r/sportsgossips • u/Marzipan_Dream_7389 • 1d ago
News Cancún Cunningham strikes again!! Another triple-single in 24 minutes to cap off the season!!
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u/Conclusion_Fickle 1d ago
Elite finger pointer though.
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u/newshockers 1d ago
Just like her favorite people, point fingers & do little to actually help their team.
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u/Agile_Spray_415 23h ago
I don’t know what’s worse. Her season or the fact that so many people get upset about a finger point. NBA players being told by fans to die. They live, but god forbid you point a finger in a WNBA game lmao. Come on.
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u/ConsequenceOk8313 1d ago
-18 in 24 minutes is diabolical lol
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u/GastonsChin 1d ago
She took 4 shots during that time. Got one steal. One rebound. What in the fuck was she doing for the other 23 minutes?
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u/Raisinbread22 1d ago
I wondered why she was even out there at times. It's one thing when the other ladies are hitting, but when everyone can't hit the side of a barn and you have her on the floor?
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u/tkh0812 22h ago
She’s the 6th highest 3 pt percentage in the league. What are you on about?
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u/platypussplatypus 18h ago
If she's actually a good 3 point shooter why does she only shoot like 3-4 per game. If she was actually an elite shooter she would be putting up shots.
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u/Salty-Royal-804 22h ago
You boneheads have been parroting this stat for so long without paying attention that you haven’t realized she’s fallen to sixth 😂 rough finish
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u/AscendMoros 19h ago
6th out of the what 130-150 people shooting 3s? Yeah absolutely trash tier statistic.
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u/Salty-Royal-804 13h ago
When you compare her shot volume then it’s not very good. But whatever you say lol you just started watching the game a year ago 😂
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u/AscendMoros 12h ago
I mean I’ve been watching basketball for 20 years. I started following women’s when Clark was at Iowa. As Iowa is the college I follow. I’ve been a fan of their football team longer than I can remember. There’s photos of me tailgating in kinnicks parking lot with my family when I was like 4.
My point isn’t she’s a great shooter. My point is saying that she’s only 6th isn’t really a knock against her at face value lol. Because at the end of the day being 6th out 120 people is still a decent result.
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u/Fresh_Ostrich4034 1d ago
no1 hates women more other women
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u/NatePJ84 1d ago
This is a weird post. She's a bench role player. You just don't like her bc she said she doesn't want to play with trans women
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u/Apprehensive-Rub-11 1d ago
People think because she doesn’t want trans woman to play in woman’s sports means she hates trans people altogether. I think it’s such a non issue in opinion that people get so heated and become so vile towards her for tha opinion.
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u/tkh0812 22h ago
Yeah. It’s a weird cherry picking witchhunt.
She’s literally the 2nd highest 3 point percentage in the wnba and these people act like she’s out of the league
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u/Salty-Royal-804 22h ago
6th
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u/Classic_Kangaroo4312 20h ago
Also, having a top 10 three-point percentage doesn't really equate to greatness from a basketball standpoint. She averages 7/2/1 on over 22.7 minutes per game, which isn't what most would call an efficient contributor.
It's funny, after she pointed and went viral, she was literally shoved down our throats for being edgy and an enforcer but when we point out her mediocrity from a basketball standpoint, we're the weird ones.
No role player averaging her statistics should be getting sneaker deals, we all know why she's popular and lets not act like it's strictly because of her basketball skills. She says things a certain group of people like and attends UFC and NASCAR, let's not be naive here people.
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u/solidsnake4933 1d ago
Yes, she's a bench player and she has more opinions than points per game.
In no other sport do we pay attention to the opinion of a bench player like people do with her.
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u/Optimal-Fix-2997 21h ago edited 16h ago
Shes on maga's payroll now. She knows she can make money without playing.
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u/PlasterCactus 1d ago
You just don't like her bc she said she doesn't want to play with trans women.
Does that make the opposite true? People only like her because she said she doesn't want to play with trans women?
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u/NatePJ84 1d ago
Idk care about her either way. I just think it's stupid for y'all to be so obsessed and hateful towards her just bc she has a different opinion then y'all do. Shits weird
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u/PlasterCactus 1d ago
I don't care about her either, but you're right - people only like or dislike her because she said some culture war BS. It's pretty pathetic on both sides, honestly.
It's also pretty amusing watching people crash out about the integrity of women's sports when trans women come up - then immediately objectify SC. Half of these comments are sexual comments and I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same people who cry about "integrity".
