"This is too much": Sophie Cunningham highlights WNBA players and teams' agenda to rough up Caitlin Clark

Sophie Cunningham launched her new podcast, "Show Me Something," on Wednesday, and the first episode was packed with eye-opening remarks.

Cunningham addressed the physicality her Indiana Fever teammate Caitlin Clark has faced from WNBA players and teams. She also shared discussions from inside the locker room of her former team, the Phoenix Mercury, where players apparently expressed their intent to guard Clark with extra physicality.

"You have seen players in our league trying to toughen up Caitlin," Cunningham said. "Even when I wasn't on her team, I know the talks Phoenix had in the locker room like 'we are gonna show her what the W really is.'

"I get it to a certain extent like every rookie coming to the league that's how you are gonna treat them but there's just more for her. It's her second year and now we are on her team and I'm like what are people doing. It's just too much."

Since Clark entered the league last year, the level of physicality she’s faced from opposing teams has been one of the most hotly debated topics. Fans, analysts and even Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White have questioned why defenders consistently take a more aggressive approach against the former No. 1 pick.

Sophie Cunningham calls Caitlin Clark the undisputed face of WNBA

Sophie Cunningham didn’t hold back in criticizing fans, pundits and others who have attempted to downplay Caitlin Clark’s influence on the WNBA. In a fiery statement, the Fever guard declared that no one but Clark deserves to be recognized as the face of the league.

"It literally pisses me off when people are like, 'She's not the face of the league.' What?" Cunningham said. "There's really good well-known people in our league, I'm not discrediting them. We have a lot of bada**es in our league.

"But when people argue that she's not the face of the league, of if our league would be where we're at without her, you're dumb as s**t. You're literally dumb as f**k."

Meanwhile, Cunningham took the floor on Wednesday as the Indiana Fever secured an impressive 107-101 victory over the Phoenix Mercury without their star guard, Clark. Cunningham made a mark against her former team, contributing 12 points, three rebounds and one assist.