They got $265k remaining (without Brown or Bonner included yet) and they cut Saxton, so they save another 65k and will likely have 130k to sign two roster spots.
Mick, Grace Berger was the 7th overall pick in 2023. That was the same year Indiana took Boston with the 1st overall pick. Boston was ROTY that season. Berger almost never sniffed the floor under Christie Sides, not even in garbage time. Two years of that under Sides virtually derailed Berger's career. She had little trade value because Sides refused to use her at all. She was worse at roster management than Cheryl Reeve.
The crazy thing is that Caitlin Clark makes 11 million a year and she lost the two biggest games of her life if she wins a championship she clears 30 million easy
Mick what are you talking about the Fever are already title contenders this Fever team is stacked with talent. If the Fever fail to win the title with this team they will deem the season as a failure.
League minimum... go for Saori Miyazaki. Great point guard and would probably love to play in the WNBA. Great work ethic, passer, 3 point shooter, can drive, and quick... but very short.
It ain't what fans think it's a business still. I knew that. free agency doesn't excite me because it's a business Bonner going to mercury because of Thomas I never thought she would have signed earlier. Sky organization toxic fever don't say nothing 💪💪💪
I think Caitlin will be the first million dollar wnba contract. I get that she doesn't care about the money, she'll be fine. It's more about advancing the overall pay for the wnba.
KLS is pretty and was born and raised in California. She will sell tickets and play lots of minutes for the Valkyries. They need to spend the money anyway so I'm not certain the Fever have to give up #1 for next year to trade her.
Agree the Valkyrie can afford to take that hit for the Fever franchise. I’m hopeful that they do but I want to see the Fever spend that money on a vet like Emma Meesseman and Elena Delle Donne NOT A PG
Yall are so ridiculous. Why would they do that and not try to help themselves. You just wanted everything handed to cc. No competition, no foul calls, call a gold every time someone like at her, other players to just let her score and now you want other teams to hurt themselves to help her team. Just ridiculous
They will want more than just katie lou and the pick, they will want hull. nakase isn't dumb and will see her value along with kate martin. it'd become a team beloved by caitlin clark fans due to lexie, katie lou, and kate martin - possibly lucy olsen in the draft Edit: if valks get the 19th pick from fever they can also draft Lucy Olsen and have her run point on or off the bench
@MargueriteFahey The Valkyrie are not that stupid. Their position will be to chase the draft capital the next two seasons, not player hunting. They will not go all Dallas Wings. By the way, that tactic is keeping the Wings among the worst teams in the league. So, how is the weather in Chicago? For the record, Chicago will be bottom 4 this year again. They will continue to be a bottom tier team as long as they continue to embrace Reese's Cup the Bricklayer as if she had any actual skills. All you are proving is you know nothing.
Caitlins backup is going to play less than 5 mins a game. The only reason it was that much is because Sides kept taking her out for defense or she wanted to slow the game down. KLS was 9th in 3p fgs among bigs last year. Shes much more valuable than someone that is going to play 5 mins.
obviously a KLS hater, no matter how much she improves it's never enough. 3 clips just today on trading KLS, back off the NyQuil it's killing your liver.
You know, they can just pay Erica Wheeler a min-max to fill that salary cap limit if they felt like it. They failed to sign people in free agency, but they can get Chennedy Carter as well as several other options still out there. They got names--but most of them are pretty bad.
I think they could still do okay but a lot seems to depend on how many of their international players are actually going to come over to the States. Would love the Katie Lou Samuelson trade. They should hire you to be working for one of these teams.
Good Luck on those Indiana Fever championship dreams, Dewanna Bonner, one of the Indiana Fever new additions isn’t better than Temi F. who Indiana lost to the Golden State Valkyries. Natasha Howard inflated her numbers playing on a really bad team the last few years. Cunningham isn’t better than Nalyssa Smith, so she doesn’t move the needle in any way and the Fever just gave away the #8 pick in the draft for nothing. Looking at the Unrivaled games, Lexi Hull just hit a 10 game hot streak last year that she probably will never be able to duplicate. Aliyah Boston doesn’t seem to be the same player who played fantastic as a rookie. Kelsey Mitchell only came back because she was Cored by Indiana and was forced to come back, she will probably just be jacking up shots to improve her numbers so that she can max out her new CBA contract next year.
