Five-time All-Star in the WNBA When Alyssa Thomas talked about the mean things Indiana Fever fans said to her, she didn’t hold back.
As the Connecticut Sun beat Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever in the first round of the playoffs, Thomas called out Indiana fans for their “racist comments” during the game and the whole WNBA season.
Thomas said, “To be honest, it’s been a bunch of nonsense.” “In my 11-year career, I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything like the racist comments from Indiana Fever fans.” Sincerely, it’s not okay, and it has no place there. We’ve been polite throughout the entire thing, but I’ve never been called the things I’ve been called on social media, and there’s no place for it.
“Basketball is headed in a great direction. But we don’t want people that are going to degrade us and call us racial things. We already see what happens in the world and what we have to deal with in that part. We come to play hoops for our job, and it’s fun, but we don’t want to go to work every day and have social media blow up over things like that. t’s uncalled for and something needs to be done, whether it’s them checking their people, or this league checking [it], there’s no time for it anymore.”
Alyssa Thomas Has Been Outspoken Throughout Indiana Fever Playoff Series
Thomas’ words come just days after she called out Connecticut Sun ownership for its mistreatment of players. Connecticut players were made to split their practice court with a birthday party for a young child the day before their series with the Fever started.
As for her specific comments about racial abuse, it has sadly been a lowlight of an otherwise fantastic WNBA season. “Fans” of Clark and fellow rookie Angel Reese have used basketball to co-opt larger discussions about race, and it’s regularly turned nasty.
The WNBA has only recently begun to address the problem. But it may largely be out of the league’s hands.
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