What happened
College basketball superstar Caitlin Clark was the top pick in Monday's WNBA Draft, going, as expected, to the Indiana Fever. The Los Angeles Sparks chose Stanford's Cameron Brink second, and South Carolina's Kamilla Cardoso was the No. 3 pick for the Chicago Sky.
Who said what
"I dreamed of this moment since I was in second grade," Clark said. She added that her "point guard eyes just light up" at the thought of joining last year's No. 1 pick, Aliyah Boston, on the Fever.
The commentary
Clark just completed "one of the greatest collegiate basketball careers ever recorded," smashing the all-time scoring record for NCAA Division I women's and men's hoops, The Athletic said. "Hopes are high that she can help drive ratings in the WNBA" like she turbocharged viewership in college, said The Wall Street Journal.
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What next?
The Fever, last in their conference, will have an WNBA-best 36 of their 40 games broadcast or streamed on national TV. For "new viewers of the WNBA," the Journal said, the season starts May 14, a short six weeks after the draft.
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