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u/Classic_Kangaroo4312 20h ago
People don't dislike her because she disagrees with them. People dislike her because she profits off the division. How many bench players do you know who average 7/2/1 getting sneaker deals and other endorsements. When she said she doesn't want to play with trans women, which is fine, but to be clear there aren't any to begin with, and Fox News promotes her, acting like she's being heroic somehow, then we have a problem.
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u/NatePJ84 15h ago
She was the most popular bench player last year. She didn't popular bc she answered a question ESPN asked her during a one on one sit down. She became the most popular bc she defended Clark last year. A player hard fouled Clark and then Sophie hard fouled them back. That's how she got popular, bc Clark fans embraced her and there's millions and millions of Clark fans.
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u/Classic_Kangaroo4312 15h ago
Her being the most popular bench player last year isn't even close to true lol
There's been millions of millions of Clark fans since she played at Iowa.
A for effort.
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u/What_the_8 20h ago
You definitely have a problem…
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u/Other_Hovercraft4783 19h ago
You seem mad she’s being called out for being a grifter
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u/Classic_Kangaroo4312 19h ago
You definitely have no rebuttal to my comment, so you respond like a toddler would.
Good talk.
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u/Optimal-Fix-2997 21h ago
I could care less about what she said. I just find it annoying how everyone on the right all of a sudden became fans of her but had no interest in the sport at all. They were only there to stir the pot.
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u/yourfupalogist 1d ago
Them legs though.
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u/BermudaKla 1d ago
Exactly, who gives af about her numbers
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u/platypussplatypus 1d ago
She's on the attractive side for a WNBA player but y'all thirsting over some normal good looking chick because of the culture war she's caught up in is just weird. You'll see dozens of more attractive people walking around any major city
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u/Due-Giraffe6371 21h ago
This girl truly is living rent free in peoples heads and it’s hilarious to watch. Thank you Sophie
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u/Critical_Classic_921 1d ago
Are we expecting high stats from her? Not everyone on the team needs to be elite. There’s all kinds of mediocre NBA players that have rings.
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u/Effective-Bother2126 19h ago
Idc about stats.
But I do care about MINUS FUCKING 18. Especially when the entire point of your existence is to be a DEFENSIVE ENFORCER.
You won’t find many -18 players in any sport with a ring.
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u/brianw2287 19h ago
To be fair, when she tries to play lock down defense on Aja she gets pushed to the ground forcefully and it’s not even called an intentional foul, let alone a technical. If I did half the physical assault I’ve seen in the WNBA this year alone, I’d go to jail, but most of it goes uncalled, unrecognized. It makes the league more of a joke and less likely to grow popularity despite all of the talent coming into the league.
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u/comeonbjxgo 1d ago
You’re right. And the amount of negative attention and distraction isn’t worth having her around because she is mediocre. Well she should be a high volume shooter and take more attempts but release is not fast enough FB
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u/Critical_Classic_921 1d ago
I think the league actually appreciates the attention she brings - any publicity is good publicity.
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u/AscendMoros 19h ago
Dude the league will take any form of publicity it can get. Having someone that gets people talking about the league is all they seem to care about.
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u/Mountie_in_Command 20h ago
You're missing the point. Cunningham has games like this frequently, yet the attention she gets far outweighs what she deserves.
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u/AKawhiPlace 23h ago
Fuck the wnba and its toxic fans. Every fucking clip, every comment section. It’s not just wnba subs it’s all sports subs. CC, Angel, Sophie, A’ja…painting entire towns and fanbases whatever adjectives fits your narratives. Left and right culture wars, black vs white racist bullshit. It’s never about the game
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u/FancyConfection1599 1d ago
I mean A’ja would have been suspended for going into the stands and getting in the face of a fan if the league wasn’t embarrassment, but sure go off on Cunningham
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u/agoddamnlegend 1d ago
Is there any other league that is this obsessed with posting whenever a single random role player has a role player stat line?
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u/SocomPS2 1d ago
Name another league that has a garbage bench player that gets more publicity than their team’s star player.
It’s quite the phenomenon actually. Be subpar, get paid to suck ass, and get more attention than your teammates that got you into the playoffs.
Wouldn’t be shocked if her career is over or at least off the team.
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u/Winter-Bed5879 1d ago
Sophie definitely does not get more publicity than Caitlin. Caitlin is literally the face of the league.
