When Caitlin Clark was drafted as the number one pick by the Indiana Fever in April, every fan waited for a thrilling season that lay ahead. Clark, who had finished as the all-time highest scorer surpassing the legendary Pete Maravich, had acquired her own fan following by then. And this craze for her has resulted in an increase in viewership, attendance, concession sales, merch sales, social media metrics, and corporate sponsorships. The data of the same was released by the Boardroom in collaboration with Just Women’s Sports on Thursday. However, Clark chose to ignore all that and just concentrate on the mascot Freddy.

Ex-WNBA star Sue Bird took notice of the post by Boardroom on the social media networking site Instagram and reshared it on her Instagram stories noting that there has been a 150% increase in Freddy’s appearances since the mid-2024 WNBA season. Bird captioned the picture as “Freddy’s prices is not yesterday’s prices” in a humorous way. That caught the attention of the Fever star Clark who also reshared Bird’s stories opining “Freddy is in high demand.” Thus, Clark looked to be ignoring every other stat. Here’s the post: