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Sheryl Swoopes Makes Opinion Of Indiana Fever Clear Ahead Of 2025 Season

Originally posted on The Spun | By Tzvi Machlin | Last updated Mar 28, 2025 11:35 AM ET

The 2025 WNBA season is just around the corner and expectations for Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever are sky high. But what does WNBA legend Sheryl Swoopes, who has found herself at odds with Clark's fanbase in recent months, feel about her?

Believe it or not, Swoopes seems to think very highly of the team that the Fever have assembled ahead of their first tipoff in May. Per ESPN, Swoopes recently said that the Fever have gone from being a playoff hopeful to a legitimate championship contender.

"The team that I feel made the biggest moves, maybe the best moves, that would be the Indiana Fever," Swoopes said in a recent post on ESPN. "I think the Indiana Fever went from just being in the playoffs last season to potentially winning a championship.

"You add the OG DeWanna Bonner, who plays both ends of the floor and is a competitor, and Natasha Howard, who is another OG, who is going to bring the defensive presence. And then you're bringing back Aliyah Boston, who continues to get better every single year."

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Swoopes also showed some props to Clark herself, highlighting how much stronger she appears to have gotten in the offseason recently.

"Can we talk about Kelsey Mitchell, who is just a walking bucket? How much stronger Caitlin got in the offseason, you know she was in the gym working on her game," Swoopes continued.

"This Indiana Fever team, they have put the pieces together in this offseason, and I'm excited to see what they're going to do."

That's pretty high praise coming from a basketball analyst who was one of Caitlin Clark's biggest critics during the 2024 WNBA season.

Swoopes wasn't just critical, some of her critiques of Clark were based on outright falsehoods about her college and professional career. Some of her comments on players who appeared to commit serious fouls on Clark also raised eyebrows.

But Swoopes seems to have seen the light and is ready to get on board the Fever train for the 2025 season.

For now anyway...

This article first appeared on The Spun and was syndicated with permission.

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