INDIANAPOLIS — Exit interviews on the snoozy, rainy afternoon downtown officially ushered in the 2024 offseason for the Indiana Fever. Despite all the young draft selections the Fever have gotten and retained over the years, the front office does have some roster questions to answer.
The team’s highest-paid and most veteran players, Kelsey Mitchell and Erica Wheeler, have become unrestricted free agents. That removes the right of first refusal for the Fever, meaning other teams can try to poach the vets. The situation gets murky with Indiana being able to core Mitchell (she’d have to stay) or Golden State taking unprotected players in the expansion draft.
The rules of the draft haven’t been communicated to front offices yet, at least that’s what Fever general manager Lin Dunn said this week. But regardless, Mitchell and Wheeler didn’t verbally state any active intent to stay in Indiana Friday. To be fair, it’s only been days into the offseason. …