00:00University of Miami has now got a big booster now, and it is Dana White from UFC.
00:06And I saw Sophie Cunningham going around with the cards, and she was like a ring girl.
00:12And I'm like, wait a second here, we got kind of like a cult star here.
00:15So, J.Y., I'm becoming a Sophie Cunningham fan.
00:19Is she good?
00:22Big Sills, great to be on with you as I end up my National Lampoon's East Coast vacation.
00:30Sophie Cunningham is, how can I explain it?
00:33She's not a star, but she is a definite rotation piece for one of the top teams in the WNBA.
00:41Big Sills averaging about 10 points a game.
00:43She is a 40, I think she's a 42, 43% shooter from three.
00:47So, she does her job well and knows her job well.
00:51The best part about Sophie's game is her teammates generally love her.
00:56Obviously, you see what she's done to protect Kaitlyn Clark.
01:01She's very popular in that Indiana Fever locker room.
01:04So, yes, she may not be the core player like a Kaitlyn Clark or a Kelsey Mitchell or a Leah
01:13Boston,
01:13but she's pretty damn important to not only that team, but that fan base as well.
01:20Do you see more personality starting to emerge in the WNBA?
01:26I mean, with more cameras on them and more exposure.
01:30Look, the storylines haven't been great for them, but still, as we all say, you know what?
01:36Bad publicity sometimes is good publicity because you've got eyeballs on your network and you've got eyeballs on your league.
01:43Are we starting to see more of these personalities start to come forward here so that they can promote?
01:51Big Sills, any publicity is good publicity for this league.
01:56A league that's been mired in losing money forever.
01:59And I think I see Big Sills with social media and how popular it is.
02:04I think that becomes another part of it that makes it more important to the league.
02:10So, yeah, I mean, Sophie Cunningham is a personality.
02:15Big Sills, is she one of the 10 best players in the league?
02:19No.
02:2020?
02:21No.
02:2130?
02:22No.
02:23Maybe top 40.
02:24But Big Sills, Sophie Cunningham is one of the 10 most recognizable people in the league.
02:32It kind of reminds me of, like, she's not Jeremy Lin, because Jeremy Lin, she's been doing it for years.
02:37But if you think about it, Jeremy Lin wasn't a great player, but he got on the run, but he
02:43became marketable, and everybody jumped on that and said anything.
02:46I'm not saying that's a deal with Sophie, because Sophie has had an extended really good career, but she's extremely
02:53popular in the WNBA, not just for her thoughts, but let's be honest.
03:00She's a very nice-looking young lady with good personality, so people gravitate to who she is.
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