Fever coach downplays Caitlin Clark's leg sleeve after injury scare ahead of season opener

Caitlin Clark’s leg sleeve is, apparently, nothing to worry about.

The Indiana Fever star was spotted rocking a leg sleeve at practice on Monday, just days after she left a preseason game early due to an awkward fall.

But the leg sleeve, head coach Stephanie White confirmed, isn’t anything to look into. It’s “a style thing.”

“It looks good on her, doesn’t it?” White said about the sleeve, via the Indianapolis Star’s Chloe Peterson.

Clark went down awkwardly and drilled her left knee cap in the team’s preseason loss to the Dallas Wings last week. She drew a flagrant foul in the moment and remained in the game to shoot her free throws, but left soon after. She didn’t return, and then sat out of the second half of their preseason finale on Saturday. The Fever rolled to a 105-57 win over the Nigerian national team in that contest, however, so Clark’s presence wasn’t needed.

Clark averaged 16.5 points, 8.8 assists and 5 rebounds per game last season. The former Iowa star only appeared in 13 games due to a groin strain and ankle injury. Despite limited action from the former Rookie of the Year, the Fever still won the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup and reached the semifinals in the playoffs.

As of now, it doesn’t seem like Clark’s latest injury scare is of great concern to the Fever. They have an entire week off before their season opener against the Wings on Saturday afternoon, too, so she has plenty of time to recover if needed.