Caitlin Clark is good at figuring out opposing defenses in basketball, but the Indiana Fever young player doesn't think she can tell if it's a boy or a girl on an ultrasound photo yet.
“I'm not sure if it's a girl or a boy,” Clark said to reporters on May 3 about her experience signing an ultrasound photo. “That was definitely a first. It was cute and funny.”
Clark autographed an ultrasound photo for a fan at an Indiana Pacers playoff game last week, and the story spread on social media. She had a special message for the fan’s unborn child, though. Iowa “I guess just dream and work hard. Whatever you want in life and confidence in yourself, especially if you’re a young girl,” Clark said. “I think young girls in our world struggle with confidence.”
“My parents always gave me a lot of confidence to do whatever I want,” Clark said. “But also you have to work really hard for things. And there will be highs and lows, and it's all about how you respond, whether it's in sports or in whatever you want to be.”
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Clark then switched subjects back to the fan who brought the ultrasound. The former Iowa standout believed it was as much a pregnancy announcement as it was an autograph signing.
“I think also at the same time they had all of those friends, and I don’t even think they had told their friends,” Clark said. “Their friends were like, ‘what’, and then I was like signing the ultrasound, and so that was a cute little moment.”
Clark and company also got to enjoy a Pacers playoff on April 26 as
Tyrese Haliburton scored the game-winning shot to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 121-118. The Pacers eliminated the Bucks on May 2 with a 120-98 victory. With the Pacers headed to the second round of the NBA playoffs, the Fever moved the May 10 preseason home opener to May 9 instead. The Pacers meanwhile will face the
New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Clark makes her WNBA debut on May 3 when the Fever visit the
Dallas Wings . The Fever seek a return to the WNBA playoffs for the first time since 2016 after making Clark the No. 1 pick in April’s draft.Caitlin Clark Exposes Which Fever Teammates’ Chains She Likes Best
Before Clark could get ready for the opener against the Wings, she had to answer a lot of non-basketball questions such as her teammates’ chains she wore — featured in a Fever video this week.
“You’re going to get me in trouble by asking this,” Clark said to the reporter with a smile. “Because either NaLyssa [Smith] or E-Dub [Erica Wheeler] is going to be mad about who I said. Honestly, I think NaLyssa because it’s a little bigger.”
“E-Dub is going to kill me now,” Clark added jokingly.
Wheeler, notably, has been one of the players to take Clark under her wing the most. They play the same position, which could mean less playing time for the veteran who's been in the league for 9 years.
“All she wants to do is do whatever this team needs, whatever she needs to do for us to be successful,” Fever head coach
Christie Sides said in relation to Wheeler during a press briefing on April 30 Caitlin Clark is skilled at understanding opposing defenses in basketball, but the new star guard for the Indiana Fever hesitates to assert that she can determine gender from an ultrasound picture..
