After losing several point guards to injury, the Indiana Fever are refilling its ranks. The Fever announced Sunday that they are signing veteran point guard Odyssey Sims to a hardship contract.
The move comes after guards Sydney Colson and Aari McDonald suffered season-ending injuries in Indiana's loss to the Phoenix Mercury on Thursday. Colson, who went down in the first quarter of Thursday's game, torn her left ACL; McDonald broke a bone in her right foot, limping off the court in the fourth quarter.
Additionally, the Fever's star point guard, Caitlin Clark, has been sidelined on and off this season with a groin injury. After playing in every game for her rookie season, Clark has missed 19 of 32 games so far this year.
Sims, 33, has been playing on and off in the WNBA for more than a decade. Most recently, she played for Los Angeles Sparks, before being waived by the team in July. The Fever will be the sixth different WNBA team that Sims has played on.
Sims was drafted No. 2 overall in the 2014 draft by the Tulsa Shock, which later became the Dallas Wings. Sims was also on the 2012 Baylor team that won the NCAA women's championship, winning that trophy alongside Atlanta Dream star Brittney Griner.
Under WNBA rules, the team could not make any additional signings until Sunday, meaning that the Fever had to play in Saturday's game against the Chicago Sky without any real point guards on the court.
Even with that depth gone, the team was able to easily handle the struggling Sky, winning 92-70. Kelsey Mitchell, the Fever's star shooting guard, led the Indiana with 26 points.
The win moved the Fever to fifth place in the WNBA, with a 18-14 record. But without Clark, and with the team still plagued by additional injuries, Indiana's chances at a playoff run are looking a little more bleak. Hopefully, Sims will do her best to offer a reprieve to the Fever going forward.
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