The WNBA is growing at a rapid pace, but unfortunately, league officials continue to make blunders that anger fans.
On Sunday, Kelsey Plum won the WNBA All-Star MVP after putting on an impressive performance against the league’s top players.
KELSEY PLUM NAMED #WNBALLSTAR GAME MVP 🏆
30 PTS
3 AST
2 REB
12/18 FGBall out, @Kelseyplum10. pic.twitter.com/wr0qKg0pci
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) July 10, 2022
Kelsey Plum is your #WNBAAllStar Game MVP 🏆 pic.twitter.com/WaFHv17gjz
— espnW (@espnW) July 10, 2022
Fans immediately noticed that Plum was awarded a tiny trophy for her efforts.
Look at the trophy fam https://t.co/gLsYTtVTku
— Hielo (@OfficiallyIce) July 10, 2022
Fans went on to rip the WNBA to shreds for disrespecting their players with a trophy of that size.
Gave that woman a Sippy Cup https://t.co/LOOK0cycYv
— ⚜️The B-U-N™⚜️ (@BayouBun) July 10, 2022
They grimey as hell for this https://t.co/3GTGmOoU4v
— Dom2K 🎅 (@Dom_2k) July 11, 2022
https://twitter.com/flippedhatnupe/status/1546262649918341122
Somebody gotta answer for this man!!!! This is not right!!! How the hell the NBA have an all star MVP trophy like this for the WNBA?? Am I tripping or is this a tea cup. Please tell me I'm wrong. #NeedAnswers https://t.co/TQxPwGIdUB
— Ron Slay (@TheRonSlay) July 11, 2022
Shit like this is wack. The WNBA don’t need to be a billion dollar corporation to do better by the players. Her HS state title probably look better than this trophy https://t.co/1Y6EXma1P3
— Bask (@baskgod) July 10, 2022
The WNBA could have gone to Amazon and bought a better looking trophy pic.twitter.com/zfMDBSZSDh
— UrbanTakeOne (@UrbanTake_001) July 10, 2022