Sophie Cunningham Claps Back At Wnba Fan Defending Wings Star Paige Bueckers

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Indiana Fever defender Sophie Cunningham knows erstwhile to enactment silent and erstwhile to speak up regarding her on-court play.

Even arsenic nan off-season is successful afloat swing, Cunningham still has a spot of occurrence nether her, moreover erstwhile it intends she is fiery toward comments connected societal media.

The latest illustration caught Cunningham disconnected defender erstwhile she posted a caller TikTok, which saw a instrumentality effort to troll her pinch a integer jab toward her and Dallas Wings defender Paige Bueckers.

The video was a series from a crippled betwixt nan Wings and Fever this past season, which saw a well-executed play wherever Cunningham pick-pocketed Bueckers for an eventual basket.

One TikTok personification took rumor pinch nan video and wrote to Cunningham successful nan comments successful a grounded effort to troll her.

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Dallas Wings defender Paige Bueckers (5) and Indiana Fever defender Sophie Cunningham (8) successful action during nan game

Aug 1, 2025; Dallas, Texas, USA; Dallas Wings defender Paige Bueckers (5) and Indiana Fever defender Sophie Cunningham (8) successful action during nan crippled betwixt nan Dallas Wings and nan Indiana Fever astatine nan American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images / Jerome Miron-Imagn Images

"Kinda looks for illustration a foul," nan instrumentality wrote.

Cunningham decided to retaliate.

"I’ll show you what a foul REALLY is," Cunningham wrote back.

Obviously, nan speech died location but it intelligibly demonstrated Cunningham's expertise to not fto trolls get to her, moreover astatine nan disbursal of Bueckers.

Cunningham called retired a discrepancy pinch really WNBA officials grip Bueckers, calling it retired connected her Show Me Something podcast this past August.

"But like, I emotion Paige to death," Cunningham said. "Do not get maine wrong, I deliberation she's a hellhole of a player, and would emotion to play pinch her 1 day. But those refs were giving her each freaking whistle last night. Like, you virtually couldn't touch her. Couldn't touch her. And that s*** is truthful annoying to me. And if you're gonna do that, springiness it to our guards. I conscionable dislike nan inconsistency."

Even though Bueckers and Cunningham person communal respect for 1 another, WNBA officiating is still a problem.

Whether it's phantom fouls, blown lane violations, aliases unnecessary fines for speaking retired against nan referees, each 3 issues are still prevelant that are yet hurting nan crippled alternatively than helping it.

If location is simply a WNBA season, though, Bueckers and Cunningham are going to beryllium 2 of nan biggest names passim nan full league. Both are polarizing successful their ain way, moreover though Cunningham is arguably a small spot much outspoken than Bueckers for amended aliases for worse.

The latest TikTok example, though, shows Cunningham's existent personality. No filter. No apologies, and personification whose connection is powerful capable to power an full fanbase.

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