Sophie Cunningham has a sharp answer for men who think they can walk off the street and compete in the WNBA. When comedian Theo Von claimed on his show that he could score 8 points in three quarters against league talent, the Indiana Fever guard didn’t hesitate to set the record straight.

“He’d probably need to take a Cig break every time someone scores,” Cunningham said on No Hesitation podcast. “So I think I’d cook his a–. I think I’m skunking him,” the Indiana Fever star said, as she added, “Yeah,” when co-host Drew Hanlen asked if she’s taking down the podcast-cum-comedian eleven points to zero in a one-on-one game. 

Hanlen, who also trains NBA players, said that during workouts, out-of-shape men have told him that they would be MVPs in the league and they would average 20-30 points. But according to Cunningham, the phenomenon was not limited to gyms. 

It’s a running trend across sports media, where viral polls consistently show millions of everyday men genuinely believing they could win a point against a professional female athlete.

“I had an Uber driver, and it wasn’t under my name. And then once I got in, he was like, ‘I would break your ankles,’” she recalled. “Why do men have that mindset?”

To think that a random man who has played minimal basketball can score some points in the WNBA is ignorant. Having a height doesn’t warrant a basket. As Hanlen pointed out, none of them who claimed in his gym that they would be league MVP in the WNBA could score a layup without putting their feet in the paint. 

To put Von’s claims in perspective, this season, Sophie Cunningham averaged 7.9 points in the 2026 season with the Fever, and Von claims he would average more points than her.

“I think Theo was joking. I’m pretty sure, but other guys, there, there’s no way in hell that you were going to be doing any of that. You would just tell by the form of them running and the way they dribble. That they’re just full of s–t. But that’s the majority of men,” she added.

This isn’t the first time male overconfidence has been put to the test. During NBA All-Star Weekend, New York Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu went head-to-head against NBA legend Steph Curry in a 3-point shootout. Shooting from the deeper NBA line, Ionescu scored 26 points, which was a mark that tied the highest score of any male NBA player in the main contest that night.

While Curry narrowly won with 29 points, Ionescu proved that elite WNBA skill stands toe-to-toe with the world’s top men. If an NBA superstar needed his best effort to edge out a WNBA guard, average gym-goers and podcast hosts expecting to score with ease are completely out of touch with reality.

WNBA athletes spend their lives perfecting their footwork, shot selection, and conditioning. For any average guy to believe he can step onto a court and drop points on professional women isn’t just unrealistic; it’s just completely delusional.