INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana – Marine Johannes go return join New York Liberty for 2025 season after dem win championship for 2024. Di French guard don dey look forward to di league’s rising stars, especially di talented player wey dey shine for Indiana Fever.
For recent talk with NBA legend Tony Parker an French national team star Nando De Colo, Johannes no hold back as she compare Clark wey dey shine for Fever to di great Stephen Curry. She say in French, ‘A bit like Stephen Curry,’ as she talk about di impact wey Clark dey make.
Johannes talk say Clark and UConn’s Paige Bueckers go be di future face of WNBA. She explain, ‘I think that she and Paige Bueckers will be the future of the WNBA and women’s basketball. What she’s doing with her team is huge, everybody’s talking about it.’ Di combination of dem two go change how di league dey get media attention, she add.
Clark don already cause plenty excitement since she join Fever as di No. 1 overall pick for 2024 draft. Her transition to WNBA follow her successful college career at Iowa, where she lead di team to back-to-back national championship appearances. Bueckers, a former national player of di year, dey expected to be di top pick for di 2025 WNBA Draft, setting up plenty anticipation for a new era of women’s basketball.
Potential showdown between Clark and Bueckers fit happen as soon as June 27, when di Indiana Fever go face di Dallas Wings. Fans still dey remember their NCAA battles, and di match don start dey cause buzz as many people dey expect am to be di start of one big WNBA rivalry.
As Johannes dey return to Liberty, she dey join a team wey don already defend championship while she dey watch di next generation dey shine. If Clark and Bueckers fit reshape di league, e go remain to be seen, but no doubt say their arrival dey shift di spotlight to women’s basketball like never before.
