The Indiana Fever’s 2026 season has barely gotten going, and it is already making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Now, a two-time NBA champion dropped a bombshell that puts Clark’s WNBA future up in the air.
What’s Going On With Caitlin Clark and the Fever?
Mychal Thompson, the longtime Los Angeles Lakers radio color commentator and father of Klay Thompson, took to social media on Thursday to claim that the Fever are fed up with Clark.
“I’m hearing from a reliable source the Fever dont want Caitlin no more…SPARKS…Go get her…NOW!!!” Thompson stated.
I’m hearing from a reliable source the Fever dont want Caitlin no more…SPARKS…Go get her…NOW!!!
— Mychal Thompson (@champagnennuts) June 4, 2026
Thompson’s post sent the internet into a frenzy, and given the context around the Fever right now, it is not hard to see why it landed the way it did.
The Fever’s season has spiraled into chaos early. Indiana entered 2026 with genuine championship expectations off the back of a strong 2025 playoff run despite Clark playing in just 13 games last year due to multiple injuries.
Clark returned healthy and has immediately picked up where she left off, averaging 20.1 points and 8.1 assists through the first eight games of the season so far.
Recently, Indiana lost 100-84 to the Portland Fire, and Clark and head coach Stephanie White got into a heated argument. With 6:30 left in the first quarter, White pulled Clark, Aliyah Boston, and Lexie Hull from the game.
Portland promptly went on a 19-4 run that effectively ended the contest before it had properly started. The cameras later caught a tense exchange between Clark and White, and the internet did what the internet does.
The situation did not end there. The Fever held a nearly two-hour team meeting in the days that followed, which began as a coaches’ session before becoming player-led. Sophie Cunningham, never one to shy away from the cameras, confirmed the meeting publicly.
“We had a team meeting, a long meeting, and so hopefully we’ve kind of turned the page,” she said. “I think we were in there an hour and a half, almost two hours, and we peeled back all the layers.”
Thompson’s claim is unverified, and both Clark and the Fever have pushed back hard against any suggestion of dysfunction. But with Indiana sitting at 4-4, tensions visibly simmering, and the rumor mill running at full speed, the speculation about Clark’s future will only intensity. Many Clark fans are fed up with the Fever organization and want a change of scenery for the superstar, so they were excited about Thompson’s post.
Clark and the Fever will try to break their recent skid tonight when they take on Angel Reese and the Atlanta Dream.
