“Caitlin Better Quit Clapping”: Candace Parker, Aliyah Boston in Agreement Over What Awaits the Fever Star After 3 More Technicals
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Alyssa Thomas’s foul on Caitlin Clark and the backlash the Mercury veteran received on social media have dominated discussion in the last two weeks. However, it’s overshadowed the conversation around Clark picking up her 5th technical foul for clapping during the game. And that’s what Candace Parker and Clark’s teammate, Aliyah Boston, discussed as the 24-year-old is just three techs away from a mandatory suspension.
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“Caitlin, Better Quit Clapping,” Parker said in the latest episode of her podcast Post Moves.
“Oh yeah, we’re done. We’re done clapping. There’s no more claps. There’s nothing else to clap about,” Boston added before revealing how she stepped in to calm Caitlin Clark down in a heated moment where refs assessed 5 total techs.
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) claps her hands in excitement with Indiana Fever forward Aliyah Boston (7) on Sunday, July 13, 2025, during the game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.“I was like, ‘Guys, we need to lock back in.’ And I said, ‘Caitlin, don’t say another word.’ I said, ‘Do not speak. I don’t want to hear one word come out of your mouth because you are not getting another. You are not.’ And I was like, ‘Girl, you’re done. You’re done for the night. You’re done for the night,'” she recalled.
So Parker once again joked, “But where you were wrong in saying that was ‘don’t speak.’ You should have told her, ‘don’t clap.'”
In just two months, Caitlin Clark is now in second place for most techs behind Angel Reese, as per Across The Timeline. So while Parker and Boston delivered their warning with some humor, that call carried real consequences for Clark.
Not only did Clark receive a warning letter from the league after her 5th technical, but she also had to pay a $1,000 fine. Although the Fever did try to appeal the call, hoping the league would rescind it, the decision ultimately stood. And that now puts Clark in a tricky position moving forward.
Under the WNBA’s current rules, players receive a one-game suspension after their eighth tech of the regular season, meaning she is only three techs away from being forced to miss time and pay a $1,500 fine.
However, will that change her mindset about showing emotion on the court? Not really.
“We should all just go on the calendar now and pick a game that I’m gonna be suspended for if I’m gonna get technicals for clapping,” Caitlin Clark said during a post-game conference on June 22. “I’m gonna play with emotion. I’m gonna play with passion. If they’re gonna give me a technical foul for clapping, then so be it. That’s their choice.”
So while Parker and Boston may have a point about Clark needing to be more careful, the Fever star doesn’t seem interested in becoming a quieter version of herself. And if we are being honest, neither are the fans.
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