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Kate Linklark Back in my sophomore WNBA season, I introduced some of my Indiana Fever teammate jokes.
Sophie Cunningham posted a photo on Instagram on Friday along with new fever teammate Lexi Hull, ahead of her first preseason game. Washington’s mystic. Fever acquired Cunningham from Phoenix Mercury in the offseason.
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Former Iowaguard and current Indiana Fever WNBA player Kate Rinklark will speak at a press conference before an NCAA college basketball game between Iowa and USC in Iowa City, Iowa on Sunday, February 2nd, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neighborgole, file)
Indiana Fever Guard Kate Rinklerk (22) will face the Dallas Wings in the second half of the WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis on Sunday, September 15th, 2024. (AP photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Gamer Clark had sent messages to two women.
“A little less tan. A little more bbball woman.” Clark commented. The statement received over 10,000 likes.
Cunningham was making his own joke.
“The tan is coming… Everything else is puff,” Cunningham wrote in a photo of Clark.
Cunningham praised Clark when she joined the fever.
“We’ve talked a lot in the last few months since I was traded. She’s just a good person,” Cunningham said. Fox News Digital Clark’s in April. “I think she has humor for her, she has wit for her. Everyone I spoke to said she’s a great teammate. She just wants to win, right?”
She said she believes Indiana’s “style of play” is what she thrives and if the chemistry of the court is there, the team will be a good chance to win the championship.
Indiana Fever Sophie Cunningham (8) embraces Indiana Fever Kate Rinklerk (22) during a preseason game between Indiana Fever and the Washington Mystics at Gainbridge Field House in Indianapolis on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (via Grace Smith/Indystar/USA Today network imaging images)
Lexie Hull of Indiana Feverguard will be photographed on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at Indiana Fever Media Day at Gainbridge Field House in Indianapolis. (Grace Smith-Usa Today Network via Imaging Images)
“I’m just excited [Clark’s] Competitiveness. I’m excited about everything she brings to the table. But again, I’m excited about everyone, right? You also have Kelsey Mitchell. He is also a veterinarian, he has been there for years and has a player. And for me, it’s a fresh breeze as it’s the first new team in six years just to become part of something for the first time. That’s what I needed. It’s been redoing and is focusing again on my energy. And again, like the end of the day, I just want to win. I want a championship, but I think this is the right team. ”
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28-year-old Cunningham was chosen By Phoenix He became one of the league’s most popular players in the second round of the 2019 WNBA Draft. She has appeared in 182 games, averaging 7.7 points per game, totaling 2.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists.
Paulina Dedaj of Fox News contributed to this report.
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