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Indiana Fever guard Lexie Hull broke her silence on the time DeWanna Bonner abruptly left her team. During the start of the 2025 WNBA season, Bonner suited up for the Fever. She would go on to play nine games with Indiana before suddenly asking to be traded.Eventually, the Fever waived Bonner's contract, which allowed the Phoenix Mercury to pick her up immediately after. While Bonner made her feelings clear about why she wanted to make the switch, Hull and the other Fever players were genuinely confused.Lexie Hull mentioned how excited she was to have the veteran on their team. She was looking forward to learning from DeWanna Bonner. “I was super, super, super excited because finally there's a (player in my position) that I can look up to… I can learn something from her,” Hull says. “And then she randomly leaves, and we're all just kind of like, ‘What happened?’ We were never given an explanation. To have no explanation was really challenging.”Fans on social media shared their thoughts on Hull's sentiments regarding Bonner's abrupt exit. Here's what some fans had to say on X:Lexie @truelexiefrLINK@caitlinclarksty Never forgiving DB for also yelling at Lexie calling her a bum. Never.Wu Wei Dragon @Wu_Wei_DragonLINK@caitlinclarksty 🤔 Her and her boo planned this before she signed with the Fever , Phoenix didn’t have the cap space so she signed with Indiana long enough to lower her seasonal salary to fit under the cap , then demanded a trade but only to Phoenix or be cut , taking a big dump on the Fever ,Parzival @ROTK_LINK@caitlinclarksty Part of me believes this was plan all along sign with them and then destabilize them from within in. That’s how shady the veterans are in this league I wouldn’t put it past themUnbiased WNBA @unbiasedwnbaLINK@caitlinclarksty It's wild how Lexie doesn't know what happened with Dequitta but every arm chair Fever hater on her swore they didnumero1xfreak @numero1xfreakLINK@caitlinclarksty This seems like a real miss by the front office. Not explaining it to those outside the team is not great but kind of understandable. Not even explaining the situation to the players and team is really weird.Ella @MiskaSapra_siLINK@caitlinclarksty I'm glad she's speaking the truth. I wish they won't come after her like they did to Sophie.Why did DeWanna Bonner leave the Fever?When DeWanna Bonner suddenly decided to ask for a trade from the Indiana Fever, it had the entire team questioning what happened. Many speculated that it could be because her partner, Alyssa Thomas, is playing for the Phoenix Mercury. Others assumed that maybe Bonner wasn't happy with her role in Indiana.However, a week after signing with the Mercury, Bonner explained her side of the story and why she made the decision abruptly. To Bonner, it was more of the familiarity she was longing for. "I mean it's home," Bonner said. "I know I'm going to get the love, the support. Obviously I know a lot of girls on the team, a lot of ladies on the team. Just excited to be back home, some familiarity around the city and the town. I don't even know, I just got here like yesterday so everything's just kind of sinking in. I just wanted to be back home."Prior to her most recent stint with the Mercury, DeWanna Bonner started her career in Phoenix and played for 10 seasons before moving to the Connecticut Sun in 2020.
