SEATTLE — All-Star guard Jewell Loyd has requested a trade from the Seattle Storm, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday.
Loyd’s trade request, first reported by the Chicago Sun-Times, comes hours after the Storm announced that an external investigation into reported accusations of harassment and bullying by the team’s coaching staff had concluded without finding any violations.
The source confirmed to ESPN that it was Loyd who filed the complaint detailing the allegations against the Seattle staff.
“The Storm recently received internal allegations of potential workplace policy violations,” the team said in a statement provided to ESPN. “The organization retained an outside investigator to conduct an impartial investigation into the allegations. The investigation has been completed and there were no findings of policy violations or any discrimination, harassment, or bullying.
“To protect the integrity of the process, and to preserve confidentiality, we chose not to comment while…
