Beat 'em with the facts. The Detroit Shock, one of the league's original expansion teams who won three WNBA titles in 2003, '06 and '08, relocated to Tulsa, Oklahoma before settling in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in 2016. They are now the Dallas Wings.

Sophie Cunningham has opinions about the WNBA’s plan to expand to Detroit and Cleveland, and fans of the cities aren’t appreciating her comments. When asked about the league’s announcement that it would add the two teams in 2028 and 2029 — as well as one in Philadelphia in 2030 — the Indiana Fever guard was frank in her assessment.

The cities of Cleveland and Detroit have pushed back at Sophie Cunningham after the Fever guard questioned the WNBA's plan to expand into those cities.