Caitlin Clark ribs Fever teammates ahead of first preseason game of 2025 season

WNBA star Sophie Cunningham spoke to Fox News Digital about her offseason trade to the Indiana Fever and her hopes for the upcoming season. 

Caitlin Clark returned for her sophomore WNBA season with some jokes for her Indiana Fever teammates.

Sophie Cunningham posted a photo with her new Fever teammate Lexie Hull on Instagram on Friday ahead of their first preseason game against the Washington Mystics. The Fever acquired Cunningham from the Phoenix Mercury in the offseason.

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Former Iowa guard and current Indiana Fever WNBA player Caitlin Clark speaks during a news conference before an NCAA college basketball game between Iowa and USC, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Iowa City, Iowa.  (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) plays against the Dallas Wings in the second half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Ever the gamer, Clark had a message for the two women.

"Little less tanning. A little more bball ladies," Clark commented. The remark received more than 10,000 likes.

Cunningham had jokes of her own.

"The tan will come… everything else is perf," Cunningham wrote on Clark's photo.

Cunningham spoke highly of Clark as she joined the Fever.

"We've talked quite a bit in the past couple of months since I've gotten traded, and she's just a good human," Cunningham told Fox News Digital of Clark back in April. "I think she has humor to her, she has wit to her. Everyone that I've talked to said that she's a great teammate. She just wants to win, right?"

She said that she believes Indiana’s "style of play" is something she thrives in and that if the chemistry on the court is there,