THE Indiana Fever took home a massive paycheck on Tuesday night after a big win.
The Fever are the 2025 Commissioner’s Cup winners after taking down the Minnesota Lynx.
The Indiana Fever won a $500,000 bonus for winning he Commissioner’s Cup[/caption]
Caitlin Clark was baffled that her team won more money than the WNBA champions[/caption]
The Fever flexed their muscles by defeating the Lynx 74-59 without the help of Caitlin Clark.
Clark is still down with a groin injury and was unable to play in the contest.
The Fever still rallied for a big win, with Natasha Howard scoring 16 points, Sophie Cunningham dropping 13, and Aliyah Boston, Kelsey Mitchell, and Aari McDonald all scoring 12.
“My girls did their thing!!!!!!” Clark posted on X.
“So proud!! Lfggggg”
With the win comes a big payday, with the roster getting a $500,000 bonus.
The Fever have 11 players on their roster, meaning each player is going home with around $50,000.
However, the payday sparked some outrage from Clark.
Clark pointed out that the Commissioner’s Cup champions get a bigger payday than the WNBA champions.
“You get more for this than you do if you’re a champion,” she said on an Instagram Live video.
“It makes no sense. Someone help… Cathy [Engelbert] help us out!”
The WNBA Champions only get around $20,000 each for winning the entire league.
WNBA fans were outraged about this and joined in Clark’s complaints on social media.
“Caitlin was hilarious all celebration long last night but maybe the dumbest thing the @wnba does is paying the champs of the commissioners cup more than the real champs,” Barstool owner Dave Portnoy said.
WNBA 2025 All-Star Roster
Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier have been named captains of the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game.
Guards:
- Paige Bueckers* – Dallas Wings
- Caitlin Clark* – Indiana Fever
- Sabrina Ionescu* – New York Liberty
- Allisha Gray* – Atlanta Dream
- Kelsey Mitchell – Indiana Fever
- Skylar Diggins – Seattle Storm
- Kelsey Plum – Los Angeles Sparks
- Brittany Sykes – Washington Mystics
- Natasha Cloud – New York Liberty
- Jackie Young – Las Vegas Aces
Frontcourt:
- Napheesa Collier* – Minnesota Lynx
- A’ja Wilson* – Las Vegas Aces
- Breanna Stewart* – New York Liberty
- Aliyah Boston* – Indiana Fever
- Nneka Ogwumike* – Seattle Storm
- Satou Sabally* – Phoenix Mercury
- Angel Reese – Chicago Sky
- Kiki Iriafen – Washington Mystics
- Gabby Williams – Seattle Storm
- Alyssa Thomas – Phoenix Mercury
*Voted as a starter
“How is that even possible?” one fan asked.
“CC making the haters more mad and I’m here for it!” another fan said.
“She’s so right!!” a third fan said.
“Hats off to Caitlin for calling out the issue with the WNBA leadership,” a fourth fan said.
