Caitlin Clark came into the WNBA hyped up to be a generational star. It hasn’t taken long for the Indiana Fever phenom to establish herself as such. In her rookie season, she averaged 19.2 points, 8.4 assists, and 5.7 rebounds a game, shooting 41.7% from the field and 34.4% from three.

The Indiana Fever and Caitlin Clark were expected to be WNBA Finals contenders heading into the 2025 season. Unfortunately, Clark has been dealing with a lot during her second campaign. In the 31 games the team has played, Clark has only participated in 13 of them.

One of those instances being the superstardom of Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, and how the popularity for women's basketball has seen a drastic increase since her collegiate days with the Iowa Hawkeyes, a phenomenon commonly called the "Caitlin Clark effect."