The Phoenix Mercurys’ start to this season may have already felt like they were stuck in second gear.
An incident on Wednesday involving one of their players and their car may have further solidified that.
Guard Sophie Cunningham detailed what happened to her on Instagram in the early hours of Wednesday after the team’s loss to the Seattle Storm that dropped the Mercury to 4-6.
Cunningham’s car ended up being towed, and she said she had to travel to some rural town in Arizona to retrieve it.
“If you want to know where I am, it’s around 2 o’clock. [a.m.]”I went to bed last night like 2:45 and yeah my car got towed,” she wrote on her Instagram Story, “so I’m in the middle of nowhere in Arizona with no way to go. So if this is the last time I see you all it’d be fun.”
But the trip wasn’t all a waste: Cunningham, 27, said he saw a number of motorcycles and dirt bikes that intrigued him enough to consider buying one in the future.
“Honestly, it’s pretty nice, I might have to go and get one for myself,” she said, adding that she has pink and orange writing on the windshield of her car and would like it to be removed.
However, everything seemed to work out in the end, and she posted a video of the inside of her car in her next story, although there was still writing on the windshield and what appeared to be caution tape on the wipers.
Cunningham, in her sixth season in the WNBA, is averaging 9.1 points and 5.1 rebounds per game, good for fourth and second in the Mercury rankings.
He finished third in the voting for the 2022 Most Developed Player of the Year award and will help the Mercury climb the standings, sitting in eighth place in the Western Conference and already on a four-game losing streak.
