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Caitlin Clark Lays Out Fever's Offseason Timeline Ahead of 2027 Season
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Caitlin Clark laid out her offseason calendar during an appearance on NBC's TODAY on Tuesday, saying rosters get built when free agency starts at the beginning of February and that training camp opens at the end of March or the beginning of April.
Clark's offseason starts back in the gym, after a season in which she played 40 of the Indiana Fever's 44 regular-season games. Groin and ankle injuries limited her to 13 games in 2025.
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"Getting back in the gym and training, and then you kind of construct your roster at the beginning of February when free agency starts," Clark said. "One of my favorite times of the year is honestly training camp because that's where you really get to be in the gym with your teammates."
"You're there all day. It's hard," Clark continued. "It's kind of where your chemistry is built and your culture is built. And that will happen end of March, beginning of April. And then we'll be back into another season of basketball."
The 2026 free agency period opened in April after the league and players reached a new collective bargaining agreement, with an expansion draft for Portland and Toronto on April 3 and the WNBA draft on April 13.
Clark's 2026 Season
Clark averaged 22.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 8.3 assists. She finished third in the league in scoring. Her assists average ranked second.
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She scored 891 points and handed out 333 assists. According to the Fever, she is the first player in WNBA history with 800 points and 300 assists in a single season.
On July 17 against the Seattle Storm, she had 45 points and 10 assists.
Clark was voted an All-Star starter for the third straight season and played in the July 25 game in Chicago. She and Kelsey Mitchell were both named to the All-WNBA First Team, the first time two Fever players made the first team in the same year.
It was Clark's second All-WNBA First Team selection. The first came in 2024, when she was the Rookie of the Year.
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How the Fever's Season Ended
Indiana finished 28-16, a franchise record for wins. The Fever averaged 96 points per game, breaking the league record of 93.9 set by the Phoenix Mercury in 2010.
Mitchell and Clark both averaged more than 20 points, and Indiana entered the playoffs as the No. 6 seed.
The Las Vegas Aces, the defending champions and the No. 3 seed, eliminated Indiana in three games in the first round. Clark had 27 points and 15 assists in a 99-89 home win in Game 2 on Sept. 29 that forced a deciding game. She scored 18 points on 6-of-18 shooting in the 94-83 loss in Game 3 on Oct. 1.
Clark, the No. 1 overall pick in 2024, has 1,874 regular-season points in 93 games through three seasons.