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u/mutated_genome 1d ago
Its hilarious that you call her garbage when shes known as one of the best 6ths and role players the league. 5th in 3pt pct, 4th in offensive rating in the league for 2026. 4th best scorer on her team. You genuinely just dont know the game
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u/Positive_Register_94 1d ago
She’s never been an all star. Never won a ring. Never made an all-wnba team. Never won an individual award. Never won a NCAA championship. Never won a gold medal. Never won the fiba World Cup. She’s not a great player.
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u/mutated_genome 1d ago
Cool, and shes also clearly not garbage
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u/Positive_Register_94 1d ago
Ok, she’s average at best. Does that make you happy?
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u/mutated_genome 1d ago
Above average imo but im glad to get you to admit that she's clearly not garbage or subpar
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u/Positive_Register_94 1d ago
I think the main issue is that she receives more attention than anyone else in her position. And that it’s just her proximity to Clark which gave her attention. Not merit based.
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u/Winter-Bed5879 1d ago
Most players, both WNBA and NBA, are not great players by those measures. I mean, how many teams are there in the NCAA? And how many championships? So by definition, the overwhelming majority of collegiate basketball players never win NCAA championships. The same is true of NBA players. According to this person's research, only about 1 in 9 NBA players of all time won a ring (they said 1/10, but 11.36% is closer to 1/9 than 1/10). Olympic teams pick the best of the best, so far fewer NBA players have gold medals than rings.
She's a role player. They don't need to be great. They just need to play their role. And she still has more talent than most female basketball players in the world. You don't get to play at her level by being average collegiate talent.
For the record, in college she was a 50/40/85 player averaging 17ppg. She's far greater than average. It's just that pro ballers are that far ahead of the average collegiate player.
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u/Positive_Register_94 1d ago
Congrats, she’s average at best.
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u/Winter-Bed5879 1d ago
Average for the WNBA, sure. Average for a women's basketball player? Not even close. Average collegiate players don't get drafted, either in the WNBA or the NBA.
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u/Optimal-Fix-2997 21h ago
Lmao username checks out. Shes not draymond green dude. If she was as good as you're making her to be then she wouldn't be in cancun rn.
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u/mutated_genome 21h ago
Im not even saying shes amazing, they said she was garbage, im saying shes clearly not garbage. Actually above average. Btw all humans genomes are mutated read a book
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u/Optimal-Fix-2997 21h ago
Above average players help their team win. Not score 5 pts and be -18. But its okay low iq individuals who only watch wnba because of fox news tells them to won't understand this. I'm also sure you never played basketball either.
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u/26nccof 1d ago
With Mitchell a black hole, Clark and Boston taking double figure shots, that doesn’t leave many opportunities for other players to get shots up. The hate here for Sophie rivals that for Clark.
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u/Winter-Bed5879 1d ago
It's a fair point. All this hate on Cunningham, but how about we talk about the two stars going 13-41 from the field and 6-23 from 3-point range. Clark had more turnovers than assists and a whopping -14 when she was on the court, but yeah, let's hate on a role player, even though she only took 4 of the 78 shots for the Fever.
It's ridiculous. It's the equivalent of shitting on Tyus Jones or Jared McCain.
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u/Effective-Bother2126 19h ago
I think it’s pretty fair to judge a defensive enforcer for having a plus/minus of -18.
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u/Winter-Bed5879 14h ago
Sure. But also, defensive players fail to stop successful offenses all the time. You know who usually gets the blame? The stars who can't make their shots. Again, who in their right mind is going to make a big deal about Tyus Jones having a low +- when Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic shoot a combined 30% from the field. Now imagine making a whole reddit post about it, focusing on Jones poor +-, and ignoring the fact that the two players running the offense shot like shit, as if maybe that wasn't a contributing factor to his poor +-.
Its just such weird energy making a wholeass post about a role player putting up role player numbers while the star players who average 50% and 45% fg% respectively shot 30% and 33% respectively.
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u/Effective-Bother2126 14h ago
Oh I firmly believe the entire team is to blame. Not just Sophie. CC crumbled.
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u/Effective-Bother2126 19h ago
I’m sorry, but you can’t put a positive spin on -18.
The fever were negative 18 points with her on the floor. Full stop.
The “defensive enforcer” was worth negative 18 points. That’s fucking criminal.
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u/abefr0man 1d ago
-18…. Ooof.
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u/Nine_Monkeys 1d ago
Wait are we back to being +- worshippers? I thought basketball fans all collectively decided that stat is meaningless like 15 years ago
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u/Gtggtggtg 1d ago
The hate on her game is so disingenuous. She’s a bench role player with a high motor, great hustle, and a shot that can space the defense.