And you are comfortable putting a point guard with no experience that you got in the 2nd round on the floor for extended periods of time against the best the league has to offer in critical situations? Grace Berger was the 7th overall pick in 2023. They didn't keep her around and that was the same year they took Boston with the 1st pick overall. If they didn't trust her, what makes you think a rookie will be a fit? Samuelson for Vanloo with a 2026 1st round pick to the Valkyrie will fly. See, Indiana was in the boat that Golden State is currently in. The owner and management will look at the model Indiana used to get out of the trench. This is it. Player of need for the Valkyrie, give up a player of need for the other team, and get a pick to boot. Connecticut is in full on rebuild mode, and this is precisely what they are doing. They are accumulating draft capital, the only capital for a rebuilding team. This nonsense that Indiana is going to have to give up 6 players and 4 draft picks for a backup point guard is a nice little fantasy that Chicago "fans" and Caitlin haters have devised to poo-poo what Indiana is doing. How do you think New York, Minnesota and Phoenix built their rosters in the first place? Use those three remaining brain cells for something other than hackeysack.
Every time Katie Lou Samuelson gets the ball it feels like I am watching the game in slow motion. Then, whenever Caitlin Clark would get the ball, it felt like I was watching the game in fast-forward. It looked like they were playing in different time zones. Perhaps KLS will do better playing on the West Coast, as San Francisco is 3 hours behind Indianapolis. 😉
HATER WARNING is at DEFCON 5!!!! Known HATERS like - @yngtrey (and his alias @ricorogers) - @MikeGall Will be increasing the intensity of their obnoxious bashing, belittling, and condescending ways as a result of all this great recent Fever news. How about us CC and Fever fans step up and let these totally rude and obnoxious ________ know , how we feel. 😂😂😂 They are such _______!!! 😂😂😂
Haters want attention, positive or negative. The best thing to do with a hater (after they have shown that they are incapable of listening and reasoning) is to simply ignore them. I usually give them a chance or two and then I just stop reading whatever it is that they write. They are after a reaction. They are just as happy with a screaming, angry rebuttal as with some whinging twit that agrees with them. They often have sock-puppets that will mirror their drivel too, which is fairly easy to recognize.
@@T-Minou yes that’s true, but honestly I feel sorry for the good hearted CC/Fever fans that have to tolerate the bashing and belittling by these obnoxious few!
Indiana may make a good run but they are not winning any Ship unless CC herself improves significantly on defense. They will run into with 5 players working hard on D for the entire game and Indiana better have 5 players doing the same. Maybe she will make a jump in this department and win. Not counting it out, but I want to see it before I will believe in it. If she does this I will start putting her name and GOAT in the same sentence. Until then she is just another really good female baskethoops player in with a bunch of them.
Apparently, you haven't been paying attention. That's one of the things Porter is working with her on, at her request, might I add. Additionally, the team defense as a whole was questionable last year. That problem didn't rest with only Caitlin. You people need to quit trying to minimize her accomplishments and vilify her abilities. Try getting an actual, oh what do they call those things, life. Yeah, that's it. Get a life.
Mick. Run to the store quick. Nothing will happen until you leave your house.
Sure feels like it.
He has to get on a boat to England to really get things moving. Happens every time.
😂😂😂
Vanloo IS on a training camp contract. They have about a million in cap space to spend yet. Which FA's are left that are worth 5 max contracts? 👀👀
They got $265k remaining (without Brown or Bonner included yet) and they cut Saxton, so they save another 65k and will likely have 130k to sign two roster spots.
I saw someone else say this. And I agree. I would rather keep Katie Lou than Wallace
Katie is staying in Indiana ❤🎉 it is killing the haters😂😂🎉. And now making more money 😂🎉
Mick, Grace Berger was the 7th overall pick in 2023. That was the same year Indiana took Boston with the 1st overall pick. Boston was ROTY that season. Berger almost never sniffed the floor under Christie Sides, not even in garbage time. Two years of that under Sides virtually derailed Berger's career. She had little trade value because Sides refused to use her at all. She was worse at roster management than Cheryl Reeve.
It's about $ the Fever might resign Grace if she makes it past the 10days I am not saying they will but you never know
The crazy thing is that Caitlin Clark makes 11 million a year and she lost the two biggest games of her life if she wins a championship she clears 30 million easy
If you're going to trade to dump salary send Wallace away too. She contributes even less than KLS on the court.
If Grace Berger makes it past the 10 day mark it would be cheaper to resign her than pay for Julie Van Loo
If the Fever were going to dish Samuelson, it seems like they would have kept Grace Berger.
They could get her back unless some team picks her up.
If i counted them correctly, the valks have 6 europeans on their roster currently. What happens during the eurobasket? 😂
Mick what are you talking about the Fever are already title contenders this Fever team is stacked with talent. If the Fever fail to win the title with this team they will deem the season as a failure.
I'd rather keep Katie Lou over Wallace.
Me too but it’s a financial thing
Fever could resign Grace for minimum if she makes it past 10 days
Lol, Mick, you're starting to spiral a little bit. 4 draft picks and KLS just to sign a backup point guard? Come on...
Fever can pick the 19 pick for Center and 20 pick for PG just retain KLS and let the contract expired in end 2025 season KLS can be a SF/ PF
Bro no way she’s bad we are ok 👌
League minimum... go for Saori Miyazaki. Great point guard and would probably love to play in the WNBA. Great work ethic, passer, 3 point shooter, can drive, and quick... but very short.
KM and DB will play point guard when catlin is off the court.
True. Bonner has played with the best point-forward her wife. So I'd trust her as a floor general.
I'll be rooting for Valkyries. I'm hoping they're the Cinderella team of 2025 and make the playoffs
Chenedy carter? They would win it all, period
Why don't they keep Erica Wheeler?
It ain't what fans think it's a business still. I knew that. free agency doesn't excite me because it's a business Bonner going to mercury because of Thomas I never thought she would have signed earlier. Sky organization toxic fever don't say nothing 💪💪💪
I think Caitlin will be the first million dollar wnba contract. I get that she doesn't care about the money, she'll be fine. It's more about advancing the overall pay for the wnba.
Caitlin taking less so that team mates can get more will pay big dividends when recruiting FA's
KLS is pretty and was born and raised in California. She will sell tickets and play lots of minutes for the Valkyries. They need to spend the money anyway so I'm not certain the Fever have to give up #1 for next year to trade her.
Agree the Valkyrie can afford to take that hit for the Fever franchise. I’m hopeful that they do but I want to see the Fever spend that money on a vet like Emma Meesseman and Elena Delle Donne NOT A PG
Yall are so ridiculous. Why would they do that and not try to help themselves. You just wanted everything handed to cc. No competition, no foul calls, call a gold every time someone like at her, other players to just let her score and now you want other teams to hurt themselves to help her team. Just ridiculous
they're not dumb to trade Kate Martin, KM is like Caitlin Clark 2.0 when it comes to stardom.
I told you to l wait surprises were coming in free agency. Did I not? Surprise. I Said Temi fever got a plan now you see 🤷🤷
They will want more than just katie lou and the pick, they will want hull. nakase isn't dumb and will see her value along with kate martin. it'd become a team beloved by caitlin clark fans due to lexie, katie lou, and kate martin - possibly lucy olsen in the draft
Edit: if valks get the 19th pick from fever they can also draft Lucy Olsen and have her run point on or off the bench
It’s only for a year
I would trade Lexie in a heartbeat to get off that KLS contract.
@@MargueriteFahey Same especially for Vanloo
No, they won't. What brand of hashish are you abusing?
@MargueriteFahey The Valkyrie are not that stupid. Their position will be to chase the draft capital the next two seasons, not player hunting. They will not go all Dallas Wings. By the way, that tactic is keeping the Wings among the worst teams in the league. So, how is the weather in Chicago? For the record, Chicago will be bottom 4 this year again. They will continue to be a bottom tier team as long as they continue to embrace Reese's Cup the Bricklayer as if she had any actual skills. All you are proving is you know nothing.
Caitlins backup is going to play less than 5 mins a game. The only reason it was that much is because Sides kept taking her out for defense or she wanted to slow the game down. KLS was 9th in 3p fgs among bigs last year. Shes much more valuable than someone that is going to play 5 mins.
I guess KLS better learn how to play PG quick.
obviously a KLS hater, no matter how much she improves it's never enough. 3 clips just today on trading KLS, back off the NyQuil it's killing your liver.
Duh mick people want reports on other sports.. Fever and an occasional WNBA report not gonna cut it
Mick talks HOOPS, it's in the name. Plenty of channels devoted to other sports.
@ Mick talks fever, that’s all.
Mick drunk
Bro said contenders 😭😭
You know, they can just pay Erica Wheeler a min-max to fill that salary cap limit if they felt like it.
They failed to sign people in free agency, but they can get Chennedy Carter as well as several other options still out there.
They got names--but most of them are pretty bad.
