WNBA draft 2024: Grading the Fever and every team's night

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A big part of getting a good grade on WNBA draft night is often in place months before, when the lottery order is decided. In the case of the 2024 draft, the Indiana Fever really couldn't mess it up after they got the first pick: Iowa Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark would give them an A-plus.

As was the case last season when the Fever also picked No. 1 and got South Carolina's Aliyah Boston, it was all smiles at Indiana headquarters Monday on draft night. Not just because Clark was officially in the fold and coach Christie Sides could already envision her passing the ball inside to Boston, last year's WNBA Rookie of the Year, and NaLyssa Smith, the No. 2 pick in…