Mercury coach blasts WNBA narratives but ignores Fever coach Stephanie White’s role in the mess

Phoenix Mercury head coach Nate Tibbetts lit up his media session Saturday, taking dead aim at the endless noise surrounding the WNBA.

But instead of addressing why players like Sophie Cunningham and Caitlin Clark keep taking hits from activists and mainstream outlets, Tibbetts rushed to the defense of Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White.

"It really pisses me off.

It's disappointing," Tibbetts said regarding the narrative around the league.

"This is a great league.

We've got great players.

There's great stories, great rookies, great teams.

We just spend so much time talking about the wrong stuff.

I don't know why that happens in our league.

It's disappointing.

I don't know who can help change the narrative.

Is it the coaches? Is it the players? Is it the media? There's outside sources that are trying to create division, and at times it's not a lot of fun." TEXAS LAWMAKER SAYS WNBA RESPONSE ON CAITLIN CLARK ‘FALLS SHORT,’ KEEPS ‘EVERY OPTION ON THE TABLE’ Tibbetts singled out the backlash directed at White after her limp reaction to a hard foul on Cunningham.

"We make it about basketball, but some of the things that Steph has to go through, that's wrong," Tibbetts added.

"There's no other coach in any professional sport that has to go through the stuff that she does, and I think of her a lot.