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Indiana Fever caput manager Stephanie White didn’t mince words erstwhile sharing her thoughts connected officiating successful the WNBA, which followed Saturday’s crippled where Caitlin Clark suffered a quad wounded that volition sideline the prima defender for astatine slightest 2 weeks.
Apparently those beardown remarks landed White successful immoderate occupation with the league.
Indiana Fever caput manager Stephanie White gives her squad absorption during the archetypal fractional of a WNBA hoops crippled against the Atlanta Dream, Thursday, May, 22, 2025, successful Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)
After the Fever suffered a disappointing nonaccomplishment against the Washington Mystics successful the team’s archetypal crippled without Clark, White was asked during the postgame presser whether she believed the league needed to measurement successful to support apical players from "intentionally unsmooth play."
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"Obviously, I deliberation we tin get amended successful definite areas arsenic acold arsenic however we telephone the game, consistency with however we telephone the game. . . . Are we going to accidental that we privation a free-flowing violative game, oregon are we going to person tough, grind-out carnal games? And immoderate mode it is, the players volition set and coaches volition set but we can’t person it beryllium 1 mode 1 4th and different mode different quarter."
She continued, "I don’t deliberation collectively arsenic a full the league has to measurement successful and bash something, I conscionable deliberation that determination has to beryllium immoderate improvements successful definite areas."
But erstwhile pushed further connected what those areas mightiness be, White revealed that her erstwhile remarks – apt those connected Saturday nighttime – resulted successful her receiving a fine.
Indiana Fever caput manager Stephanie White looks up connected Tuesday, May 20, 2025, during a crippled betwixt the Indiana Fever and the Atlanta Dream astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis. (IMAGN)
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"Are we trying to get maine fined again? Because I did conscionable get fined," she said with a smirk.
White did not elaborate further, but the good apt stemmed from her comments pursuing Saturday’s nonaccomplishment to the New York Liberty.
"I deliberation it’s beauteous egregious what’s been happening to america the past 4 games, you know, a minus-31 escaped propulsion discrepancy," White said, adding she believed Clark was fined successful the play of the game. "And I mightiness beryllium capable to recognize it if we were conscionable chucking 3s. But we’re not. We’re attacking the rim and the disrespect close present for our squad has been beauteous unbelievable."
Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark talks with caput manager Stephanie White earlier the crippled against the Washington Mystics astatine Entertainment & Sports Arena connected May 28, 2025. (Emily Faith Morgan-Imagn Images)
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White said Monday that she was not definite erstwhile Clark sustained the wounded exactly.
"Sometimes large players don't archer you erstwhile they're hurting," she said. "I'm gladsome that she did due to the fact that we request to nip this successful the bud."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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