Sophie Cunningham says players are 'targeting' Caitlin Clark, mocks DeWanna Bonner amid pointing meme

Indiana Fever fan-favorite Sophie Cunningham made a blunt connection astir Caitlin Clark's attraction successful the WNBA by opposing players and referees connected Saturday. The sports satellite is successful an uproar aft Phoenix Mercury prima Alyssa Thomas punched Clark successful the pharynx aft a crippled connected Wednesday, and referees did not telephone a foul.

Cunningham besides spoke astir her caller viral speech with Mercury prima DeWanna Bonner, saying Bonner was "losing her s---" due to the fact that of however huffy Cunningham's now-famous pointing motion was making Bonner.

Cunningham archetypal insisted players are "targeting" Clark.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

"You spot the videos of virtually kneeing and cheapshotting [Clark] successful the throat... they're decidedly targeting her and the league and the refs bash thing to support her," Cunningham said connected her podcast Saturday.

Cunningham besides said she and her Fever teammates did not recognize what Thomas had done to Clark, successful existent time.

"During existent clip past night, I did not spot that happen," Cunningham said. "None of our squad saw it hap due to the fact that I committedness you if we would person seen that happen, we would person had her back."

"Unfortunately, this benignant of [expletive] happens each azygous crippled to her and the league and the refs bash perfectly thing astir it," Cunningham added.

Cunningham has besides go a viral fig for a abstracted infinitesimal from the Fever-Mercury chaos, erstwhile she repeatedly pointed during an speech with officials and Bonner connected Wednesday.

The clip rapidly became 1 of the WNBA’s biggest memes of the week, with Cunningham joking connected the podcast that her method foul was "the weakest happening I’ve ever seen successful my life" and explaining that she "didn’t accidental a word" portion "all I was doing was virtually pointing."

WNBA GRAPHIC OMITTING CAITLIN CLARK SHOWS IDENTITY POLITICS STILL COME FIRST

Indiana Fever defender Sophie Cunningham points astatine Phoenix Mercury forward-guard DeWanna Bonner aft an statement during a crippled astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis connected June 22, 2026. The Indiana Fever defeated the Phoenix Mercury 86-77. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)

"I couldn't assistance myself. I could not. She was losing her s--- and each I was doing was virtually pointing," Cunningham said.

Cunningham besides ripped the league’s promotion of Clark, criticizing the WNBA for leaving Clark disconnected a commemorative league graphic portion including Cunningham herself.

"It is simply a joke. It is simply a joke," Cunningham said. "And this is wherefore Kathy and the WNBA is getting lit up connected societal media due to the fact that you are leaving retired a generational [player], the champion subordinate to ever spell done WNBA connected this roster."

Cunningham added that the league should beryllium doing much to marketplace Clark and different Fever players.

"If they were astute they would marketplace this [expletive] retired of immoderate of us. They don't," Cunningham said. "That should beryllium Caitlin. That should beryllium Kelsey Mitchell. That should beryllium Aaliyah Boston. Like, wherefore are we putting random players connected there? I'm 1 of them...

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham of the Indiana Fever. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images)

"What we bash makes nary sense... Even the radical they enactment connected the commercials, similar they could, if they're truly trying to marque money, they are going to enactment radical retired determination that archetypal of each radical privation to see, that radical are going to bring attraction to, and they conscionable don't. They conscionable don't. I don't cognize what they deliberation erstwhile each that happens."