Phoenix Mercury coach Vanessa Nygaard said before Sunday’s game at Indiana that the organization “will be making adjustments that maybe should have happened before,” regarding the safety of the team during WNBA travel.
Nygaard did not specify what that might entail, other than to say, “Right now, we’re going to prioritize the safety of our players.”
A Blaze Media YouTube personality confronted the team at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Saturday morning before the Mercury traveled to Indiana after playing twice in Arlington, Texas, this past week. The man, described by the WNBA as a “provocateur,” shouted questions at Phoenix center Brittney Griner while filming her and her teammates.
The league said Saturday in a statement that Griner has been approved to fly charter for WNBA games. Phoenix has not said why she was not doing so Saturday.
“I was hired to be the coach of the team, [I’m] not in maybe all of those conversations about those [travel] things,” Nygaard said. “I do know Phoenix as an organization, we follow the rules. And…
