{"id":715075,"date":"2026-04-21T10:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/715075\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T10:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:19:10","slug":"sophie-cunningham-gets-brutally-honest-about-her-fever-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/715075\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie Cunningham gets brutally honest about her Fever contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sophie Cunningham has never been shy about sharing her feelings, and she had a very honest reaction when asked about her new contract with the Fever.<\/p>\n<p>The guard <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/12\/sports\/fever-bring-back-caitlin-clark-favorite-sophie-cunningham\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">re-signed with Indiana on a one-year, $665,000 contract <\/a>on Sunday, but when her \u201cShow Me Something\u201d podcast co-host West Wilson asked her if the deal was better than she thought it would be <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/18\/sports\/the-exploding-wnba-salary-numbers-in-new-cba\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with the new CBA<\/a>, Cunningham almost immediately started shaking her head no.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNope? Okay, sorry,\u201d Cunningham\u2019s co-host and \u201cSummer House\u201d star Wilson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s okay! No, it\u2019s fine. It\u2019s tough, because I came off an injury, and I haven\u2019t been in front of any teams,\u201d Cunningham said. \u201cI had a lot going on this offseason. I was fully cleared, they had all the doctors, they had the numbers and everything. But if you don\u2019t get in front of these people, it\u2019s like, \u2018Hey, are you actually good?\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7385399;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39147620\" width=\"1024\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-323.png\" alt=\"Two people, a blonde woman and a bearded man in a beanie and headphones, in a video call.\" class=\"wp-image-39147620\"  \/>Sophie Cunningham admits her disappointment on her new salary with the Fever on her podcast \u201cShow Me Something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not even gonna lie to you, though, it\u2019s a little, kind of, frustrating. Because I\u2019m someone who, I kind of shoot it straight. If I wasn\u2019t feeling good or was hesitant, I think I would have said something and been honest. Because I\u2019m just at the point in my career where I just want to win. I just want to win. And so I\u2019m not going to put my ego in front of things. And I know it is a business, but I just think I\u2019m wired a little differently. I don\u2019t know. I just want to win.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham also added that the contract was a \u201cgreat wakeup call\u201d to not allow herself to get comfortable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it kind of lit a fire under my ass even more,\u201d she said. \u201cAt the end of the day, I\u2019m coming back from a major [injury]. Like, it was MCL. \u2026 So I feel good. I\u2019m shooting the ball well, I\u2019m mentally in a great spot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sophie Cunningham is not stoked about the contract she signed with the Indiana Fever in free agency <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not even gonna lie\u2026 it\u2019s a little, kind of, frustrating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa5: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShowMe_Pod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@ShowMe_Pod<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WlCvJ0fdQT\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/WlCvJ0fdQT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Grant Young (@GrvntYoung) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrvntYoung\/status\/2046343718811443595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39147646\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/8-plays-dallas-wings-second-125525945_954e5f.jpg\" alt=\"Sophie Cunningham (8) plays against the Dallas Wings in the second half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Aug. 12, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-39147646\"  \/>Sophie Cunningham (8) plays against the Dallas Wings in the second half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Aug. 12, 2025. AP<\/p>\n<p>She<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sophaller\/status\/2046413851055280549\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> took to X<\/a> to clarify that her gripe was not about the cash, but the term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m gonna shut this down right now,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI\u2019m not mad about the money\u2026. I just wanted more years because I love it here. I wanted to get a house so I could bring my dog and donkey to Indy with me. That\u2019s it. That\u2019s the truth. I think we have something very special here in Indiana!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham appeared in 30 games for the Fever in 2025 before her season came to a screeching halt after she suffered an MCL tear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham averaged 8.6 points per game and shot a career-best 43.2 percent from 3-point range\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The guard became a fan favorite in Indiana and was known throughout the basketball world due to her fierce defense of Fever superstar Caitlin Clark.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sophie Cunningham has never been shy about sharing her feelings, and she had a very honest reaction when&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,459,3748,66,458],"class_list":{"0":"post-715075","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-indiana-fever","10":"tag-sophie-cunningham","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-wnba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116442193067616200","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}