Caitlin Clark is used to throwing 30 pieces and breaking scoring records. Her own point totals aren’t what excites her about officially joining the Indiana Fever as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft.
They are the ones who will come from Aliyah Boston, the Fever’s No. 1 overall pick in 2023 who Clark called “one of the best post players in the entire world.”
“My grassroots eyes light up at that,” Clark said Monday night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
The general consensus from analysts, league evaluators and Clark herself is that the passing ability of the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer is what will quickly translate to the professional level. Boston, an analyst who covers Iowa for the Big Ten Network this season, told a group of reporters the same thing hours before the draft.
“Everyone talks about their shots and obviously not everyone can shoot from the logo,” the league’s reigning Rookie of the Year said. “But I think that for me [it’s] his ability, one, to run down the field… but also to be able to make those passes to his teammates [and] find an open player.”
It’s good news for the Fever after ranking 11th out of 12 teams in assists per game last season even though Boston dominated the paint and Kelsey Mitchell, one of the NCAA’s top scorers, lit up the scoreboard. Clark is ready to make sure she can raise the level of Indiana, a team on the cusp of the regular title race.
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