{"id":836592,"date":"2026-07-30T19:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/836592\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T19:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:55:15","slug":"angel-reese-paige-bueckers-punishment-decision-made-by-wnba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/836592\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Reese-Paige Bueckers punishment decision made by WNBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The WNBA has reportedly decided whether to hand down punishment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/angel-reese-dating-boyfriend-relationship-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Angel Reese<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/tag\/paige-bueckers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Paige Bueckers<\/a> after a video of the two making a wager on an upcoming Atlanta Dream-Dallas Wings game during All-Star Weekend went viral. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the video, Reese jokingly held up $400 to bet that Atlanta would beat the Wings when the two teams faced off in Dallas on Wednesday night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/angel-reese-paige-bueckers-betting-video-gets-deleted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">reposted by the WNBA before being deleted because of immediate backlash<\/a>. Wagering on games is strictly prohibited by the league, which opened Reese and Bueckers up to potential punishment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/angel-reese-paige-bueckers-betting-video-wnba-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WNBA clears air on Angel Reese-Paige Bueckers betting video<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite violating the CBA, Annie Costabile of The Athletic reports <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AnnieCostabile\/status\/2082870838085218348\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">there will \u201cbe no punishment for players.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-removed-fetchpriority=\"high\" data-od-unknown-tag=\"\" data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='elementor elementor-68004 elementor-location-single post-207578 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-wnba tag-angel-reese tag-atlanta-dream tag-dallas-wings tag-featured tag-paige-bueckers tag-wnba mv-content-wrapper']\/*[3][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[6][self::FIGURE]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"914\" height=\"1024\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/default-1629-scaled-e1785440506282-914x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-207492\" \/>May 29, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese (5) and Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers (5) hug prior to a game at the Wintrust Arena. Mandatory Credit: Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CBA states, \u201cAny player found by the Commissioner after a hearing to have been guilty of wagering (directly or indirectly), or of offering or attempting to wager, money or anything of value on the outcome, score, or any other aspect of any WNBA Competition shall, in the sole discretion of the Commissioner, be subject to a fine, suspension, and\/or dismissal and disqualification from any further association with the WNBA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/wnba-suspends-seattle-storm-celeste-keaton-sophie-cunningham-fan-exchange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WNBA suspends Seattle Storm co-owner for confrontation with Sophie Cunningham fans<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert apparently decided that the video did not go far enough to result in any punishment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement from the WNBA, the league claimed the video was \u201clighthearted,\u201d but acknowledged it \u201cmissed the mark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img data-od-replaced- data-od-unknown-tag=\"\" data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='elementor elementor-68004 elementor-location-single post-207578 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-wnba tag-angel-reese tag-atlanta-dream tag-dallas-wings tag-featured tag-paige-bueckers tag-wnba mv-content-wrapper']\/*[3][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[11][self::FIGURE]\/*[1][self::PICTURE]\/*[2][self::IMG]\" loading=\"lazy\" data-wp-picture-wrapped=\"\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/default-1630-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-207493\" \/>Jul 19, 2025; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Team Collier guard Paige Bueckers (5) and Team Collier forward Angel Reese (5) celebrate after defeating Team Clark in the 2025 WNBA All Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/subscribe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy free coverage of the top news &amp; trending stories with The Big Lead Newsletter <\/a>\u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The WNBA has reportedly decided whether to hand down punishment to Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers after a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[724,732,49,48,3459,60,4658,82,630],"class_list":["post-836592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-angel-reese","tag-atlanta-dream","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-dallas-wings","tag-featured","tag-paige-bueckers","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}