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Caitlin Clark must be smiling on Friday.
Her Indiana Fever got the best possible $1.4 million news in WNBA free agency.
The scoop: Kelsey Mitchell is signing a one-year, $1.4 million supermax contract to return to Indiana, according to Chiney Ogwumike.
Clark and the Fever get her most talented backcourt mate back for another year.
Mitchell has signed the new maximum salary in the WNBA after the new collective bargaining agreement, too, so it's an awesome day for the star guard from Ohio State.
While Clark missed much of the 2025 season with injury, Mitchell proved just how much of a superstar she can be.
She averaged a career-high 20.2 points per game and finished fifth in league MVP voting.
Mitchell also dished out 3.4 assists per game and snatched 0.9 steals per contest.
She also shot a blistering 39.4% from 3-point range on high volume, and she has shot 39% or better from deep in each of the past four seasons.
When Clark has been on the floor with Mitchell, they've proven capable of co-existing at a high level. They're both impressive shooters and playmakers, and they both have the basketball IQ to move off the ball when the other one has it.
Mitchell was part of a massive class of top-tier WNBA free agents, so it wasn't a given that she would be the big-money signing coming to Indiana this offseason, but in the end, the Fever have latched on to the familiar.
Given the talent level that Mitchell brings to join Clark and company, it could work out quite nicely for all involved.
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