Fever star Clark to sit out home All-Star Weekend

Indiana Fever prima Caitlin Clark volition not enactment successful this weekend's WNBA All-Star events, she announced via the squad Thursday, aft she suffered a close groin wounded Tuesday.

Clark, who has dealt with wounded issues overmuch of the season, had been named a starter and skipper for Saturday's All-Star Game past period aft receiving the astir instrumentality votes. She had besides been announced to enactment successful the archetypal 3-point contention of her career.

"I'm truthful excited for Indy to big WNBA All-Star this weekend. ... I cognize this volition beryllium the champion All-Star yet," Clark said successful a statement. "I americium incredibly bittersweet and disappointed to accidental I can't enactment successful the 3-Point Contest oregon the All-Star Game. I person to remainder my body. I volition inactive beryllium astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse for each the enactment and I'm looking guardant to helping Sandy [Brondello] manager our squad to a win."

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert volition take different subordinate to regenerate Clark successful the All-Star Game. Engelbert antecedently appointed the Minnesota Lynx's Kayla McBride to regenerate the Atlanta Dream's Rhyne Howard (knee injury), and Phoenix Mercury prima Satou Sabally has besides announced that she volition miss the crippled owed to an ankle injury.

Clark underwent imaging Wednesday to find the grade of her groin injury, with Fever manager Stephanie White saying she was considered day-to-day. Clark missed Wednesday's loss to the New York Liberty, the 10th regular-season crippled she has missed (11th including the Commissioner's Cup final) this year.

Before this season, Clark had ne'er missed a crippled successful her assemblage oregon pro career. Dating backmost to the preseason, she has dealt with 2 near quad injuries and 1 to her near groin that person caused her to miss crippled action.