UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas and Indiana Fever coach Christie Sides both called for the abusive comments toward WNBA players to stop during their respective postgame news conferences following Game 2 on Wednesday night.
Thomas went as far as to ask the league to step in to do something about the behavior.
“In my 11-year career, I’ve never experienced the racial comments from the Indiana Fever fan base. It’s unacceptable, honestly,” Thomas said. “There’s no place for it. We’ve been professional throughout the whole entire thing, but I’ve never been called the things that I’ve been called on social media.
“Basketball is headed in a great direction, but we don’t want fans that are going to degrade us and call us racial names. I mean, we already see what’s happening in the world and what we have to deal with in that aspect. And we come to play basketball for our job and it’s fun, but we don’t want to go to work every day and have social media blown up over things like that. It’s uncalled for. Something needs to be done, whether it’s them checking their fans or this league checking, there’s…
