The effect Caitlin Clark has had on the WNBA before the season has even started has been palpable.
After Clark was selected first overall by the Indiana Fever, her jersey quickly sold out and the draft itself pulled in a record 2.45 million viewers on ESPN.
Clark had a college season for the ages at Iowa as a senior, breaking the NCAA Division I basketball scoring record with 3,951 career points while earning AP Player of the Year, the John R. Wooden Award and the Naismith College Player of the Year Award for the second year in a row. She was also named a unanimous first-team All-American for the third straight year.
The team has had number of high picks the past several years, led by centre Aliyah Boston, who was the No. 1 pick in 2023 after an impressive NCAA career at South Carolina. She lived up to the hype as a rookie, averaging 14.5 points and 8.4 rebounds while starting all 40 games as she earned unanimous rookie of the year honours.
Getting back-to-back first-overall picks has proven fruitful for teams in the WNBA. In 2001 and 2002, the Seattle Storm took Lauren Jackson and Sue Bird and won two championships together. In 2015 and 2016, the Storm took Jewell Loyd and Breanna Stewart and won two championships with the duo, with Bird picking up two more rings.
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