{"id":334652,"date":"2025-10-26T21:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T21:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/334652\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T21:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T21:13:11","slug":"caitlin-clark-shows-true-colours-with-treatment-of-wnba-veteran-nba-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/334652\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark shows true colours with treatment of WNBA veteran | NBA | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aerial Powers expressed gratitude to Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark<\/a> for making her “feel welcome” during her brief stint with the franchise. Clark endured a nightmare second season plagued by injury setbacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After an outstanding debut campaign that earned her the Rookie of the Year accolade in 2024, Clark’s 2025 WNBA<\/a> campaign was largely spent watching from the sidelines as the Fever were ravaged by injuries throughout their squad. The 23-year-old missed substantial periods due to quad and groin problems, while the Fever also lost other crucial stars including Sophie Cunningham, Sydney Colson and Aari McDonald to season-ending setbacks. Clark concluded the campaign averaging 16.5 points per game alongside a remarkable 8.8 assists.<\/p>\n

With the sheer volume of injuries plaguing the Fever throughout the 2025 season, the team were forced to recruit numerous players on temporary deals to bolster their depleted roster. Powers, a 10-year WNBA veteran, was among the players brought in.<\/p>\n

The experienced player initially penned a seven-day hardship deal with the Fever in August, though her contract was prolonged until the campaign’s conclusion due to ongoing injury concerns.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old featured in eight regular season matches for Indiana, posting averages of 9.0 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per outing.<\/p>\n

Powers is known for her vibrant character and maintains an active vlog presence. In a recent video blog entry, she conducted interviews with her Fever colleagues ahead of the off-season break, during which players reflected on the campaign’s challenges.<\/p>\n

One of those players was Clark, with Powers highlighting the challenges the Fever faced during her absence.<\/p>\n

When questioned about whether she was taken aback by their progression to the semi-finals, the two-time All-Star guard remarked: “I don’t think anything necessarily surprised me just because I know the type of people that we’ve had in the locker room over the two years.<\/p>\n

“And obviously there was some changeover from year one to year two, but the core of this group and what this organisation is about has always been the same and I think that’s what made it so easy for players like you or whoever we brought in over the course of the season.<\/p>\n

“They instantly felt welcomed, they loved it, they had a really good time, and I feel like that’s been about every player’s experience with this organisation, so every player who has come in – you especially – has made it so fun. We’ve loved having you.”<\/p>\n

After their discussion, Powers ensured she expressed her gratitude towards Clark as she declared: “I want to say, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for making me feel welcome.”<\/p>\n

Indiana concluded the campaign with 16 players on their books, though only Clark, Aliyah Boston and Makayla Timpson remain tied down for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

While additional familiar faces could yet make their return, the Fever are poised to reconstruct their squad ahead of 2026 as they pursue their first WNBA title since 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aerial Powers expressed gratitude to Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark for making her “feel welcome” during her brief…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":334653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[112568,1339,233,234,165720,62,67,132,68,232],"class_list":{"0":"post-334652","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-aerial-powers","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-caitlin-clark","11":"tag-indiana-fever","12":"tag-nba-section","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-wnba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115442536361137135","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}