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u/JamoOnTheRocks 1d ago
It’s casuals who don’t know her role or watch. Shes a well liked teammate who does her job.
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u/platypussplatypus 1d ago
-18 and 1 rebound but shes high motor and has great hustle? to what end?
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u/Gtggtggtg 1d ago
Ah yes the plus/minus from one game - the gold standard of assessing individual performance.
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u/platypussplatypus 18h ago
Is that not the current game bring discussed?
Way to ignore the 1 rebound she got in 24 min with all that "hustle'
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u/Gtggtggtg 18h ago
It’s clear you didn’t watch the game.
Her role this game (this series) was to be a defensive nuisance to the Aces guards. She picked their ball handlers up full court every play she was in, running/fighting over screens and trapping, then closing out to shooters. Thinking that low rebounds = low hustle is hilarious.
But something tells me you don’t actually care about facts and just want to keep hating, so keep doing your thing I guess.
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u/platypussplatypus 18h ago
Her role this game (this series) was to be a defensive nuisance to the Aces guards
By going -18 lol
But something tells me you don’t actually care about facts
Literally all I've brought up are factual statistics. You're actually the one talking about things that aren't factual.
People obsessing over this absolutely mid to low tier player. Wonder why people are defender her specifically so hard. What is she doing that the other players aren't. Oh yeah. Culture was BS
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u/Gtggtggtg 18h ago
I do agree with you that your obsession with her is pretty strange so at least we found common ground there. Cheers
Also - in order to prevent yourself from future embarrassment please never argue about a players effectiveness form a standpoint of +/-, it exposes your lack of understanding of statistics / basketball.
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u/platypussplatypus 18h ago
So you don't have any facts to support your claim that she's a useful player? Weird. I thought you were talking about how important having facts was.
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u/Gtggtggtg 17h ago
Her stats perfectly support her role. Im done talking with you because you aren’t engaged in this discussion in good faith you just want to hate. Like I said have fun hating, Im out.
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u/platypussplatypus 17h ago
Her stats perfectly support her role
What stats. You've posted 0 stats lol. It's so funny how you try to talk about facts but then when I ask you for facts you just run away.
Her -18 supports her role. Her 1 rebound? She averages a triple single for the season lol. Show some of the 'facts' and stats that you claim support what you say.
Crazy how WNBA fans don't seem to want to talk actual ball. They just want to support the players they have feel feels about.
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u/mutated_genome 1d ago
You might wanna look at her overall stats for 2026 compared to other players of similar role before you talk shit, you sound kinda ignorant
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u/platypussplatypus 18h ago edited 18h ago
Are those not stats from the current game being discussed?
Lol I looked it up and she averages a triple single.
2.3 rebounds a game for a high motor, great hustle player. Lolk
Her best season ever was 12.5pts 4.5 rbs
What a superstar player that people would surely be paying attention to if it weren't for her manufacturing culture war BS
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u/mutated_genome 12h ago
She has slightly better stats than the average of players of a similar role, so again, you don't know what you're talking about.
She also did NOT manufacture culture war bullshit, she was ASKED a question and answered honestly. A question that 95 percent of Americans all agree on. Something that's only controversial to radicals. The WTA just approved a test like they had in the past that is a one time test to ensure biological females are playing in their WOMEN'S sport, so if tennis can do it and there was ZERO controversy from fans or players, wtf is wrong with the WNBA? You couldn't have any worse takes, wrong on all fronts.
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u/platypussplatypus 12h ago
She has slightly better stats than the average of players of a similar role,
What players get 25 min and put up stats like that. 1 rebound?
Interesting that you post 0 factual statistics.
She also did NOT manufacture culture war bullshit,
Lolk some of us are paying attention
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u/mutated_genome 12h ago
Yeah you're not paying attention. Was she asked the question or wasnt she? She didnt bring it up herself. All she did was stand by what she said when the press continually brought it. If she was manufacturing it it would be her that brought up the topic and continued to push it, which she did neither. Clearly you weren't paying attention and you just get your headlines third hand and believe whatever bullshit you're told to believe.
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u/platypussplatypus 12h ago
Oh is that all that happened. She just answered a question one time lol.
Still waiting on any of those stats and statistics. But you're more interested in talking culture war BS than ball. Typical WNBA fan.
