Seattle Storm blasted over 'distasteful' tweet just minutes after WNBA team's rookie suffers horrifying knee injury Social media blasted the team's account for their tactless response READ MORE: The new Caitlin Clark? Iowa's new star transfer arrives By Jake Fenner Published: 01:28, 4 October 2024 | Updated: 01:29, 4 October 2024 e-mail View comments The Seattle Storm drew the ire of their fans after posting a tweet about Nika Muhl's fashion sense moments after the rookie guard went down with a serious knee injury . Muhl was playing basketball with Besiktas in Turkey when she tore her ACL - ending her European season early. But later in the day, her WNBA team posted a montage of various outfits that Muhl wore throughout the season with a graphic that read '2024 Rookie of the Year All-LeagueFits First Team & All-Rookie Team'.
LeagueFits is a design-centric platform that highlights the fashion sense of basketballers both male and female. While the team took the time to celebrate the recognition for their budding point guard, fans blasted the Storm for the poor timing of the post. The Seattle Storm sent out this tweet celebrating Nika Muhl after a horrific knee injury Social media slammed the team for their lack of awareness surrounding Muhl's injury Read More WNBA rookie suffers horrifying knee injury and is taken off on a stretcher while playing in Turkey One reply read, 'This is not the time dawg,' while another said, 'not the time buddy'.
'This feels distasteful, idk,' wrote.