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The WNBA<\/a> has experienced unprecedented growth and attention over the past few seasons.<\/p>\n

New York Liberty<\/a> guard Natasha Cloud reflected on how players have wielded the league\u2019s growing influence, particularly during the 2020 season. That year marked the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, while incidents of police brutality sparked social justice and equality protests across the U.S., bringing the height of the Black Lives Matter movement to the forefront.<\/p>\n

That summer, in the bio-secure bubble in Florida, players across the WNBA used their platforms to display activism. Cloud was among those who spoke out.<\/p>\n

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She credited WNBA players with being leading voices and helping preserve democracy in America at a pivotal moment.<\/p>\n

“I just wish that during this time we would have a little bit more voices from our league because there was a point where we saved democracy in 2020, and no one wants to give us that. But you were one of the heads of leading that and doing it in a very loud and harsh way, but a very subtle and graceful way,” Cloud said during a recent appearance on “A Touch More<\/a> with Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe.<\/p>\n

“Which really just galvanized and impacted the sports world to do the same, and it put pressure on people.”<\/p>\n

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While Cloud views 2020 as a hallmark year, she also expressed concerns about the decline she’s seen in advocacy in today’s WNBA.<\/p>\n

“Every part of activism is important,” Cloud said. “I just don\u2019t want to lose that as the W because we always have been on the forefront, and I would say, like, the last two or three years I\u2019ve seen us kind of fall back for the protection of obviously our families and how we provide for our families.”<\/p>\n

Cloud averaged 10.1 points and 5.1 assists per game in her first season with the Liberty. She joined the Phoenix Mercury<\/a> in 2024 and spent the first eight seasons of her WNBA career with the Washington Mystics. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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