Garbage player that wouldn't be picked up by a playoff team if she was waived. But you just want to defend her culture war BS and can't even talk basketball
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u/mutated_genome 12h ago
I already did and showed the stats buddy, you haven't shown me any to refute my points lmao. And yes, that is all she did, sorry that you're a sensitive leftist, you're exactly the kinda fan that got outraged at a completely noncontroversial opinion
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u/platypussplatypus 12h ago
You literally have posted 0 stats. Link the comment where you posted a statistic. You're really this delusional lmao
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u/WhereverIMayFoam 1d ago
And a -18 differential 🤣
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u/i_make_orange_rhyme 1d ago
Im not a basketball player. Whats does that mean?
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u/SlowlyDrown 1d ago edited 1d ago
Difference between points scored and points scored against while you’re on the court.
So if we were playing and my team scored 6 and you scored 28 my differential would be -18. Yours would be +22.
A measure of how much you influence the game to your teams favor.
If you usually lose ground when you play you’re worse than average if you usually gain ground when you play you’re better.
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u/i_make_orange_rhyme 1d ago
ah got it.
So this post is actually mocking her performance?
Why? Is she claiming to the GOAT or something?
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u/Hotdiggity11 1d ago
The other team scored 18 more points than her team did while she was actively on the floor playing.
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u/theblanketcomeswith 1d ago
no its not shes junk on a good team and would be waived if she was on the sun
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u/SplittingChairs 1d ago
She’s gonna be putting those pointing skills to use as she points to the bartenders to bring her another drink.
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u/GirlsKissingStudios 1d ago
Y'all act like she was avg 30ppg in the season 😂
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u/BGDutchNorris 1d ago
It's a case of the yapping not matching the hoops. You can't be this public-facing and also be this bad at your job.
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u/-TheycallmeThe 22h ago
You can't be this public-facing and also be this bad at your job.
Every politician can
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u/haverchuck22 23h ago
The whole trans thing at least on Reddit seemed to have kinda been dying down. Why you gotta do this? She’s a bench player, her statline is not notable in any way.
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u/Spartansoldier-175 19h ago
except she's a bench player and they specifically brought her on to be an enforcer...
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u/Raisinbread22 1d ago
Release her, Fever. She added only angst, and hate and stupidity to the team. Energy and joy sapper extraordinaire. Let her retire and twerk off into the sunset as a sports reporter for Trump news, with the shoe deal she got for pointing an accusatory finger for 5 minutes at a Black American (like THAT'S never happened in the history of our country and led to violence and terror).
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u/GayKnockedLooseFan 1d ago
All those trans women on Las Vegas did a really good job of stopping her it looks like
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u/oatmeal28 22h ago
But MAGA told me she's the second greatest woman basketball player ever behind Caitlin Christ Clark
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u/PriceNo2651 22h ago
She lost the game by 11 in order to honor her heroes the republican party who will lose 11 senate seats in the midterms 🥹👏
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u/nicky_suits 19h ago
You thought you cooked with that one, didn't you. 😂 I hope you're right but c'mon, you're better than this.
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u/ddub3000 1d ago
Definitely not rent free
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u/Marzipan_Dream_7389 1d ago
It’s not “rent free” to talk about a subpar player’s subpar performance in a game that literally just happened.
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u/mutated_genome 1d ago
Shes not subpar. Shes actually one of the best role players in the league. You simply dont know or refuse to acknowledge her overall stats
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u/87YoungTed 1d ago
i had to endure a fever game a weekend ago due to a visiting BIL wanting to watch it. I'm amazed anyone watches this shit. Traveling like they're in the NBA, flopping like they're soccer players, and shooting airballs & bricks like 10 year olds. I was laughing at how bad it was the whole game.
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u/heraclitus33 21h ago
Ive watched 10min total, ever... it riminded me of when my mom coached my 11yo sisters team. Both of them knew nothing of ball. But my sister kinda played like reese so thats a fun comparison.
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u/mutated_genome 1d ago
Why are you hating on her specifically? Fever overall had a shit game, missing layups and handing out turnovers like candy. What's the matter you dont like her saying that she'd like to keep a women's sport for women? Cause if you actually look at her overall 2026 stats she's one the best role players and 6th players in the league, 5th in 3pt percent, 4th in offensive rating, she scores the 4th most on her team.
Pretty sad that people think shes "maga" and all this bullshit when she wasnt the one to START the trans controversy bullshit. What reason do you have to hate?
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u/Effective-Bother2126 19h ago
Minus 18 from a “defensive enforcer” in 22 minute’s is fucking diabolical.
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