Like every other WNBA team, the Indiana Fever has interesting free agency decisions to make when structuring its roster for the 2026 season. Every decision
Kelsey Mitchell was the driving force for the Indiana Fever during the 2025 WNBA season. The 5-foot-8 guard played all 44 games in the regular season, averaging a career-high 20.2 points on 45.6% shooting, 1.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 31.4 minutes per contest.
While there are plenty of appealing free agents for the Indiana Fever to pursue this offseason (once the league office and its players finally agree to a new Collective Bargaining Agreement), most would agree that Indiana's priority should be re-signing Kelsey Mitchell.
Indiana Fever forward Makayla Timpson finished her rookie season averaging 2.6 points and 1.8 rebounds on 7.1 minutes per game. While she didn't have a big role for Indiana, Timpson showed flashes of brilliance when given extended playing time.
Longtime Indiana Fever star guard Kelsey Mitchell is no stranger to making cryptic social media posts. Many Fever fans will surely remember when the three-time
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark may not be playing competitive basketball this WNBA offseason, but she's clearly ready to cheer for her teammates as they suit up in other leagues.
It's hard to imagine the Indiana Fever without Kelsey Mitchell on its roster. The Fever drafted Mitchell with the No. 2 pick of the 2018 WNBA Draft, and she has been on the squad ever since.
Kelsey Mitchell’s 2025 campaign with the Indiana Fever was one of the finest of her career and one of the most impressive seasons by any guard in the league.
Indiana Fever star guard Kelsey Mitchell wasn't on the court when her team's season ended during Game 5 of the WNBA semifinals against the Las Vegas Aces.
Kelsey Mitchell and the Indiana Fever pulled off one of the more unexpected runs of the 2025 WNBA playoffs. After upsetting the Atlanta Dream in a three-game opening-round series, the Fever pushed WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson and the eventual champion Las Vegas Aces to five games in the semifinals.
Kelsey Mitchell and the Indiana Fever pulled off one of the more surprising runs of the 2025 WNBA Playoffs. Despite missing stars Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham for the entire postseason, Mitchell led the Fever past the Atlanta Dream in the opening round before pushing the eventual champion Las Vegas Aces to five games in the semifinals.
Kelsey Mitchell averaged 20.2 points and finished fifth in the MVP vote. She led the Indiana Fever to their first Commissioner’s Cup and WNBA semifinals.
During her October 22 appearance on IndyStar's Fever Insider podcast, Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White was very clear about what her team's top focus is heading into the WNBA's free agency period.
The Indiana Fever didn't let their injury-plagued 2025 season keep them from reaching the WNBA Semifinals, where they just barely lost to the eventual WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces.
When speaking with the media on October 2, Indiana Fever GM Kelly Krauskopf got crystal clear when it came to the team's top priority in free agency this upcoming offseason.
Kelsey Mitchell established herself as one of the best players in the WNBA in 2025, finishing as a top-five MVP candidate, an All-Star and a member of the All-WNBA First Team.
LAS VEGAS — Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell opened up about the frightening health scare that forced her off the court during Tuesday night’s decisive Game 5 loss to the Las Vegas Aces at Michelob ULTRA Arena.
After spending eight years in the franchise, Kelsey Mitchell might not have a future with the Indiana Fever. Following the departure of Caitlin Clark, among others, due to injury, it was Mitchell who steadied the ship and carried them to the semifinals.
Life is easier when you have someone to share both the highs and the lows with. It’s even better when that person is your mirror image—literally. Kelsey Mitchell and her twin sister Chelsea perfectly fit that description.
Indiana vs Las Vegas Game 5 was going to be a culmination of all the fight the Fever put into getting there. But what happened was a recap of their entire season.
Indiana Fever star guard Kelsey Mitchell left in the third quarter of Game 5 on Tuesday of her team's semifinal matchup at the Las Vegas Aces after her leg gave out in a scary scene.
Behind Kelsey Mitchell's playoff career-high 34 points, the sixth-seeded Indiana Fever spoiled the celebration for Most Valuable Player A'ja Wilson and the host Las Vegas Aces with an 89-73 Game 1 upset in their WNBA semifinal matchup on Sunday.
The Indiana Fever advanced to the WNBA's semifinals with their Game 3 win over the Atlanta Dream earlier this week, but they still were not happy with how the games were officiated. It resulted in a small fine for their best player, Caitlin Clark, following a social media post later in the week.
Against all odds, the Indiana Fever have advanced to the semifinal round of the WNBA playoffs.
Mitchell might have just saved the Indiana Fever's season.
Kelsey Mitchell poured in 23 points to lead a balanced attack as the visiting Indiana Fever pulled away from the Dallas Wings in the second half for an 88-78 win on Friday.
Don't look now, but the Sparks are back in the WNBA playoff conversation.
Mitchell fell three points shy of her career best effort against the Connecticut Sun in 2019.
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