We interrupt this boring page of an old playbook — Miami over Cleveland, revolutionary idea — to bring you a silver lining: Cunningham’s Cleveland potshot will hasten the new franchise’s rise, even if it hurts fans’ feelings today.

Women's basketball legend Nancy Lieberman called out Sophie Cunningham after the Indiana Fever guard spoke dismissively of two cities that were recently announced as WNBA expansion destinations.

The Indiana Fever guard said she wished the WNBA "listened to players" on where the league should expand to, and offered her own suggestions.