Fever's Sophie Cunningham responds to backlash over comments about Cleveland, Detroit as WNBA expansion sites
Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham, Wnba chose Cleveland and Detroit as two of the next market.
The League announced that these two cities and Philadelphia would receive WNBA teams at the beginning of this week until the end of 2030, and that Cunningham asked players to question whether these cities be selected for expansion.
“I don’t know how exciting people are to Detroit or [Cleveland]”Cunningham told journalists on July 1.
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Cunningham explained his comments when talking to journalists on Thursday and defended the “blue -collar working people” associated with Cleveland and Detroit.
“First of all, I know the history of WNBA. I know that both of these cities have teams before, and they took us to our place, so I’m grateful for that.” “The only thing I really got was Broadway, the out -of -court lifestyle, and I think it’s really interesting. I think Miami’s interesting.
“I think it would be fun to buy some teams outside the NBA market.
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Cunningham also reacted to his comments.
“The people who swallow you will be the same people who pushed you down. And I always stay here for me. I think this was my personal opinion.”
Cunningham comes from a family of southern farmers.
A Five Part Feature Series Cunningham’s Missouri University Alma Mater told the southern farm roots of his family.
Cunningham learned to ride and drove four -wheeled vehicles to the family’s cereal silos.
“Most of our success is going back to what we’ve learned here,” Cunningham works on the farm. He said. “We liked to come to the farm to help. We learned how to work hard and work together. It strengthened us.”
Cunningham even had a special name for the farmer’s grandmother and his grandfather: “Maw Maw and Paw Paw.”
However, Cunningham proposed Glitzier markets for WNBA expansion in his first criticism of Miami and Kansas City.
Cunningham, “Like, where do they want to play? Where do they want to play? Where will they be excited to play fans and fans? I think Miami would be a great one. Everyone loves Florida. Nashville is an incredible city. Cunningham said. “I’m not sure what the thought process is there.
“At the end of the day, you do not want to expand our league very quickly. The teams are completely dominant and some of them are not. This is a difficult situation, but my man, I don’t know how exciting people are to Detroit or [Cleveland]. “
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