It's now nine games that WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark has missed due to injury and she's getting frustrated by it all to be sure.
In a recent interview with WNBA legend Sue Bird, Clark lamented how much there has been for her to manage just trying to stay healthy this season. She said that it's been upsetting to miss games, play a few and then miss more. Though it all she's doing her best to get through the rehab process.
“There’s just been so much to manage. … Obviously, I feel like that’s been a huge part of this year,” Clark said. “It’s just been so challenging being active and then playing four games, and then not — and then not feeling the best and then I’m frustrated about how hard I’ve work ed in the offseason, and then all I do is rehab and continue through this process, and just trying to trust that the best I can.
“Obviously, there are really frustrating days and there are days where it’s a little bit easier and you’re very motivated and you’re close to the finish line of getting back and being back.
“It’s not like I have a training camp to build up to play in my first game again. It’s like no, you’re tossed into game 30 — like, ‘Go try to play well.’ It’s hard, it really is.”
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Clark has been limited to just 13 games this season - less than half of the Indiana Fever' s games and with only 13 left to play in the regular season.
The silver lining is that the team has been playing so well in her absence that they will probably make the playoffs, so if Clark can be healthy within a few weeks, she should be fit to help them contend for the title.
That said, Clark's frustration seems to indicate that she isn't quite as close to returning to full health as she wants.
How many more games will Clark be able to play this season?
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