{"id":299839,"date":"2025-11-22T15:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T15:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/299839\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T15:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T15:09:13","slug":"sophie-cunningham-drops-honest-take-on-michael-porter-jr-wnba-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/299839\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie Cunningham drops honest take on Michael Porter Jr. WNBA remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post Sophie Cunningham drops honest take on Michael Porter Jr. WNBA remarks<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Indiana Fever<\/a>\u2019s Sophie Cunningham responded to Brooklyn Nets<\/a>\u2019 Michael Porter Jr.\u2019s controversial take about WNBA<\/a> All-Stars hypothetically facing a McDonald\u2019s All-American high school boys team. Porter Jr. says the most talented high school boys in the country would beat a WNBA All-Star team or the United States women\u2019s Olympic squad.<\/p>\n

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Cunningham, who also attended the University of Missouri, Porter Jr.\u2019s alma mater, agreed with the veteran\u2019s\u00a0take, per her podcast, Show Me Something Sophie Cunningham<\/a> West Wilson.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I would say that\u2019s like probably true. I mean, it\u2019s probably true,\u201d Cunningham said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to be like unrealistic or delusional, like men are just stronger, bigger, athletic. Like they just are a different build. And if so, if you put them up against females, well, yeah, they\u2019re going to win, duh.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Cunningham, it\u2019s a biological stance that applies not only to basketball.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are a professional football player, basketball player, really any sport,\u201d Cunningham added. \u201cBut let\u2019s just take it basketball because that\u2019s where we\u2019re both at. Like to me, if you\u2019re in that elite level group, yeah, you should be able to beat the girls.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Porter Jr. has received plenty of flak for his take on top NBA prospects beating women already in the pros. However, given the athletic and physical advantages, Cunningham says the boys would be heavily favored.<\/p>\n

Michael Porter Jr.\u2019s controversial WNBA take\"Mike<\/p>\n

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Nets forward\u00a0Michael Porter Jr. said plenty over the summer,<\/a> making controversial statements about sports gambling and a hypothetical WNBA All-Star game against a McDonald\u2019s boys All-American squad. Porter Jr.\u2019s name was mentioned in many headlines over the summer.<\/p>\n

Still, Porter Jr. stood by his take<\/a> on WNBA All-Stars, he said, per LakeShow\u2019s X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m the biggest fan of the WNBA,\u201d he said. \u201cI have two sisters that for most of my childhood beat me every single day at basketball. Like, I\u2019m the biggest fan of the WNBA. I grew up with Sophie Cunningham. She\u2019s also from my [city], so we\u2019ve talked a little about just being able to chop it up and talk on the podcast and things like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fever guard Sophie Cunningham didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

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