{"id":639954,"date":"2026-05-01T03:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T03:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/639954\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T03:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T03:46:10","slug":"raven-johnson-shares-how-caitlin-clarks-personality-helps-her-wnba-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/639954\/","title":{"rendered":"Raven Johnson Shares How Caitlin Clark’s Personality Helps Her WNBA Transition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caitlin Clark<\/a> and Raven Johnson will aim to lead the Indiana Fever<\/a> to another preseason win on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Fever cruised to victory<\/a> in their first preseason game on Saturday, blowing out the New York Liberty<\/a> on the road, 109-91.<\/p>\n

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Clark battled through some rust, going for seven points on 2-of-10 shooting, with three rebounds and four assists. Johnson, on the other hand, was a perfect 3-of-3 from the field for six points. The rookie also added three rebounds, eight assists, a steal and two blocks in her impressive Fever<\/a> debut.<\/p>\n

Clark and Co. play their first preseason contest at home<\/a> on Thursday as they host the Dallas Wings<\/a> at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.<\/p>\n

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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) reacts during the first half against the New York Liberty.John Jones-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Clark is now entering her third season in the WNBA<\/a>. She\u2019s no longer the new kid on the block. Right now, that role falls on Johnson and the Fever\u2019s other rookies.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to James Boyd of The Athletic ahead of Thursday\u2019s contest, Johnson revealed how Clark has played a pivotal role in her transition into the WNBA.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, she’s loving,\u201d Johnson said of Clark<\/a>. \u201cLike, she’s a goofy person. I think a lot of people don’t really know her outside of basketball. Outside of basketball, she’s funny.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has so much personality. I think that’s what people need to know about her. Her personality goes a long way, and she’s a great person.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Apart from being a very helpful teammate, Clark also has an infectious attitude that brings out the joy in the people around her.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe helps me through every little thing,\u201d Johnson continued. \u201cI can ask a question and she has an answer for it. So I think just playing with somebody like her means a lot to me.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut she also has that sense of humor where she makes me laugh, too. And I’m like, \u2018Caitlin, where did that come from?\u2019 So it\u2019s little things like that. But I\u2019m also funny too, so I think that\u2019s where we kind of match together and vibe with each other like that. So I love being around her.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Fever selected Johnson as the No. 10 overall pick of the 2026 WNBA Draft. They have high expectations for the reigning SEC<\/a> Defensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n

Based on the former South Carolina Gamecocks<\/a> star\u2019s comments, it is clear that Clark is doing what she can to help put Johnson in a position to succeed early on.<\/p>\n

Related: Fever Coach Stephanie White Shares Concerning Update on Rookie<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Apr 30, 2026, where it first appeared in the WNBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark and Raven Johnson will aim to lead the Indiana Fever to another preseason win on Thursday.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,735,48,238885,3459,6003,2803,3457,159759,82,630],"class_list":["post-639954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-caitlin-clark","tag-canada","tag-clark-and-co","tag-dallas-wings","tag-fever","tag-indiana-fever","tag-new-york-liberty","tag-raven-johnson","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639954","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=639954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}