Two-time WNBA champion DeLisha Milton-Jones and espnW columnist Mechelle Voepel join OTL to react to former player Candice Wiggins' allegations that she was bullied and that opponents tried to injure her because she was popular and heterosexual. (3:26)

WNBA president Lisa Borders released a statement Thursday afternoon in response to remarks published Monday in the San Diego Union-Tribune concerning former player Candice Wiggins' experience in the league.

"When I first read the comments from retired WNBA player Candice Wiggins, I was stunned and disappointed," Borders said. "In my time with the league and my capacity as a fan before that, I've had the pleasure of getting to know a group of highly competitive women who are driven to succeed at the highest level on the court and constantly striving to help create opportunity for all members of their communities.

"When I first read the comments from retired WNBA player Candice Wiggins, I was stunned and disappointed. In my time with the league and my capacity as a fan before that, I've had the pleasure of getting to know a group of highly competitive women who are driven to succeed at the highest level on the court and constantly striving to help create opportunity for all members of their communities." WNBA president Lisa Borders

"In keeping with that, I've found our players to be earnest, heartfelt and eloquent in their responses to Candice's comments and, as always, clear in their commitment to our league's core values of diversity, inclusion and respect. Of course, it concerns me if any of our players do not have a positive experience, and I hope that anyone who feels uncomfortable would reach out to me or others in the league office."

Borders became the WNBA's fourth president in February 2016. Previously, she worked as vice president of global community affairs for Coca-Cola and was also president of the Atlanta City Council from 2004 to 2010. Borders also worked for the Henry W. Grady Health System Foundation.

Wiggins told the Union-Tribune that the WNBA had a "very, very harmful" culture and that she was bullied throughout her WNBA career from 2008 to 2015. She alleged that she was mistreated because she was straight.

"Me being heterosexual and straight, and being vocal in my identity as a straight woman, was huge," Wiggins said in the Union-Tribune. "I would say 98 percent of the women in the WNBA are gay women. It was a conformist type of place. There was a whole different set of rules they [the other players] could apply."

In a follow-up story in the Union-Tribune, Wiggins said she used the figure of 98 percent to be "illustrative."

"It was my way to illustrate the isolation that I felt personally," Wiggins said. "I felt like the 2 percent versus the 98 percent. It felt that way to me. And it's not just the players. It was the coaches. It was the leaders."

During her WNBA career, Wiggins played for three male head coaches, including former NBA star Bill Laimbeer in New York.

The Union-Tribune did not quote any other players or coaches in its stories on Wiggins. Multiple WNBA players and coaches since Monday have utilized interviews with media and social media to dispute Wiggins' contention that there is a bullying culture in the WNBA.

Thursday's statement from Borders, however, was the first from the WNBA's leadership.