Fever President Details 'Angst' of WNBA Free Agency

Kelly Krauskopf Explains Fever's Hectic WNBA Free Agency Period

Krauskopf was the guest on an April 15 episode of "Query & Company" and was asked which was a greater challenge and what created the most uncertainty for her this offseason: the business aspect of the CBA or dealing with the fallout from the health issues that last season's roster faced, and retooling the team.

"I mean, I'm always thinking about our roster. I'm a basketball brain first, and putting together teams is what I've done for a lot of years. So going into this offseason, knowing that we had a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, there are going to be some new parameters around how we would sign players," Krauskopf responded, per an X post from @Query_Company.

"The market was going to be reset to a certain degree, for free agents. I mean, there were over 100 free agents. That's unheard of in an offseason, for any league, to try to grab players. And we only had a certain amount of time to do it," Krauskopf continued.

"So there was a lot of angst, of like, making sure we took care of our in-house players. We wanted to return, obviously, Kelsey Mitchell, and Lexie [Hull], and Sophie [Cunningham]. We wanted to keep some of our players that were with us, that understand what we're about and how we go about it; and obviously complement Caitlin and Aliyah. And it was such a quick turnaround... it was just a very hectic, probably two to three-day period, where it was an interesting 23-48 hours, for sure," she concluded."

It's interesting to hear Krauskopd mentioning the "angst" of this free agency period. And while it sounds chaotic, she and the rest of the front office did a great job getting Indiana in a position to contend this season.