​Chelsea Gray shared she received a racist message after she drew a foul on Caitlin Clark one day prior“The audacity to tell us as athletes to ‘shut up and dribble,’” Gray said of the message, which she said called her the n-wordThis comes after another player drew similar intense backlash for a different altercation with Clark during a gameChelsea Gray is opening up about a harsh, racially charged comment she received after a dust-up with Caitlin Clark on the court.The Las Vegas Aces guard, 33, and Clark, 24, got a bit physical during the first half of the Aces-Indiana Fever game on Sunday, July 13 when Clark sought to block Gray from scoring. Gray had drawn a foul on Clark for the play, but in the process she elbowed Clark in the stomach, drawing some criticism from onlookers. Clark protested the call, but ultimately she was given a common foul.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementOne day after the run-in with the Indiana Fever guard, Gray shared on her Instagram Stories that she’d received a racist comment in response, which called her the n-word.Chelsea Gray and Caitlin Clark during the game on July 12.Credit: David Becker/NBAE via Getty“This was a message I received after our game vs Indy yesterday,” Gray wrote on her story, and included a screenshot of the profanity-filled message. “People act like we just make this s— up. And the audacity to tell us as athletes to ‘shut up and dribble.’ ”The racist message towards Gray comes after another player, Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas, drew similarly intense comments after fouling Clark, who’s quickly become a major figure in women’s basketball.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementOn June 24, Thomas received a one-game suspension after the league reviewed her foul on Clark, which saw Thomas put pressure on Clark’s neck. Six days afterwards, Thomas said she had been receiving death threats for the foul, which was ultimately a “complete accident.”“A lot of us, myself included, didn’t even know the play took place until after the game. Now we’re being painted as thugs. There’s death threats out on us,” Thomas told reporters, per a clip on X. “It’s really unacceptable. It’s something that needs to change in this league and I’m just really sick and tired of it.”“It’s unfortunate that it’s come to this over basketball,” she added.Follow your favorite athletes on and off the field with PEOPLE’s free sports newsletter — sign up now!AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementFollowing Thomas’s comments, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a statement, “The WNBA vehemently condemns any and all forms of hate. The safety and well-being of everyone in our community is always the league’s top priority.”“We are aware of Alyssa Thomas’ comments, and what she and her teammates have experienced is completely unacceptable and not representative of the WNBA community,” Engelbert’s statement continued. “The league and our s