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The Indiana Fever’s strategy of pairing Caitlin Clark with seasoned gamers and defensive stalwarts continues. On Sunday, the Fever introduced the signing of Brianna Turner, though the specifics of the 28-year-old’s contract with Indiana stay undisclosed.

Notably, Turner was a teammate of Angel Reese on the Chicago Sky final season, taking part in 27 matches and averaging 1.2 factors and a pair of.0 rebounds in simply over 9 minutes per sport. Turner additionally shared the court docket with two of the Fever’s new recruits on the Phoenix Mercury: Sophie Cunningham and DeWanna Bonner.

Turner performed alongside Cunningham when the Mercury reached the 2021 WNBA Finals, solely to lose to the Chicago Sky in 4 video games. The 6-foot-3 ahead brings a defensive edge to the Fever, having obtained two All-Defensive First Team accolades consecutively in 2020 and 2021.

Under Stephanie White’s steerage, Turner is prone to see elevated playtime, as she beforehand sat behind Kamilla Cardoso and Reese. Turner’s recruitment is one other step by the Fever management to strengthen the squad round Clark and Aliyah Boston, notably as Indiana beefs up its team forward of the season.

The Fever just lately acquired Cunningham in a important four-team commerce that despatched NaLyssa Smith to the Dallas Wings, and signed Natasha Howard, Bonner, and Sydney Colson. With seven mixed championships between Colson, Bonner, and Howard, it is clear that Indiana is closely investing in skilled gamers for the forthcoming season.

The newest addition to the Fever, Cunningham, has brazenly expressed her enthusiasm about teaming up with Clark for the forthcoming season. On the ‘Sports and Shenanigans’ podcast, the versatile participant shared her ideas on the synergy she anticipates with Clark.

I will likely be her Sabrina Carpenter any day, to her Taylor Swift,” Cunningham declared. “Like, I’m so excited for this. I simply assume, truthfully, she’s simply a great human too. She has a lot of stress and a lot of eyes on her shoulders, and he or she handles it so gracefully, and he or she’s simply a great human. So I’m simply excited to be a half of one thing like that, and he or she passes the ball, which I take pleasure in.”

Clark reciprocated the excitement regarding the new talent joining the Fever, crediting the team’s management for their strategic off-season acquisitions.

“I’m actually excited. I believe Kelly [Krauskopf] and Amber [Cox] have carried out a actually good job of discovering items that match. It makes me excited in regards to the future.

“Obviously, with Steph and her staff coming in here and my ability to work out with Keith [Porter] all off-season has been really fun. But it’s been fun, I got to work out with DB [DeWanna Bonner] and as some off-season leagues and overseas stuff kind of wraps up, a lot of them will start getting back.

“And I believe it is going to be a lot of enjoyable to get in the gymnasium and be with my teammates and simply begin placing the items collectively and seeing what works, what does not work. But I believe we will have a lot of completely different choices to do a lot of various things, and I believe that is what tremendous thrilling about all of it.”

This article initially appeared on Mirror US