Caitlin Clark left in stitches as new Indiana Fever star borrows her teammate’s chains for photoshoot

Caitlin Clark was left in stitches while her Indiana Fever teammates teasingly forced her to wear some of their chains during a photo shoot ahead of the start to the new WNBA season.

On Wednesday, the Fever shared footage of the 21-year-old Clark giggling on the streets of downtown Indianapolis while bonding with her pro basketball peers, as she continues to settle down in her new home since being drafted as the first overall pick on April 15.

‘Erica Wheeler and NaLyssa Smith let Caitlin Clark borrow their chains for our night time photo shoot,’ the Fever shared on X.

In the clip, Clark is wearing two-to-three silver or golden chains that include two pennants – No. 1 and No. 17 – before biting them. She wore the latter throughout her four seasons at Iowa.

In Indy, however, she will be wearing No. 22.

Caitlin Clark showed off her teammates’ chains during a Fever photo in downtown Indianapolis

Later on, Clark and her teammates posed for a shot in front of the Soldiers & Sailors monument

Caitlin Clark wears her teammates chains for Fever photoshoot

Nonetheless, later on in the evening, Clark posed with five of her teammates in front of the Soldiers and Sailors monument, as shown in different footage shared by the Fever.

‘squad rollin’ deep for our intro video shoot in downtown Indy tonight,’ the team’s X account captioned its post.

Meanwhile, ticket sales have been surging in Indiana and around the league before the Fever kickstart their season on May 14 against the Connecticut Suns, as 36 of the team’s 40 regular-season games are scheduled for national television.

What’s more is that the buzz around town hasn’t been seen since Tamika Catchings retired following the 2016 season. Another big change: Security.

Clark’s popularity, her collision with a fan during a court-storming at Ohio State last season and last spring’s airport run-in involving Brittney Griner have prompted Indiana to put a premium on safety with the first big test coming at Friday’s preseason opener in Dallas.

‘I’m sure everybody would say they’d rather be flying charter all the time, and that definitely would help,’ Clark said. ‘But I think the Fever organization has done a really good job getting ahead of things. There’s going to be a lot of security traveling with us, there will be certain plans of how we’re going to navigate through airports. It’s not just for us, it’s for everybody in the WNBA. Everybody has to navigate it.’

Clark is expected to make her WNBA debut with Indy against the Connecticut Sun on May 14

On the court, Clark also has changed things.

Coach Christie Sides already has detected how Clark’s trademark logo 3-pointers will help Indiana space the floor and her teammates have raved about Clark’s nifty, crisp passes.

The combination has some outside the organization projecting a championship run. Inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse, though, the expectations are more grounded.

‘Like [GM] Lin [Dunn] said, the idea of winning a championship right away – let’s be realistic,’ Sides said. ‘When you talk to players, they’re always thinking we can win today, we can win every day.

‘Our main goal is we want to make the playoffs. That’s our main goal, but we have a plan in place and steps we want to make sure we don’t skip so we can obtain more sustainable success.’