Fever Coach Stephanie White Has Strong Words About Caitlin Clark After WNBA Season

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Max Escarpio | Last updated Oct 21, 2025 9:34 PM ET

Caitlin Clark recently capped off her second season with the Indiana Fever.

Clark was playing under Stephanie White and alongside several stars such as Aliyah Boston, Kelsey Mitchell and Sophie Cunningham.

Her second season was cut short. Clark played 13 games after dealing with several injuries that setback her season. Nevertheless, the Fever were able to make the WNBA playoffs and came out with a first-round series victory against the Atlanta Dream.

Indiana wound up losing in the second round of the WNBA playoffs to the Las Vegas Aces.

After the season concluded, White spoke on the impact of Clark. While she had high praise for Clark's basketball prowess, White also shined a light on the Fever guards stardom off the court.

"It literally is like Taylor Swift 2.0, and because of that, her name gets thrown into a lot of conversations that have absolutely nothing to do with her, or her interests, and or our team or sport, or whatever," White said. "And she is a 23 year-old kid who loves to play this game, who loves her teammates, who loves to compete, you know, at a high level."

“It literally is like Taylor Swift 2.0.”

Steph White first said she thought Caitlin Clark was a “pawn in other people’s games” on Query and Company.

She expounded on those comments with @IndyStarSports: “Her name grabs attention. Her name is clickbait.”https://t.co/wsgNqU2BkZ
— Chloe Peterson (@chloepeterson67) October 21, 2025

Caitlin Clark has been known as one of the most popular names in basketball for the past several years. She emerged onto the scene with the Iowa Hawkeyes at the collegiate level and has since become one of the biggest names in American sports.

The Indiana Fever star is the NCAA's all-time leading scorer for both men's and women's basketball, scoring 3,951 points in her four-year career at Iowa.

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark during a WNBA game© Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images

In her second season with the Indiana Fever, which was cut short due to injury, Caitlin Clark posted 16.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 8.8 assists per game.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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