Fever's Kelsey Mitchell Reveals Recovery Process From Offseason Finger Injury
While a lot of the attention surrounding the Indiana Fever this past offseason was regarding either what Caitlin Clark was doing in the weight room or the many offseason moves that the Fever were making to bolster their roster, star guard Kelsey Mitchell was cooking while playing for the Shanxi Flame of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA).
Given how great Mitchell is for the Fever, fans can surely imagine how well she'd do while playing in this league. However, fans weren't able to watch or keep up with Mitchell too much, given how limited WCBA broadcast access is for an American audience.
This is why some Fever fans were surprised to hear Mitchell speaking about a finger injury she suffered in China this past offseason on Wednesday.
Mitchell said that she dislocated her middle finger knuckle while paying in China. When asked about the rehab process, she said, "I didn't do rehab. No one fixed it. No one helped me," per an X post from @ericaf455. She then showed the finger to the media and it was clearly distorted.
When asked whether it's still dislocated, Mitchell said, "Probably healing on its own now. Nothing I can really do about it... Obviously, the trainers here have taken care of me to get done with I need to get done. But there's only so much you can do with a semi-fractured finger. It's part of life, part of basketball at that point. Normal stuff athletes go through."
Damn Kelsey…you really did just shut up and work girl. Hope her finger gets better. pic.twitter.com/Lv4X4n6Eff
— ericaf455 (@ericaf455) May 7, 2025
Therefore, it sounds like Mitchell is still working her way back from this injury. Hopefully, with all of the Fever's elite training staff now on the case, Mitchell will be back to full health (or at least close to it) in the coming weeks.
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Grant Young covers Women’s Basketball, the Indiana Fever 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.
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