With Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston, Indiana Fever GM sees ‘championship’ potential

Lin Dunn compared the new Boston-Clark combo to Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson in Seattle.

INDIANAPOLIS — GM Lin Dunn knows the effect is coming. In fact, it’s already started. More than 6,000 fans turned out for the Fever’s WNBA Draft party at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Monday, more fans than 17 of the team’s 20 home games last season, mainly due to the anticipation of the Iowa star by the Fever. Advertisement This wasn’t a normal turnout, especially for someone who was hundreds of miles away in New York, but .

Clark, the ’s all-time leading scorer, recently led Iowa to its second consecutive NCAA championship appearance after the program had never reached the title game and hadn’t advanced to the Final Four since 1993. Advertisement Together, Boston and Clark are a promising foundation to build off, but if Dunn thinks they can one day enter the rarefied air of two living legends like Jackson and Bird, they’ll need to turn the tide of a once glorious franchise that lost its way.

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