{"id":16977,"date":"2025-07-17T18:16:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/16977\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T18:16:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:16:14","slug":"11-lesbian-womens-basketball-couples-pulling-the-ultimate-power-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/16977\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Lesbian Women\u2019s Basketball Couples Pulling the Ultimate Power Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well my friends it is almost WNBA All-Star Weekend, when all the stars align and we\u2019re able to see so many of our faves on the court at the same time. I will say that this year\u2019s roster is a bit straighter than I\u2019d like, with only six queer players signed up to compete. But let us never forget that there are 43 current WNBA players<\/a> and a whole lot of gay former WNBA players and often they date each other, or date other basketball players from all around the world. In fact, let us take a moment to count them out.<\/p>\n

This list includes every basketball couple in which:<\/p>\n

Both have played or are playing basketball at the professional or collegiate level
\nOne or both have played or are playing for the WNBA
\nThey are still officially confirmed to be together<\/p>\n

Currently there are three confirmed couples in which both women are on WNBA teams \u2014 Natasha Cloud & Izzy Harrison, Dewanna Bonner & Alyssa Thomas and Dijonai Carrington & Nalyssa Smith. There are heavy rumors and speculation around Gabby Williams and Marine Johannes but neither have officially confirmed so I will let them preserve their peace!<\/p>\n

Paige Bueckers<\/a> (Dallas Wings) & Azzi Fudd<\/a> (U-Conn)
\n\"NEW<\/p>\n

(Photo by The Hapa Blonde\/GC Images)<\/p>\n

The two exceptional basketball players<\/a> have been best friends for years, having met in high school at a USA basketball camp and played together on youth national teams before ending up at U-Conn one year apart. When they look at each other, hearts and stars explode right out of their eyeballs, it\u2019s really something. The fan edits will make you believe in love again. Paige is currently giving it her all for the Dallas Wings while Azzi finishes her last year of school and picks out all of Paige\u2019s shoes.<\/p>\n

Nalyssa Smith<\/a> (Las Vegas Aces) & Dijonai Carrington<\/a> (Dallas Wings)
\n\"UNCASVILLE,<\/p>\n

(Photo by M. Anthony Nesmith\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Naylssa Smith and Dijonai Carrington have been one of the funnest relationships to witness as a fan. They\u2019ve been dating on-and-off since playing together at Baylor, and participated in one of the W\u2019s most viral lesbian moments in 2023 when Smith, playing for The Fever, helped the Sun\u2019s Carrington up with a little extra linger<\/a> like you would to someone you\u2019d had sex with. This year, Smith and Carrington had the brief opportunity to play on The Dallas Wings together and be Paige\u2019s gay aunties before Smith was traded to Vegas. But their love lives on!<\/p>\n

Alyssa Thomas<\/a> & Dewanna Bonner<\/a>, Phoenix Mercury
\n\"UNCASVILLE,<\/p>\n

(Photo by Erica Denhoff\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Alyssa Thomas and Dewanna Bonner started dating in 2020, as teammates on the Connecticut Sun \u2014 and Thomas proposed during the 2023 All-Star Weekend. Ahead of the 2025 season, Thomas was traded to Phoenix and Bonner to the Indiana Fever \u2014 but Bonner left the Fever in June and got picked up straight away by Phoenix. Isn\u2019t that romantic? Also, Bonner has twins with her ex, Candace Dupree, who was also a basketball player.<\/p>\n

Natasha Cloud<\/a> & Isabelle Harrison<\/a>, New York Liberty
\n\"tash<\/p>\n

via instagram<\/a><\/p>\n

Tasha is an elite defender, an outspoken activist and one of the W\u2019s biggest personalities, and in an interview this year, said that Izzy Harrison radically transformed her life<\/a> at a time when she was in need of refocusing, and also that Izzy is a \u201c\u201cbeautiful straight woman that fell in love with me,\u201d Okay then! They now have the extreme privilege of playing on the same team after both got traded to the Liberty (Cloud from Phoenix, Harrison from a year overseas).<\/p>\n

Breanna Stewart<\/a> (New York Liberty) & Marta Xargay Casademont<\/a> (Retired WNBA)
\n\"NEW<\/p>\n

