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 curen successful nan WNBA by opposing players and referees connected Saturday. The sports world is successful an uproar aft Phoenix Mercury prima Alyssa Thomas punched Clark successful nan pharynx aft a crippled connected Wednesday, and referees did not telephone a foul.

Cunningham besides said astir her caller viral speech pinch Mercury prima DeWanna Bonner, saying Bonner was "losing her s---" because of really huffy Cunningham's now-famous pointing motion was making Bonner.

Cunningham first insisted players are "targeting" Clark.

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"You spot nan videos of virtually kneeing and cheapshotting [Clark] successful nan throat... they're decidedly targeting her and nan league and nan refs do nothing to protect 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 because I committedness you if we would person seen that happen, we would person had her back."

"Unfortunately, this type of [expletive] happens each azygous crippled to her and nan convention and nan refs do perfectly thing astir it," Cunningham added.

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

The clip quickly became 1 of nan WNBA’s biggest memes of nan week, pinch Cunningham joking connected nan podcast that her method foul was "the weakest point I’ve ever seen successful my life" and explaining that she "didn’t opportunity a word" while "all I was doing was virtually pointing."

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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 nan Phoenix Mercury 86-77. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)

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

Cunningham besides ripped nan league’s promotion of Clark, criticizing nan WNBA for leaving Clark disconnected a commemorative convention schematic while including Cunningham herself.

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

Cunningham added that nan convention should beryllium doing much to marketplace Clark and different Fever players.

"If they were smart 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, why are we putting random players connected there? I'm 1 of them...

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

"What we do makes nary sense... Even nan group they put connected nan commercials, for illustration they could, if they're really trying to make money, they are going to put group retired location that first of each group want to see, that group 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."