{"id":476271,"date":"2026-02-18T18:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/476271\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T18:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:13:10","slug":"fever-predicted-to-draft-relentless-guard-who-is-a-natural-fit-next-to-caitlin-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/476271\/","title":{"rendered":"Fever predicted to draft ‘relentless’ guard who is a natural fit next to Caitlin Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Indiana Fever have stepped into a WNBA championship contention window. With three of the league’s top players in Aliyah Boston, Kelsey Mitchell and Caitlin Clark, the Fever are expecting last season’s semifinal run to be just the start of a new era in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

Armed with a top-10 pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft on April 13, Bleacher Report<\/a> has mocked “solid at everything” UCLA Bruins guard\/forward Gabriela Jaquez to the Fever in a move that would solidify the Indiana rotation with a natural complement to high-usage players like Clark and Mitchell.<\/p>\n

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Jaquez, whose brother Jaime plays for the Miami Heat, has notably improved as a shooter in her senior season at UCLA. The 22-year-old is already an “instinctive cutter” and a “smart defender,” but she is also shooting 42 percent from 3-point range.<\/p>\n

However, B\/R’s Hunter Cruse cautions that Jaquez’s shooting figures are a bit inflated by her 54 percent long-range accuracy in non-conference games; that figure has dipped to 27 percent in Big Ten play.<\/p>\n

That said, Jaquez profiles as a day one WNBA contributor with a “relentless motor.” And if the shot remains consistent, then the Fever would be getting a steal at 10th overall.<\/p>\n

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