(Photo by Elsa\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Stewart\u2019s wife, Marta Xargay Casademont, is a former player for the Phoenix Mercury and the Spanish National Team. They met playing professional women\u2019s basketball in Russia. In 2021, Marta retired from the sport \u2014 the same year in which she and Breanna got engaged, got married, and brought their first child, Ruby Mae, into the world. They had their second kid in October 2023.<\/p>\n

Courtney Vandersloot<\/a> (Chicago Sky) & Allie Quigley<\/a> (Retired WNBA)
\n\"LAS<\/p>\n

(Photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Known as \u201cThe Vanderquigs,\u201d Courtney and Allie met in Slovakia at the end of the 2012-2013 Euroleague season, and ended up on the same flight back to the U.S. to prepare for their upcoming season with the Chicago Sky. Eventually their friendship turned romantic. They hold first and second place for many of the franchise\u2019s all-time statistical categories and are the first married couple to win a professional sports championship together. While Courtney still plays for the Sky, Allie hasn\u2019t played since 2022 but officially retired in May of 2025. They welcomed their first daughter in April.<\/p>\n

Maddy Westbeld<\/a> (Chicago Sky) & Olivia Miles<\/a> (Notre Dame)
\n\"maddy<\/p>\n

via instagram<\/a><\/p>\n

Leading college women\u2019s basketball player Olivia Miles and Chicago Sky rookie Maddy Westbeld have been dating since college and co-parent a cat<\/a>! Miles was widely predicted to be the #2 pick at the 2025 WNBA draft, after a solid career at Notre Dame, but she opted out of the draft, entering the transfer portal and signing with TCU. But next year they will ideally both be playing in the WNBA and I think that will be very fun.<\/p>\n

Diana Taurasi<\/a> and Penny Taylor, Retired WNBA
\n\"HOLLYWOOD,<\/p>\n

(Photo by Amy Sussman\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Now-retired WNBA legend Diana Taurasi<\/a> (the league\u2019s all time leading scorer!) married her former teammate Penny Taylor in 2017, after eight years of dating. Taylor had their first son in 2018, and in 2021, her second pregnancy went past its due date and overlapped with The Phoenix Mercury\u2019s WNBA final games. In her post-game interview Taurasi told her wife, \u201chold it in babe, I\u2019m coming,\u201d and then flew home to Phoenix from Vegas to witness the birth. That\u2019s iconic behavior!<\/p>\n

Tierra Ruffin-Pratt<\/a> and Victoria Vivians<\/a>, Retired WNBA
\n\"two<\/p>\n

via instagram<\/a><\/p>\n

Vivians spent six years in the WNBA and now serves as assistant coach for her alma mater, Mississippi State Bulldogs. She got engaged to Tierra Ruffin-Pratt, formerly of the Washington Mystics and the Los Angeles Sparks, in 2021, and they are now married and very cute together!<\/p>\n

Candace Parker<\/a> (Retired WNBA) & Anna Petrakova (Retired Russian Professional Basketball)
\n\"candace<\/p>\n

via instagram<\/a><\/p>\n

Another WNBA GOAT, Candace Parker, delighted us all when she revealed to the world in 2021 that she\u2019d married Anna Petrakova in 2019<\/a> and they were henceforth expecting their first child. Parker met Petrakova, retired Olympian and former Russian Premier League player of the year, in 2012 while playing for UMMC Ekaterinburg in Russia during the WNBA offseason. They now have three kids \u2014 Parker\u2019s daughter Lailaa from a previous marriage and two sons they\u2019ve had together, Airr and Hartt.<\/p>\n

Mikaela Dombkins (Retired WNBL) and Leilani Mitchell<\/a> (Former WNBA, Currently WNBL)
\n\"TOWNSVILLE,<\/p>\n

(Photo by Ian Hitchcock\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Mitchell, a dual citizen of the U.S. an Australia, was drafted to the Phoenix Mercury in 2008 and currently plays with the Southside Fliers of the WNBL in Australia. Mikaela Dombkins currently coaches the Bendigo Spirit of the WNBL but also played for eleven seasons. Dombkins gave birth to their sun Kash in 2018, and their daughter Elle in June of 2022.<\/p>\n

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