Stephanie White compares Caitlin Clark & Aliyah Boston's potential on Fever to John Stockton & Karl Malone’s Jazz legacy

The Indiana Fever has a bright future with young All-Stars Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston and new coach Stephanie White. The Fever hired White on Friday after she parted ways with the Connecticut Sun and held her introductory press conference on Monday.

During her press conference, White was asked about the Clark and Boston duo. The Fever's new coach had plenty of praise for the two young players. She mentioned their competitive spirit, their mentality and their ability to make others around them better.

She also compared them to one of the NBA's most legendary duos.

"You've got the bookends that you want to build around," White said about Clark and Boston. "These two are the best. There's so many things that they do well right now and you saw the difference from the beginning of the season to the end and how much better they got with one another. How much they could anticipate, how they facilitated with one another. But there's so much room for growth, when you think about a (John) Stockton and (Karl) Malone."

John Stockton and Karl Malone were individually great players.

Stockton is the NBA's all-time leader in steals (3,265) and assists (15,806). He's a 10-time All-Star but perhaps his best ability was his availability. Throughout his 19-year career, he played 1504 regular season games. He played every game on the schedule in 17 seasons.

Meanwhile, Malone is a two-time MVP and a 14-time All-Star. He is third on the league's all-time scoring list with 36,928 and seventh in rebounding (14,968).

Together, they were a lethal pairing that mastered the pick-and-roll and made the Utah Jazz a consistent playoff threat in the '90s, including two consecutive finals appearances ('97 and '98). However, they ran into Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls both times.

For Stephanie White, having two players who are comparable to Stockton and Malone is indicative of a bright future. Although, she is probably hoping that they'd find better postseason success.

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Stephanie White was the Indiana Fever's head coach the last time they were in the WNBA Finals

Stephanie White began her coaching career as an assistant with the Chicago Sky in 2007. After four seasons with the Sky, she became an assistant with the Indiana Fever under Lin Dunn. A position White held for four seasons (2011-14).

During that time, the Fever won one title (2012), which was their first and only one in franchise history. Dunn retired ahead of the 2015 season, and White was named as a replacement.

In White's first season as head coach, she led the Fever to a 20-14 record. They went to the finals, where they ran into the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx won that series in five games.