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Alexa Philipou
Indiana fever A huge blow on Friday with injured guards Sydney Kolson And Saw mcdonald Desire Remember the rest of the 2025 WNBA season,
Indiana already Cetleen ClarkeWho has not played because he has injured his right waist in a game on July 15, below for nine players for Saturday’s game Chicago sky,
Both Konson and McDonald’s suffered a shock in Phoenix on Thursday to suffer seasonal injuries. In the first quarter, Kolson faced a torn ACL in his left knee; McDonald’s faced a broken bone in his right leg during the fourth quarter.
There are five weeks left in the regular session, fever is 17–14 and sits fifth in the WNBA standing through Thursday’s Games. The top eight teams move forward for Postsen.
We see how the injuries affect Indiana’s backcourt, the first five more playoff hopes of fever.
What does it mean to search for a possible playoff seeds and title search of fever?
There has been a roller coaster for fever between 2025 season injuries, uncomfortable and midson departure in court Devanna boneerThis is the latest shock and, perhaps, the most destructive.
According to all accounts, Colson and McDonald are partners of the favorite team in a close fever group. McDonald’s was a luxurious midsonn for an Indiana squad, demanding the depth of the point guard – when Clarke first missed due to injury – and brought a defensive energy when the team was in dire need. Even in more limited minutes, Konson provided some similar properties and, most importantly that experience experienced championship to surround the young core of fever.
Fever began to find a drain with five consecutive wins before the recent damage to sparks and mercury. McDonald, in particular, was important for that new identity. But now Indiana will be forced to pive again to find some help at this point, even when Clarke returns. It will be a long task to find someone who is equally impressive and fits with McDonald’s.
In its best, and healthy, there is still a strong top six in fever – Clarke, Kelsey michelle, Aliah Boston, Natasha Howard, Sophie Cunningham And Lexi plow – One of the best trio in the league in Clarke, Mitchell and Boston is included. But with the questions around Clarke’s health (when she returns and how she plays when she comes back), and now worrying about who she is behind her, the fever margin for error for a deep playoff push has become very slimmer – while teams such as Linux, Liberty, Mercury and Storms made mudsan tricks like Mudsan tricks.
What will be the first five of fever? How does the backcourt adjust?
For now, Michelle is going to be even more on the shoulders of Cunningham and plow, the only remaining guard of the team. Fever Michelle, Cunningham, Howard and Boston can plow in the first five, and hope that Michelle and Cunningham can fulfill the duties that handle the ball in the short term.
Indiana will see a difficulty to bring a player, but a player (s) can do so only after remembering a game. This means that a newcomer may be involved in fever as soon as possible for a game against Dallas on Tuesday.
If there is any consolation, it is that the upcoming program of fever is quite favorable. They host three direct sports against the teams in the lower quarter of the standing (similar injuries on Saturday, Shikago, Dallas on Tuesday and Washington on next Friday) Connecticut, which ranks finally a week from Sunday.
Who will look to sign a fever?
It is not ideal to bring a new player on a two-thirds way in the season, especially a point guard that will be tasked to run a crime. Even less ideal, looking at this step after the time limit of fever trade, to make this step only one hour. But Indiana has no option at this point.
Due to the league rules, a difficulty will not be able to sign the player until tomorrow’s game against fever Chicago. They will have nine players available for that competition. https://t.co/bogt3ggo3a
– Alexa Philipou (@Alexaphilippou) August 8, 2025
There are some free agents who may be logical candidates: Jailin Sherod was recently forgiven to create rooms by freedom Emma miseman, Grace bargerThe 2023 number 7 draft pickle of fever is currently with wings on its third seven-day contract, and either a comfort-semination contract can be signed or released, which can work in favor of fever.
Indiana can try to sign a more experienced guard, such as Odyssey Sims or Xi Paddy, both played the last June in the league for Sparks.
What is the latest when Ketleen Clarke can return?
Clarkes are limited to individual rehabilitation and workouts and have not yet returned to team activities. Even when this happens, it will probably need time to ramps to a full 5 -on -5 play. Therefore, there is no indication that Clarke’s return is particularly adjacent.
Do these injuries change Clarke’s timeline? A few days ago, he was not equally urgent to return, when Indiana was rolling as the winner of five direct sports. But the team has also been adamant that Clarke’s long -term health is a matter of extreme concern, so the organization can choose to ride a wave of absence of McDonald’s and Kolson and manage with players who are available they are available, including any new additions next week.
