Aliyah Boston Was Direct About the Indiana Fever's Roster Needs
Nobody can deny that the Indiana Fever produced a successful 2024 WNBA season, especially considering their lengthy struggles before this year.
An integral part of this season's success has been forward Aliyah Boston. After struggling out of the gates earlier this year, the 22-year-old No. 1 pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft averaged 14 points and 8.9 rebounds per game this season.
While her points per game total is a slight dip from the 14.5 she produced during her rookie season, Boston's improvements on defense showed that she made major strides across the two campaigns, and will be an invaluable part of the Fever's future.
Despite this success, the Fever expect to be even better in 2025. This is proven by rookie icon Caitlin Clark asserting that their team goal next year is to be a top-four seed come playoff time.
And during Boston's end-of-season exit interview on Friday, she made clear what Indiana's front office must do this offseason to make that goal a reality.
"I think for us, it's going to be making sure that we have depth at every position," Boston said when asked about how Indiana's offense can improve for next season. "I think making sure that we have extra bodies, just because you never know how games go... like in the first game, we had to reverse a call. Making sure stuff like that doesn't happen... making sure we have depth.
"And just making sure that no matter what, we have sharpshooters on the outside. Because at the end of the day, they're gonna play Caitlin, they're gonna play Kelsey a certain way, making sure that we have spray-outs, automatic makes on the outside as well," Boston concluded.
Aliyah Boston on the potential moves Fever gotta make moving forward:
— AK (@Sudharsan_AK10) September 27, 2024
"Depth. Making sure we have more depth"
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Now it's up to Fever GM Lin Dunn to make those necessary changes before the 2025 campaign kicks off.
Grant Young covers Women’s Basketball, the New York Yankees, and the New York Mets for Sports Illustrated’s ‘On SI’ sites. He holds an MFA degree in creative writing from the University of San Francisco (USF), where he also graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and played on USF’s Division I baseball team for five years. However, he now prefers Angel Reese to Angels in the Outfield.