Sophie Cunningham Recalls WNBA Reality That Forced Her to Look Beyond Basketball Before New CBA

For all the attention that professional basketball brings, playing in the WNBA has not always meant earning enough to make a comfortable living. For some players, including former Indiana Fever Guard Sophie Cunningham, simply making it to the league was not even enough to guarantee financial security. “My rookie year, after taxes and everything, I think I made like $28,000,” Cunningham recently revealed on Thursday’s episode of the “This Past Weekend” podcast with comedian Theo Von . “I was making $28,000, and I was like, I need to get a job.