Sophie Cunningham, Queen Of Common Sense, Calls Out ‘Gender And Race’ Debate Over Lakers Fan Ejection

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The Queen of Common Sense is back on the mic as she discussed more “WTF” moments from the week in basketball.

Her potty mouth, not mine.

And there were a lot of head-scratching moments for the soon-to-be WNBA free agent Sophie Cunningham to digest on the latest episode of the “NoHesi” podcast.

Let’s start with Lakers star Luka Doncic initiating a courtside fan’s ejection from the Kings’ Golden 1 Center.

Doncic’s overreaction came a week ago after a white, male fan tossed the ball toward a black, female referee, leading to the Slovenian to ride in on his white horse and rescue Chelisa Painter.

“In this instance, this [male fan] clearly has probably never played in his life,” Cunningham said during Thursday’s episode with co-host Drew Hanlen. “I think a problem with our society is like, if that was a dude [referee], like it’s always gender and race. If that was a dude, no one would have said anything. It’s a female. Just let it happen. Like, just let it go.”

Luka Doncic helped get a courtside fan removed tonight after he fired the ball at an official.

Luka postgame: “He just tossed it really strong — the ball — toward the ref. I just asked him what the hell he’s doing.”

Here is the soundbite/sequence/removal. https://t.co/1iae3ByYi4

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) November 5, 2026

Of course, Doncic couldn’t let it go. Security quickly engaged and removed the fan from the arena.

Cunningham continued, “This was made a bigger deal than it needs to be. Who cares? Yeah, he probably should have bounce-passed it. Maybe he didn’t need to throw it too hard. The only reason he got kicked out wasn’t from the pass … it’s because Luka was talking shit and then Luka wanted him out.”

We see no lies told here.

Talk about an extreme overreaction — there wasn’t even a warning for the fan’s fastball! — in what amounted to an innocent mistake, if you want to call it that.

Both Cunningham and Hanlen also had their fair share of laughs on the episode as the duo poked some fun at the free throw shooting form of USF forward Kendall Puryear.

Seriously, the mechanics are a tough watch if we’re being completely honest.

“There’s no fixing this, you gotta scratch this and start from zero!” — Drew and Sophie talk about the viral free throw form from South Florida Bulls forward Kendall Puryear, who Sophie actually knows! ???? NEW EP JUST DROPPED EVERYWHERE! ???? https://t.co/eMib5nZN00

— No Hesitation Show (@NoHesiShow) November 12, 2026

For the finale, this video below from the women’s college basketball world might take the cake for the most bizarre clip you’ll see this season.

Have we ever had own baskets in two Division I hoops contests on the same day?

Northwestern State and New Mexico State completed the feat last Friday, even catching the TV broadcasters completely by surprise.

If you take a closer look on the second made basket, you can see multiple players celebrating before realizing their mistake.

Like Cunningham said, WTF.

Women’s college basketball players can’t stop scoring on their OWN basket ????

It’s happened TWICE today. https://t.co/e3qVrQq2cF

— BrickCenter (@BrickCenter_) November 6, 2026