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INDIANAPOLIS -- No one was paying attention back in those days, says Indiana Fever president Kelly Krauskopf. Nobody outside of the very small, hardcore WNBA fan base cared that her team had just pulled off a remarkable 12-year playoff appearance streak, a league record.

That was the Tamika Catchings era. Imagine if it were the Caitlin Clark era, the Fever making 12 straight playoff appearances and winning a title (which Catchings did in 2012).

Krauskopf knows what that would mean to today's WNBA, to today's Fever fans and the rest of the world who is now paying attention, and who should have been paying attention when Catchings was playing.

Still, Krauskopf

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