{"id":897645,"date":"2026-09-16T07:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T07:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/897645\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T07:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T07:46:11","slug":"nbas-stance-on-sophie-cunninghams-adam-silver-claim-about-wnba-commissioner-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/897645\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA&#8217;s stance on Sophie Cunningham&#8217;s Adam Silver claim about WNBA Commissioner revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham has made a major claim about NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.<\/p>\n<p>The WNBA is currently in search of its next commissioner in light of Cathy Engelbert\u2019s retirement announcement at the end of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>While the league\u2019s search is underway, Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham has been actively sharing her views on what the next WNBA Commissioner should be like.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, Cunningham claimed she would be a good commissioner for the W. Now, the Fever sharpshooter has once again made headlines for bringing NBA Commissioner Adam Silver into the conversation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2266477205-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Silver, commissioner of the National Basketball Association, watches the game during the second half between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Utah Jazz at Moda Center.\" class=\"wp-image-2538665\" \/>Photo by Soobum Im\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham recently claimed that she had a conversation with Silver about how he runs the NBA and how the W should approach the search for its next commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, Silver is known to actively engage with the biggest names in the NBA, but talking to Cunningham seems a bit far-fetched.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the only way to confirm if the conversation happened or not would be if the NBA releases a statement on the matter, which the league has declined, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fever-wnba-sophie-cunningham-commissioner-95cfcda3780bb26598c74dd4a70606d1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">per Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSilver has a long history of speaking with players about various topics in the NBA or the WNBA, though the NBA declined to specifically address what Silver and Cunningham discussed,\u201d AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>This doesn\u2019t prove that Cunningham has lied about her conversation with Silver, but it\u2019ll certainly force fans to take it with a pinch of salt.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=hitc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Add to Preferred Sources <\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham has made a major claim about NBA Commissioner&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[23867,49,48,2803,10879,82,630],"class_list":["post-897645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-adam-silver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-indiana-fever","tag-sophie-cunningham","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}