WNBA star Sophie Cunningham clarifies free agency complaint, wanted house in Indiana to bring her donkeys

Indiana Fever defender Sophie Cunningham connected Monday clarified comments she made connected a podcast astir her escaped bureau acquisition earlier she decided to re-sign with the team.

Cunningham said connected the "Show Me Something" podcast that the ordeal was a spot "frustrating" and explained the reasoning down it. However, she took contented with however a Yahoo Sports punctuation pic framed her remarks without adding context.

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Sophie Cunningham sits courtside during the semifinal crippled betwixt UCLA Bruins and Texas Longhorns astatine the women's 2026 NCAA Tournament Final Four successful Phoenix, Ariz., connected April 3, 2026. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)

"I’m gonna unopen this down close now," she wrote connected X. "I’m not huffy astir the money…. I conscionable wanted much years due to the fact that I emotion it here.

"I wanted to get a location truthful I could bring my canine and donkey to Indy with me. That’s it. That’s the truth. I deliberation we person thing precise peculiar present successful Indiana!!"

The Yahoo Sports station connected X said that Cunningham "was not thrilled astir the declaration she signed with the Fever coming disconnected of her MCL injury."

WNBA STAR SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM GOT BAPTIZED AFTER REJOINING CAITLIN CLARK ON FEVER

Indiana Fever defender Sophie Cunningham warms up earlier the crippled against the Connecticut Sun astatine Mohegan Sun Arena successful Uncasville, Conn., connected Aug. 17, 2025. (David Butler II/Imagn Images)

In the interview, Cunningham said it was pugnacious due to the fact that she was coming disconnected the wounded but she was incredibly engaged successful the offseason and didn’t person capable clip to amusement different teams that she was really OK.

"I was afloat cleared. They had each the doctors. They person the numbers and everything but if you don’t get successful beforehand of these people, past it’s like, ‘Hey, are you really good?’ And so, I’m not going to prevarication to you, that was a small benignant of frustrating due to the fact that I’m someone, I kinda sprout it straight," she said. "If I wasn’t feeling bully oregon If I was hesitant, past I would person said thing and been honest.

"I’m astatine the constituent of my vocation wherever I conscionable privation to win. I conscionable privation to win, and so, I’m not going to enactment my ego and everything successful beforehand of things and I cognize it’s a concern but I deliberation I’m conscionable wired a small differently. And so, I deliberation this is conscionable a large aftermath up telephone to not get comfortable. I deliberation it lit a occurrence nether my a-- adjacent more."

Indiana Fever defender Sophie Cunningham warms up earlier a crippled astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse successful Indianapolis connected Aug. 15, 2025. (Christine Tannous/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

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Cunningham re-joined the Fever connected a one-year deal. She showcased her quality to go Caitlin Clark’s enforcer past season, making herself a instrumentality favourite wrong and extracurricular of the WNBA.