{"id":667557,"date":"2026-05-27T06:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/667557\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T06:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:47:08","slug":"caitlin-clarks-honest-assessment-of-raven-johnson-after-6-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/667557\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark’s Honest Assessment of Raven Johnson After 6 Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indiana Fever<\/a> superstar Caitlin Clark<\/a> has seen enough from teammate Raven Johnson to make an assessment of the rookie’s early progress with the team.<\/p>\n

Johnson has played in all six games for the Fever thus far. The No. 10 overall pick of the 2026 WNBA<\/a> Draft is currently averaging 3.3 points<\/a>, 2.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 12.5 minutes off the bench.<\/p>\n

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Johnson’s numbers do not exactly pop out, but Clark is more than happy with the transition she’s seen from the 23-year-old.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I mean, she brings energy every single day, and I think it best replicates itself when she\u2019s playing defense,” Clark said of Johnson. “She\u2019s tenacious, she\u2019s fiery, she\u2019s competitive. Whatever the coaches ask her, she\u2019s going to do, and she\u2019s been doing it really well.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s been learning a lot. She asks a lot of really great questions. So I think just the positive vibes that she\u2019s brought in here has been a really fun addition for us. So super proud of her, and it\u2019s been cool to see how much better she\u2019s already gotten in the six games that we\u2019ve played.”<\/p>\n

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As Clark pointed out, Johnson’s best asset on the basketball court is her defensive prowess. The former South Carolina Gamecocks<\/a> star is the reigning SEC<\/a> Defensive Player of the Year, and the Fever have already seen some early returns in terms of Johnson elevating the team’s defense as a whole.<\/p>\n

Clark singled out Johnson’s performance against the Golden State Valkyries<\/a> on Friday<\/a>. The two-time NCAA champion registered seven points, two rebounds and two assists in 15 minutes of action.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShe gave us some really big minutes there in the fourth quarter versus the Valkyries the other night,” Clark continued. “So we\u2019ll continue to need more of that, but she\u2019s been doing great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson’s next chance to show out will be on Thursday in a rematch against Golden State. If she keeps up this pace, it should not be long before the 5-foot-8 guard becomes a true impact player for the Fever.<\/p>\n

Related: WNBA to Punish Caitlin Clark After Indiana Fever Game<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on May 27, 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":"Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark has seen enough from teammate Raven Johnson to make an assessment of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[1760,4804,2839,72670,99,434],"class_list":["post-667557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-caitlin-clark","tag-golden-state-valkyries","tag-indiana-fever","tag-raven-johnson","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667557","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=667557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}