Napheesa Collier on toxic WNBA fans: “I feel like we’re trending in a really bad spot with that”

Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier recently said that a lot of WNBA fans express hatred towards the league’s players.

(via A Touch More with Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe):

“You know what is kinda surprising and disappointing, honestly? It is getting so toxic I feel like in our league with a lot of the fans going back and forth. Basketball and sports are supposed to be so unifying; and it is so toxic. Every game, it’s like hatred out there towards other players. And not just Angel [Reese] & Caitlin [Clark]: they’re the OGs where people will get so polarizing with, but it’s with everyone. People are just so nasty on there (online), and it’s like, ‘We’re playing a game. We are playing a game, and you are saying hateful things about players.’ I don’t know, that has been really surprising. I feel like we’re trending in a really bad spot with that.”