Caitlin Clark had to have known it was coming. Even before she could walk off the Gainbridge Fieldhouse court Saturday evening, return to the locker room and plug back into the awfully obtuse but very loud cavern of social media,

The Indiana Fever are perhaps the most popular team in the WNBA, led by the sensational Caitlin Clark. In Clark's second season, expectations are high for the Fever to make a real push in the 2025 WNBA playoffs and contend for the franchise's first title since 2012.

Compared to leagues such as the NBA, NFL and MLB, the WNBA’s collectibles marketplace is in its infancy, but Clark’s influence has helped expand the sport’s scope in cardboard with a similar velocity to its surge in TV ratings.