I watched the NCAA Championship game with Iowa/Clark and that got me interested in Caitlin, even though Iowa lost.
Then I later watched some of her utube highlights and that's what got me interested. I had never watched a full WNBA game before Clark arrived there. Since then, I have become aware of several very talented players for both the Fever and for other teams.
Not hooked imo, but certainly interested now in seeing how she develops and how she's changing the WNBA as a whole.
Clark's affect on the WNBA is very similar to the NBA, which I had all but stopped watching, then Michael Jordan occurred.
I lost interest in the NBA again after a few years and I don't currently follow the NBA. If I jones for NBA occasionally, I'll watch a highlights utube on Larry Legend or former Gator PG White Chocolate...
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The Fever only have 5 returning players, with 7 open slots to be filled by 10 new possibilities in the preseason.
With only a week to practice together as a team so far, it will be interesting to see which of the 10 steps up to claim a spot on the regular season roster. Should be a lot of rotations of those 10 newbees (vets & rookies) to see who fits where...
Preseason practices began on April 27th with the first 2 preseason games being this weekend:
Sat May 3rd @ home vs Wash. Mystics - 1 PM NBA-TV
Sun May 4th @ Iowa in an exibition game vs the Brazil National Team. - 4 PM ESPN
Sat May 10th @ Atlanta 3 PM - Broadcast not listed so unsure if it will be made available live.
Regular Season begins on Sat. May 17th at home vs Chicago - 3 PM ABC & ESPN+