Face of the league Caitlin Clark is not going to partake in any 2025 WNBA All-Star Recreation occasions after enduring a late groin injury.
Caitlin Clark is opting to take the WNBA All-Star break for its meant objective.
The Indiana Fever star and face of the league introduced that she would take away herself from the festivities set to be staged in Indianapolis as she offers with a groin harm that marred the ultimate parts of her sophomore season’s first half.
“I’m extremely unhappy and disillusioned to say I can’t take part within the 3-Level Contest or the All-Star Recreation. I’ve to relaxation my physique,” Clark mentioned in a assertion from the Fever, nonetheless praising the Indianapolis Host Committee’s onerous work and expressing hope for the “greatest All-Star [Weekend] but.” “I’ll nonetheless be at Gainbridge Fieldhouse for all of the motion and I’m wanting ahead to serving to Sandy [Brondello] coach our group to a win. Can’t wait to see you all on the market!”
Decrease-body accidents have eaten away at Clark’s second WNBA tour, which has seen her common 16.5 factors and eight.8 assists to this point. The newest is a groin situation that eliminated her from the closing levels of Tuesday’s win over Connecticut in Boston and saved her out of a Wednesday go to to New York totally.
Clark gained the fan vote for the 2025 festivities, which earned her the fitting to captain and curate one of many groups set to battle in Saturday’s important occasion on the Fever’s dwelling of Gainbridge Fieldhouse (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC). She was additionally set to partake in Friday’s 3-Level Contest that options defending champion Allisha Grey (Atlanta) and Sabrina Ionescu (New York), who’s making her first look within the occasion since her record-breaking exhibiting in Las Vegas’ 2023 version.
Clark’s Saturday squad is ready to characteristic Ionescu, A’ja Wilson (Las Vegas), and her Indiana teammate Aliyah Boston within the opening 5, although fellow starter Satou Sabally (Phoenix) has dropped out as a consequence of an ankle harm. It’s set to face a bunch led by fan vote runner-up Napheea Collier (Minnesota), who added Grey, Paige Bueckers (Dallas), Nneka Ogwumike (Seattle), and Breanna Stewart (New York) to her personal beginning 5.
Caitlin Clark is the most recent WNBA All-Star to drop out as a consequence of medical points, because the harm report additionally consists of Sabally and Rhyne Howard (Atlanta). The latter, stationed on Group Collier, has already been changed by Kayla McBride (Minnesota) although subsequent substitutes haven’t been introduced as of press time.
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