{"id":276863,"date":"2025-05-20T13:22:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T13:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/sheryl-swoopes-brother-reacts-to-sophie-cunningham-being-accused-of-secret-relationship-with-suns-and-mercury-ceo\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:23","slug":"sheryl-swoopes-brother-reacts-to-sophie-cunningham-being-accused-of-secret-relationship-with-suns-and-mercury-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/sheryl-swoopes-brother-reacts-to-sophie-cunningham-being-accused-of-secret-relationship-with-suns-and-mercury-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheryl Swoopes\u2019 brother reacts to Sophie Cunningham being accused of secret relationship with Suns\u00a0and\u00a0Mercury\u00a0CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4924270\" data-slug-id=\"2525588\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sheryl Swoopes\u2019 brother, Brandon Swoopes, gave a light-hearted reaction to Sophie Cunningham being accused of having an affair with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/phoenix-suns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Phoenix Suns<\/a>&#8216; CEO, Josh Bartelstein.<\/p>\n<p>In a lawsuit filed by the Suns\u2019 former Director of Security, Gene Taylor, she alleges that she was racially discriminated against and claimed that Bartelstein and Cunningham were in a relationship.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>Bartelstein and Cunningham are yet to comment on the allegations. Reacting to this shocking claim, Sheryl Swoopes\u2019 brother posted a story on Instagram suggesting that the WNBA has turned into a reality TV drama.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI swear the W has turned into nothing but drama\u2026.reality TV smh\u2026.but killa don\u2019t blame him\u2026.she kinda fine\u2026 \ud83d\ude48\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude48,\u201d Swoopes wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Brandon Swoopes doubled down on his comments by posting a picture of Cunningham and complimenting her appearance:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFor all yall KILLAS dm talking bout she wack\u2026tuhhhhh yea ok\u2026 \ud83e\udd74\ud83d\ude02\ud83e\udd74\ud83d\ude02\ud83e\udd74\ud83d\ude02 ok I\u2019m gon yall.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sk-app-thumbnail\" alt=\"Brandon Swoopes' reaction to Sophie Cunningham\u2019s alleged affair with Phoenix Suns CEO.\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/54ee1-17477440886807-1920.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/54ee1-17477440886807-1920.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/54ee1-17477440886807-1920.jpg?w=190 190w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/54ee1-17477440886807-1920.jpg?w=720 720w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/54ee1-17477440886807-1920.jpg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/54ee1-17477440886807-1920.jpg?w=1045 1045w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/54ee1-17477440886807-1920.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/54ee1-17477440886807-1920.jpg?w=1460 1460w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/54ee1-17477440886807-1920.jpg?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/54ee1-17477440886807-1920.jpg 1920w\" alt=\"Brandon Swoopes' reaction to Sophie Cunningham\u2019s alleged affair with Phoenix Suns CEO.\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/54ee1-17477440886807-1920.jpg?w=640\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201200%201200%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/><figcaption>Brandon Swoopes&#8217; reaction to Sophie Cunningham\u2019s alleged affair with Phoenix Suns CEO.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sophie Cunningham was drafted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/wnba\/phoenix-mercury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Phoenix Mercury<\/a> with the 13th pick of the second round in 2019. She spent six seasons in Phoenix, averaging 7.7 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.<\/p>\n<p>In February, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/wnba\/news-sophie-cunningham-s-name-appears-bombshell-lawsuit-suns-ceo-josh-bartelstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Sophie Cunningham<\/a> was packaged in a four-team trade that sent her to Indiana. Cunningham is yet to make her 2025 WNBA season debut.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Fever HC provides crucial injury update on Sophie Cunningham<\/h2>\n<p>Cunninham hasn&#8217;t made her Fever debut yet as she continues to deal with an injury to her right ankle. Speaking after practice on Monday, Indiana coach Stephanie White gave a crucial update on the Fever star:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cShe\u2019s progressing well, and we see her every day with her movement. Every day we see her more confident, a little more balanced. I\u2019m sure Sophie [Cunningham] wants to play tomorrow, but she has to go through more tests to see if she will be ready.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>White finished by stating that she wants Cunningham to be at 100% since she doesn\u2019t want to take any risks at the opening stage of the season. 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