Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark is back in the lineup after missing time with an injury, but one former WNBA All-Star is not exactly happy with the way the team has handled her injury situation.While Clark has indeed returned to the lineup, she has not looked like herself on the court, leading former WNBA All-Star Stacey Dales to suspect that Clark isn’t fully healthy and should not be playing yet.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementLast week, Clark returned to the court for the first time since June 24th. In her return game, she played just 15 minutes, which is about half the time she has usually spent on the court this season. During Sunday night’s game against the Las Vegas Aces, Clark’s playing time climbed a bit to 24 minutes, but she was still clearly playing on limited minutes.However, it’s not just the fewer minutes; Clark hasn’t exactly looked like herself when she’s been on the court, either. She has been far less accurate from three-point territory with just two made threes in two games, and she has been far less aggressive at getting to the rim or drawing contact, as she’s shot just two free throws in two games. Additionally, she has turned the ball over four times in each of the past two games despite playing considerably fewer minutes.She does not look like the same confident and dominant offensive player that she was before her injury, and people are taking notice.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn a post on X this week, former WNBA All-Star Stacey Dales seemed to take notice of Clark’s minutes restriction and ineffectiveness on the court, and she seems to think that the Fever need to wait until Clark is fully healthy before bringing her back.“Either Caitlin Clark is healthy or she’s not. Hard to watch a game with her active and not playing. It’s one or the other,” Dales wrote in a post on X.Obviously, Clark has been working her way into the lineup, but it certainly seems like there is still something holding her back, whether it’s her fitness or a lingering injury. Either way, it’s pretty clear that she is not the same player that she was before the injury.The post ‘Hard to watch’: Fever’s Caitlin Clark decision draws criticism from former WNBA All-Star appeared first on The Comeback: Today’s Top Sports Stories & Reactions.
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