Caitlin Clark Drags Fever Teammate Into Training Camp Controversy

The controversy started with a sweet gesture that the Fever players made for their teammate, Lexie Hull.

They surprised Hull after a team workout with balloons and gifts to celebrate her recent engagement, and the Fever social media team recorded the whole thing.

The video got plenty of traction on Instagram, where it was reposted by the ESPNW account with a caption that credited Clark and Boston for orchestrating the surprise. "Aliyah and Caitlin had a surprise ready to celebrate Lexie’s engagement," the post said.

The original video never explicitly showed who bought the gifts, but Clark was eager to claim credit on the public platform with 1.1 million followers. She tagged Boston's account, writing a comment that leaned into their mischievous shared sense of humor.

"Yes we went and bought these items for her," Clark commented on the ESPNW post. "Yes, yes we did."

"Yes we sure did because that’s who we are as teammates," Boston jokingly claimed in a reply.

Followers seemed to catch onto the joke, as Clark and Boston's comments each had more than 100 likes in the first hour. Fans may never know who really bought the gifts, but Clark and Boston's tone seemed to suggest they were not in fact the benefactors.

In any case, the team's gesture to Hull added to the growing bond among the revamped Fever roster. At the same time, it sparked a controversial whodunit featuring the two former No. 1 picks that may well continue — as an inside joke if nothing else — into training camp and beyond.