The Indiana Fever posted a behind-the-scenes look at star forward Aliyah Boston’s workout with the team’s new player development coach Keith Porter — and it’s worth a watch.
Aliyah Boston’s offseason workout should have Fever fans excited
Boston has been working with Indiana’s new player development coach, Keith Porter — and the Fever are giving fans a behind-the-scenes perspective.
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Noa Dalzell is a senior writer covering the WNBA and all of women’s basketball for Breakaway, SB Nation’s women’s sports vertical, as well as the Celtics for CelticsBlog.
Porter, who was a player development coach under Stephanie White on the Connecticut Sun last season, led Boston through a rigorous post-player workout that included midrange jumpers and a variety of post moves. The two also ran pick-and-rolls and worked on Boston’s footwork through a variety of game scenarios.
With the WNBA season still five months away, the renowned development coach led the two-time All-Star in a lengthy workout at Worcester Academy, where Boston went to high school and was a McDonald’s All-American.
At 23, Boston is already one of the elite two-way forwards in the WNBA. In two WNBA seasons, she’s averaged 14.2 points, 8.6 rebounds, and 2.7 assists, shooting 55.2% from the field. She was the league’s unanimous Rookie of the Year in 2023 and followed that up with another All-Star campaign in 2024.
Her professional career came on the heels of four dominant four years in college. The first overall pick in the 2023 draft, Boston won an NCAA championship in 2022, and was a two-time Naismith Defensive Player of the Year at South Carolina.
Porter has previously shared that he’s excited, and nervous, to leave Connecticut and fully relocate to Indiana.
“I’m excited, I’m nervous... fully relocating and walking everything that I’ve pretty much grown here in Connecticut is a little scary, but I’m excited for the next chapter,” Porter said on Syndicate Nation. “Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that I’m gonna have to train... a person who has the potential to be one of the greatest woman athletes ever with an extreme impact.”
Boston’s workout is not the first offseason workout the Fever have shared on social media. Earlier this month, the Fever shared a glimpse of Caitlin Clark’s workout with Stephanie White and other members of the coaching staff, taking place in the Fever’s practice facility in Indiana.
For Fever fans, the fact that their two young stars are so locked in this offseason is a welcome sign. Last year, Clark and Boston helped lead Indiana to their first playoff berth since 2016. This season, with a year of experience under their belt and a renowned new head coach, it’s very likely the franchise will take another leap.
In the meantime, fans eager to watch Fever basketball can enjoy the fact that their team has made a concerted effort to provide them with a behind-the-scenes look at their stars’ offseason workouts.
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