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Sophie Cunningham grabbed headlines on Wednesday. The Indiana Fever guard alledgedly had a relationship with Phoenix Suns CEO Josh Bartelstein, per an Indy Star report. Cunningham’s name appeared after Gene Traylor, the complainant, accused Cornelius Craig, the team’s head of security and risk management, of misconduct.
Cunningham promptly tweeted following the appearance of her name in multiple reports. She called Traylor’s statements “untrue and extremely hurtful.”
Jason Whitlock reacted to the former Phoenix Mercury guard’s message on X (formerly Twitter).
“Good stuff.”
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Whitlock often has lengthy responses or reactions to WNBA players involved in controversy. He did it with A’ja Wilson, Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. For some reason, he only had two words to say about the Sophie Cunningham issue. Still, he seemingly favors Cunningham speaking up against the allegations.
Unlike Whitlock, the Suns had a lengthy response to the accusation via Stacey Mitch, the team's Senior Vice President of Communications via a Forbes interview.
“The recent reports concerning Josh Bartelstein and Sophie Cunningham are entirely false and morally reprehensible. Let’s be clear about the origin of these claims.”
The Phoenix Mercury drafted Cunningham in the second round of the 2019 WNBA draft. She stayed with the team until early this year, when she was sent to the Indiana Fever in a four-team trade.
Fans react to Jason Whitlock’s comment following Sophie Cunningham’s response to impropriety allegations
Jason Whitlock has over 850K followers on X. It did not take long before his tweet gained traction and earned reactions from fans.
“Jason wishes this was true lmao!”
One fan said:
“For someone that likes to question these types of things, surprised you are taking this at face value. Why is she credible IYO?”
Another fan added:
“Man if this was Angel Reese this clown would have material for weeks, since it's a white girl its ‘Good stuff’”
@ANTHONY_WhatIf continued:
“You believed the allegations quickly against Joy Taylor, but as soon as Crocodile Dundee puts out a published statement you eat it up as truth like a Texas fair's cotton candy!”
@StandardCause commented:
“Weird tweet.”
Jason Whitlock rarely holds back in his commentaries. The Fearless host might still want to dig in more into the Sophie Cunningham story. For now, fans were surprised he hardly said anything about the allegations and Cunningham’s response.
