Sheryl Swoopes Expresses Concern Over Caitlin Clark Injury originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
Caitlin Clark burst onto the WNBA scene as the Indiana Fever’s No. 1 overall pick in 2024, breaking several all-time league records and claiming a Rookie of the Year title. Unfortunately, her upward momentum has been stalled by injury issues in Year 2.
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Clark has appeared in just 13 games in the 2025 WNBA season, missing the last month of action after suffering a groin injury against the Connecticut Sun on Jul. 15. This most-recent groin injury is her third soft-tissue injury of this year’s campaign.
Clark still doesn’t have an official return timeline, sparking concern around the WNBA world.
During an episode of “The Women’s Hoops Show” on Friday, WNBA legend Sheryl Swoopes expressed her concern regarding Clark’s injury issues.
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“Here is my concern if and when Caitlin comes back… A groin injury is a serious injury. You can sit out two months, and do your rehab, and all the things, and feel really good. And then come game time, you can make the wrong cut, the wrong move, and there it goes again,” Swoopes said.
“When you’re in a game, you’re not thinking about, ‘Dang, I’m just coming back, I don’t want to make the wrong cut, because I might re-aggravate it. You’re just playing ball,” Swoopes continued. “And to me, Caitlin’s strength of being able to see the floor, get the ball where it needs to be, and of course, her logo threes. With her groin injury you lose some of that strength and that power that you have from using your legs to shoot from so far out.”
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Without Clark on the court for much of the year, the Fever currently hold sixth position in the WNBA standings with an 18-15 record. Indiana will face off against the Washington Mystics on Friday night, marking Clark’s 12th consecutive absence.
This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Aug 15, 2025, where it first appeared.
