Caitlin Clark's Rookie of the Year win an affirmation of Fever's bright future

Clark received 66 of the 67 first-place votes. Sky forward Angel Reese received the other first-place vote.

Her win was a foregone conclusion after she set multiple WNBA records, including most assists in a season (337) and game (19) in league history, most points by a rookie (769) as well as the first rookie triple-double.

It's also an affirmation of the Fever's bright future. Indiana has the past two Rookie of the Year winners, also including 2023 No. 1 overall pick Aliyah Boston.

The Fever are just the third team in WNBA history to have the league's top rookie in consecutive seasons.

The Seattle Storm (2015-16) were the first to do so after selecting Jewell Loyd (2015) and Breanna Stewart (2016).

The Minnesota Lynx accomplished the feat in 2019-20 with the selections of Napheesa Collier (2019) and Crystal Dangerfield (2020).

Loyd and Stewart led the Storm to two championships in a three-year span (2018, 2020), while Collier is two wins away from leading the Lynx to their first trip to the WNBA Finals since 2017. Minnesota released Dangerfield in May 2022.

The Fever won their most games since 2015 and reached the postseason for the first time since 2016, going 19-12 over their final 31 games after a brutal 1-8 start.

The Boston-Clark pairing, which has already produced fantastic results, should improve.

Per data from Her Hoop Stats, 105 of Clark's assists (31.2%) were from passes to Boston. Meanwhile, Boston had a team-high 20 assists on Clark field goals, including 15 on three-pointers.

If they follow in the footsteps of the Storm and Lynx, the duo could soon put Indiana in a position to win its second WNBA championship.