The Clark-White narrative also seems to be never-ending at this point. After the 24-year-old hit the game-winning three-pointer against the Washington Mystics, fans noticed White\u2019s celebration, or the lack thereof.<\/p>\n
But maybe that is part of the issue, too much noticing, too much visibility. The Fever is comfortably the most popular team in the WNBA, with the highest viewership records. But in a twisted way, it might be hurting the team, according to Brasby.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a team that has all 44 of their games in the national spotlight,\u201d Brasby said. \u201cNo other team has that. To me, that\u2019s a big deal. Not necessarily because their games are nationally televised, but because teams are going to make mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n
While fans are still bothered by White\u2019s use of Clark, the Fever HC remains unfazed and confident in her decisions.<\/p>\n
Stephanie White Stays Focused on Winning Rather Than Pleasing The Masses<\/p>\n
Caitlin Clark fans want her on the ball more, but so far, White has been implementing strategies that move Clark in more off-ball positions. It also does not help that CC22 has a terrible turnover rate at this point.<\/p>\n
But White will continue to deploy Clark more off the ball, as she told reporter Christine Brennan that she is not here to please the fans, but to win games.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know that I really have an answer for the fans. I have to answer to our team and our franchise. We\u2019re trying to win ball games. We\u2019re not trying to appease the masses,\u201d she told reporter Christine Brennan.<\/p>\n
Clark herself has been supportive of White and the \u2018off-ball\u2019 experiment.<\/p>\n
\u201cI ride for her,\u201d she said earlier this month.<\/p>\n
But actions speak louder than words, and the player-coach duo needs to find a way to turn the tide in the Fever\u2019s way and consistently win games, especially with the quest to defend their Commissioner\u2019s Cup crown.<\/p>\n
The Indiana Fever face the Chicago Sky on Thursday night, and it will be interesting to see if there is any improvement on the Caitlin Clark off-ball experiment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Clark-White narrative also seems to be never-ending at this point. After the 24-year-old hit the game-winning three-pointer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-729906","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\/729906","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=729906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/729907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}