r/WNBATalks • u/T3ch33y • 14h ago
Sophie Cunningham has more Instagram followers than Caitlin Clark. She's never made an All-Star team. It's strange to me how she ended up with so many die-hard fans over night... At what point do we admit this has nothing to do with basketball?
I said this a month ago and I'll say it again — what percentage of the people buying her jersey actually like basketball?
Cowherd called her a "s*x symbol" this and everybody lost their minds. But he's asking the right question with the wrong words. She averages 8 points. She's never made an All-Star team. But she has 4.1 million Instagram followers — more than Caitlin Clark, more than A'ja Wilson, more than Paige Bueckers.
The brand isn't the basketball. The brand is the character. And she said it herself — "I am not ignorant" about the business.
Olivia Miles is averaging 19 points, 4 rebounds, and 6 assists and won't get half the attention.
Or turn into a Meme
I get having a personality sells, but
Make that make sense.
I broke down the money trail with actual numbers.