Indiana Fever’s Sophie Cunningham clarifies contract comments
Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham clarified comments she made on her podcast about being disappointed with her 2026 contract — a one-year deal worth $665,000 — saying Tuesday that she had only hoped for a longer deal. Cunningham is the fifth-highest-paid player by the Fever and is on a protected contract, one of six Indiana is permitted to sign. “I just wanted to be somewhere for more than one year.
I’m almost 30 years old. I want to have a home. I want to get established, and I would love to get established in a place like Indiana,” she told reporters at the Fever’s training camp Tuesday morning.
“We have such a good time. When you find a group of girls who make you fall in love with basketball again, and you enjoy it, and you enjoy not only on the court but off the court, you want to hold on to that. ” Cunningham, 29, is entering her eighth season in the league.
She spent her first six seasons with the Phoenix Mercury after being drafted in the second round of the 2019 WNBA Draft. In the 2025 offseason, as a free agent, she signed with the Fever on a one-year deal — a decision shared by the vast majority of free agents, given the impending collective bargaining agreement negotiations and an expected jump in salaries. On Monday’s episode of Cunningham’s podcast, “Show Me Something,” which she co-hosts with friend and reality TV star West Wilson, she said, “It was close,” when asked if her contract was better than she had thought it would be.
She didn’t specify her hopes for contract terms, but she acknowledged it was “tough” because she was coming off an MCL injury that required surgery in mid-August. “I haven’t been in front of any teams,” Cunningham said on the podcast. “I had a lot going on this offseason.
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