Star guard Sydney Colson has signed with the Indiana Fever, expressing her desire to join a team dedicated to winning and fostering a strong culture. Colson revealed that she prioritized these factors in her free agency decision, particularly after conversations with Kelsey Mitchell, a teammate from Athletes Unlimited, and Kate Martin, a former Aces teammate who spoke highly of Caitlin Clark and the Fever's vision.
, and I trust what I know about them. I’m excited to be a part of the vision that the staff has for this team, and I’m ready to get to work.”
The Fever wanted Sydney Colson. Like, really wanted her. On their recruiting efforts and how this partnership came to be:Given that Colson played alongside Clark's best friend Kate Martin during Martin's rookie season with the Las Vegas Aces, this quote made one wonder whether Martin's stamp of approval is what compelled Clark to hope for Colson to join Indiana.
The opposite is seemingly true, according to reporting from Athletes Unlimited broadcaster Emily Proud during a February 7 game. "She said, 'You know what? I'm at the end of my career. I just wanted to be somewhere that wants to win with a huge focus on culture,'" Proud said of Colson's thinking on her free agency decision, per anfrom @nosyone4. "She said that Kelsey Mitchell was actually the first person she hit up because they built a bond here, playing AU for the last three years."
Proud later added, "She said she heard some good things about Caitlin Clark from her Aces teammate Kate Martin as well. So that made the decision easy.”“Just wanted to be somewhere that wants to win with a huge focus on culture..She said she heard some good things about Caitlin Clark from her Aces teammate Kate Martin as well. So that made the decision easy.”Grant Young covers Women’s Basketball, the New York Yankees, and the New York Mets for Sports Illustrated’s ‘On SI’ sites.
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