This story of the tape has Caitlin Clark followers confused.
The star Fever guard — who has not suited up since July 15 when she sustained a groin harm versus the Solar — raised the eyebrows of some social media customers when she was seen kicking a soccer ball round in footage from a current go to to McCombs Center Faculty in Des Moines, the place she opened a brand new basketball courtroom with the Caitlin Clark Basis.
“Did she overlook she has a groin harm?” one X user remarked Tuesday.
“If she will try this hip movement, she must be taking part in basketball,” another stated.
One fan urged Clark, 23, “to relaxation and get healed!”
Clark, the reigning WNBA Rookie of the Yr, has been sidelined quite a few instances all through her sophomore marketing campaign.
She missed time early within the 2025 season attributable to a left quadriceps pressure and suffered a groin harm in late June.
Clark returned to motion in early July, solely to be sidelined once more later within the month after re-injuring her groin, lacking the WNBA All-Star festivities.
ESPN's Holly Rowe reported Sunday that Clark “did see a specialist final week and no further harm was present in that examination and scans,” with the Fever poised to “be much more cautious of their strategy to her return to play this time.”
“Final time when she got here again from harm, she didn't get any apply time [or] any time to ramp up her conditioning. This time, they're going to verify she has time and practices to get rhythm and time along with her teammates,” Rowe mentioned.
“As you have a look at their schedule, the third week in August supplies just a few extra apply days the place that looks as if it's practical. Whereas she does stay daily, that looks as if a greater timetable for a potential Caitlin Clark return.”
The Fever, winners of this yr's Commissioner's Cup, are presently 14-12 and in sixth placce within the WNBA.
By 13 video games this season, Clark is averaging 16.5 factors, 5.0 rebounds and eight.8 assists. She appeared in 40 of the Fever's video games final season and averaged 19.2 factors, 5.7 rebounds and eight.4 assists.
The Fever host the Mercury (16-9) on Wednesday.
