{"id":587373,"date":"2026-04-16T08:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/587373\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T08:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:18:16","slug":"aerial-powers-reflects-on-her-time-with-indiana-fever-after-becoming-free-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/587373\/","title":{"rendered":"Aerial Powers Reflects on Her Time with Indiana Fever After Becoming Free Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caitlin Clark<\/a> is set to begin her third WNBA<\/a> season with the Indiana Fever<\/a> in 2026, with training camp just a few days away. In 2025, Clark missed most of the regular season and all of the playoffs due to numerous injuries. But the Fever still went on to upset the Atlanta Dream in the first round before taking the Las Vegas Aces<\/a> to overtime in Game 5 of the semifinals.<\/p>\n

Due to numerous injuries on the roster during the playoffs, including to Clark and Sophie Cunningham<\/a>, the Fever were forced to bring in multiple players late in the season. This included Odyssey Sims, Aari McDonald and Chloe Bibby, all of whom saw significant action. And while none of them appear to be returning to the Fever, there is another who still appreciates her time with the team.<\/p>\n

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Indiana Fever players Aerial Powers, Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston look on from the sidelines during the WNBA All-Star Skills Night.\u00a9 Mark J&period; Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Aerial Powers, after a college career with Michigan State, was selected by the Dallas Wings with the No. 5 pick in the 2016 WNBA Draft. After three seasons in Dallas, the guard bounced around the league over the next eight years, including stints with the Washington Mystics<\/a>, Minnesota Lynx, Atlanta Dream and the Golden State Valkyries, before the Fever picked her up in late August due to the wave of injuries.<\/p>\n

Powers played a big role for Indiana in the regular season, averaging 9.0 points and 2.4 assists in eight games off the bench. She also saw action during the Fever\u2019s playoff run, appearing in all eight games and averaging 2.0 points and 1.5 rebounds in 10.4 minutes per game. And following the 2025 season, Powers saw her contract come to an end, becoming an unrestricted free agent.<\/p>\n

Like the others, Powers has not re-signed with Indiana and is still awaiting her WNBA future. But it appears she valued her time with the Fever, responding to a fan who said they enjoyed watching her play in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

“That means everything to me \ud83e\udd0d,” Powers wrote on X. “Indy always showed me real love, I appreciate you fr!”<\/p>\n

The Fever will open up the 2026 WNBA season on May 9, hosting the Dallas Wings. Training camp will begin on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Related: Indiana Fever Facing Backlash Over Decision on Former Guard<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Apr 15, 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 is set to begin her third WNBA season with the Indiana Fever in 2026, with training…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[5624,69742,2648,3444,1760,104464,2834,4129,4804,2839,4677,5438,1077,9217,4805,99,8253,434],"class_list":{"0":"post-587373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-aari-mcdonald","9":"tag-aerial-powers","10":"tag-aliyah-boston","11":"tag-atlanta-dream","12":"tag-caitlin-clark","13":"tag-chloe-bibby","14":"tag-dallas-wings","15":"tag-fever","16":"tag-golden-state-valkyries","17":"tag-indiana-fever","18":"tag-las-vegas-aces","19":"tag-michigan-state","20":"tag-minnesota-lynx","21":"tag-odyssey-sims","22":"tag-sophie-cunningham","23":"tag-sports","24":"tag-washington-mystics","25":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}