n<p>Clark, who played just 13 games in 2025 and averaged 16.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 8.8 assists, did participate in the USA training camp in preparation for the FIBA Women&#8217;s Basketball World Cup. Aside from that, however, she has largely focused on training and other off-court activities.<\/p>\n<p>While Clark is not competing in any basketball league this WNBA offseason, that doesn&#8217;t mean fans won&#8217;t see her much. In fact, it&#8217;s the opposite, as the Fever guard has some projects lined up.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, NBC announced that Clark will be joining the network&#8217;s broadcast of two <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA<\/a> games. The two-time All-Star will serve as a special contributor for Sunday&#8217;s game between the <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/los-angeles-lakers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/new-york-knicks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Knicks<\/a>, as well as the March 29 showdown between the Knicks and the <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/oklahoma-city-thunder\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark opted not to play competitive basketball this WNBA offseason despite reported interest from the 3-on-3 league&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-442397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}