I think they could still do okay but a lot seems to depend on how many of their international players are actually going to come over to the States. Would love the Katie Lou Samuelson trade. They should hire you to be working for one of these teams.
Good Luck on those Indiana Fever championship dreams, Dewanna Bonner, one of the Indiana Fever new additions isn’t better than Temi F. who Indiana lost to the Golden State Valkyries. Natasha Howard inflated her numbers playing on a really bad team the last few years. Cunningham isn’t better than Nalyssa Smith, so she doesn’t move the needle in any way and the Fever just gave away the #8 pick in the draft for nothing. Looking at the Unrivaled games, Lexi Hull just hit a 10 game hot streak last year that she probably will never be able to duplicate. Aliyah Boston doesn’t seem to be the same player who played fantastic as a rookie. Kelsey Mitchell only came back because she was Cored by Indiana and was forced to come back, she will probably just be jacking up shots to improve her numbers so that she can max out her new CBA contract next year.
What about Indiana trading KLS + assuming $60k of her contract which would give the fever $120k more cap space [assuming another team would do that].
She's just not Brilliant 😅😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Just Draft HVL at #19 or 20...there you go.
And you are comfortable putting a point guard with no experience that you got in the 2nd round on the floor for extended periods of time against the best the league has to offer in critical situations? Grace Berger was the 7th overall pick in 2023. They didn't keep her around and that was the same year they took Boston with the 1st pick overall. If they didn't trust her, what makes you think a rookie will be a fit? Samuelson for Vanloo with a 2026 1st round pick to the Valkyrie will fly. See, Indiana was in the boat that Golden State is currently in. The owner and management will look at the model Indiana used to get out of the trench. This is it. Player of need for the Valkyrie, give up a player of need for the other team, and get a pick to boot. Connecticut is in full on rebuild mode, and this is precisely what they are doing. They are accumulating draft capital, the only capital for a rebuilding team. This nonsense that Indiana is going to have to give up 6 players and 4 draft picks for a backup point guard is a nice little fantasy that Chicago "fans" and Caitlin haters have devised to poo-poo what Indiana is doing. How do you think New York, Minnesota and Phoenix built their rosters in the first place? Use those three remaining brain cells for something other than hackeysack.
Every time Katie Lou Samuelson gets the ball it feels like I am watching the game in slow motion. Then, whenever Caitlin Clark would get the ball, it felt like I was watching the game in fast-forward. It looked like they were playing in different time zones. Perhaps KLS will do better playing on the West Coast, as San Francisco is 3 hours behind Indianapolis. 😉
HATER WARNING is at DEFCON 5!!!!
Known HATERS like
- @yngtrey (and his alias @ricorogers)
- @MikeGall
Will be increasing the intensity of their obnoxious bashing, belittling, and condescending ways as a result of all this great recent Fever news.
How about us CC and Fever fans step up and let these totally rude and obnoxious ________ know , how we feel. 😂😂😂
They are such _______!!! 😂😂😂
Haters want attention, positive or negative. The best thing to do with a hater (after they have shown that they are incapable of listening and reasoning) is to simply ignore them. I usually give them a chance or two and then I just stop reading whatever it is that they write. They are after a reaction. They are just as happy with a screaming, angry rebuttal as with some whinging twit that agrees with them. They often have sock-puppets that will mirror their drivel too, which is fairly easy to recognize.
Easier to block them and never even see their posts any longer. Lol
@@T-Minou yes that’s true, but honestly I feel sorry for the good hearted CC/Fever fans that have to tolerate the bashing and belittling by these obnoxious few!
@@danncorbit3623 great point!
TLDR: Don't feed the trolls
Indiana may make a good run but they are not winning any Ship unless CC herself improves significantly on defense. They will run into with 5 players working hard on D for the entire game and Indiana better have 5 players doing the same. Maybe she will make a jump in this department and win. Not counting it out, but I want to see it before I will believe in it. If she does this I will start putting her name and GOAT in the same sentence. Until then she is just another really good female baskethoops player in with a bunch of them.
Really? You actually think any of them play good defense? Wow, now that's a laugh.
Apparently, you haven't been paying attention. That's one of the things Porter is working with her on, at her request, might I add. Additionally, the team defense as a whole was questionable last year. That problem didn't rest with only Caitlin. You people need to quit trying to minimize her accomplishments and vilify her abilities. Try getting an actual, oh what do they call those things, life. Yeah, that's it. Get a life.