{"id":881859,"date":"2026-09-03T12:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/881859\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T12:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:10:08","slug":"i-love-this-duo-wnba-fans-go-crazy-for-a-new-womance-on-team-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/881859\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I love this duo&#8217; &#8211; WNBA fans go crazy for a new womance on Team USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Despite most of the attention being around Caitlin Clark, fans are really starting to take notice of the budding friendship between Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese.<\/p>\n<p>Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese share a long history dating back to high school AAU battles and USA Basketball junior squads. <\/p>\n<p>They competed against each other in college, with Reese\u2019s LSU defeating Bueckers\u2019 UConn, and we\u2019ve seen them joking together on the court in the WNBA. <\/p>\n<p>And now it looks like their friendship is blossoming on the international stage with Team USA. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"grv-tpwp-permalink-overlay\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/talkingpoints\/talk-wnba\/795421eb-fans-think-caitlin-clark-was-robbed-of-pl\/\" aria-label=\"Fans think Caitlin Clark was robbed of Player of the Week - tell us what you think \ud83d\udc47\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">        Fans think Caitlin Clark was robbed of Player of the Week \u2013 tell us what you think \ud83d\udc47 <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Angel Reese: 14ppg, 3.7apg, 17.7rpg<br \/>\nCaitlin Clark: 35.5ppg, 11apg, 4rpg<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/paige-bueckers\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/paige-bueckers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paige Bueckers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/angel-reese\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/angel-reese\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Angel Reese<\/a>\u2018s playful Team USA bench interactions sparked joy, turning their into fans\u2019 favorite new womance, as videos emerged of the pair on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The pair can be seen mocking each other\u2019s celebrations in WNBA games, laughing and joking.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reese\u2019s was smart asf for building a partnership around Paige and Angel. They recognized the organic chemistry, genuine friendship, and the fact that fans LOVE seein these two together, and turned that into a special, successful brand opportunity. If companies are smart, they\u2019ll\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jSyLGqqQXd\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/jSyLGqqQXd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Swift (@Goodfella_100) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Goodfella_100\/status\/2095266646986273163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">September 2, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>One fan said: \u201cPB and Angel are soo cute together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MORE PAIGE BUECKERS STORIES<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love this duo.\u201d Said another supporter.<\/p>\n<p>This fan even made up a new nickname for them: \u201cMore paigel content omg this is giving me life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another predicted they could even end up on the same WNBA team: \u201cLove them. If they stay in the league long enough they just might end up playing together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is sisterly love. I love their friendship and interaction.\u201d Said another.<\/p>\n<p>Amid all the political debates and transgender issues that are going on in the WNBA right now, it\u2019s great to see social media focus on positives and just having fun, which is exactly how it should be.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n<p>   <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Despite most of the attention being around Caitlin Clark, fans are really starting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":881860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[724,49,48,4658,82,630],"class_list":["post-881859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-angel-reese","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-paige-bueckers","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881859","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=881859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/881860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}