This is not the first time Alyssa Thomas has expressed her experiencing racist and degrading comments. Back in 2024, when the Connecticut Sun swept the Indiana Fever in the first-round of the playoffs, Thomas addressed the racist comments on social media and that something needed to be done:
“In my 11-year career, I've never experienced the racial comments from the Indiana Fever fanbase…It's unacceptable, honestly. 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.”