Caitlin Clark's newest Fever teammate has dramatic history with superstar

The newest subordinate of the Indiana Fever, Raven Johnson, who the squad took with the 10th wide prime successful the WNBA Draft connected Monday, volition articulation forces with Caitlin Clark aft a tensely competitory infinitesimal betwixt the 2 galore years ago.

In the 2023 NCAA women's Final Four, Clark's Iowa Hawkeyes met Johnson's South Carolina Gamecocks. During that game, determination was a infinitesimal erstwhile Clark was expected to beryllium guarding Johnson, but Clark waved Johnson disconnected to double-team different South Carolina player.

The clip of Clark waving disconnected Johnson ended up going viral, and Johnson aboriginal said it resulted successful online mockery against her.

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Apr 7, 2024; Cleveland, OH, USA; Iowa Hawkeyes defender Caitlin Clark (22) dribbles the shot past South Carolina Gamecocks defender Raven Johnson (25) successful the finals of the Final Four of the women's 2024 NCAA Tournament astatine Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. (Ken Blaze/USA TODAY Sports)

"I was each implicit the internet," Johnson said connected the "I AM NEXT" podcast successful March. "That's 1 crushed I hatred the net now, due to the fact that of that situation. I got bashed, I got bullied, I got called each these things I wasn't, aka similar a monkey and things similar that, and I conscionable deliberation I wanted to discontinue hoops astatine that time, and I conscionable wanted to spell successful this small bubble of isolation and conscionable beryllium by myself."

Still, Johnson appears excited to present beryllium connected the aforesaid broadside arsenic Clark.

After Johnson was drafted by the Fever connected Monday, she said Clark is the teammate she's astir excited to play with successful the pros.

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Raven Johnson #25 of the South Carolina Gamecocks reacts successful the archetypal fractional during the 2024 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament National Championship against the Iowa Hawkeyes astatine Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse connected April 07, 2024 successful Cleveland, Ohio. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

"Caitlin Clark," Johnson said instantly erstwhile asked by Overtime WBB which caller teammate she’s astir excited to play with. "... She’s a phenomenal player, with the things she does, it’s barroom standard. She tin sprout the ball, she tin pb a team, and they win. She has a winning mentality, and I deliberation that’s the biggest thing."

The Fever person solidified their roster going into the 2026 play arsenic a existent title contender.

The squad precocious re-signed cardinal players Kelsey Mitchell, Lexie Hull and Sophie Cunningham, portion adding seasoned Monique Billings successful escaped agency.

The Fever person the fourth-best likelihood to triumph the WNBA rubric successful 2026 down the Minnesota Lynx, the defending champion Las Vegas Aces and the New York Liberty.

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Iowa defender Caitlin Clark (22) drives up tribunal past South Carolina defender Raven Johnson, left, during the archetypal fractional of the Final Four assemblage hoops title crippled successful the women's NCAA Tournament, Sunday, April 7, 2024, successful Cleveland. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

The Fever's play ended successful 107-98 overtime nonaccomplishment to the Las Vegas Aces successful Game 5 of the WNBA semifinals past year.

With Clark returning from injury, their halfway intact and astatine slightest 1 caller addition, Indiana is looking to decorativeness the job.

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