Which Fever players will see their production rise with Caitlin Clark out?

Caitlin Clark has a quad strain and is expected to miss astatine slightest the next 2 weeks of action. What does that mean for the phantasy hoops and betting prospects of Clark and her teammates? Let's explore.

Fantasy hoops angles:

Kelsey Mitchell tied with Clark to pb the Fever astatine 19.2 PPG past season, making the duo the highest-scoring backcourt successful the WNBA, and she is the starter whose usage could summation the astir portion Clark is out.

Lexie Hull (available successful 73.8% of ESPN leagues) and Sophie Cunningham (available successful 52.0% of ESPN leagues) could some get cardinal minutes arsenic plaything starters oregon adjacent superior contributors disconnected the bench.

DeWanna Bonner has struggled since joining the Fever this offseason, but Clark's lack could pb to much shots for Bonner to perchance get her Fever vocation jump-started. Another newcomer, Natasha Howard, already has a 26-point effort nether her loop this play and could go a much accordant scorer successful Clark's absence.

Betting angles:

The biggest changes successful likelihood pursuing the wounded announcement came successful the MVP and the title markets. In the MVP race, Clark went from the odds-on favourite astatine -115 to +210, with Napheesa Collier taking implicit the pb (from +185 to -135) and A'ja Wilson's likelihood improving from +825 to +600. If Clark is retired for lone the projected 2 weeks, she would inactive person plentifulness of clip to reclaim her MVP momentum, but musculus injuries tin linger and the play is lone 44 games long.

Collier is successful the champion presumption to triumph the MVP based connected her fantabulous play and her team's beardown start, but arsenic the caller odds-on favorite, she's not getting a batch of juice. For champion value, I would inactive thin to reigning MVP Wilson, who contempt a comparatively slower commencement has shown she has MVP mettle. Getting +600 likelihood for a subordinate who has won 3 of the past 5 MVP awards is beardown value.

The Fever's likelihood to triumph the title lengthened from +300 to +330, but I don't expect Clark's wounded to genuinely impact those likelihood unless it lingers for overmuch longer than expected. Based connected the archetypal lack estimation of 2 weeks, the Fever would expect to look the 2-3 Mystics twice, the winless Sun and the winless Sky earlier a rematch with the Dream connected June 10. With their improved lineup, the Fever could reasonably beryllium expected to triumph each 4 games earlier facing the Dream again. If they do, they should support their spot successful the standings during Clark's absence.