{"id":184694,"date":"2025-09-27T06:13:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T06:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/184694\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T06:13:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T06:13:06","slug":"unrivaled-season-2-excites-wnba-universe-over-potential-stud-budz-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/184694\/","title":{"rendered":"Unrivaled Season 2 Excites WNBA Universe Over Potential Stud Budz Reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"

WNBA All-Star weekend has always been more than basketball \u2013 a time for the league\u2019s best to drop rivalries and just enjoy the game. But 2025 felt different. The spotlight shone on the skills and highlights, but also belonged to the \u201cStud Budz.\u201d Courtney Williams and Natasha Hiedeman turned the weekend upside down with their wild 72-hour livestream, packed with jokes, banter, and behind-the-scenes energy that had everyone hooked.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was streaming [Stud Budz] all last night,\u201d Caitlin Clark admitted with a grin, as she popped onto their livestream during All-Star. \u201cI had it on my TV downstairs. I was commenting.\u201d That magic could be cooking in Unrivaled soon.<\/p>\n

Clips from the \u201cStud Budz\u201d livestream exploded online, racking up millions of views across countless posts. At its peak, more than 20,000 fans were tuned in live,\u00a0 and honestly, it\u2019s easy to see why. But for Williams and Hiedeman, the fun doesn\u2019t stop at the All-Star break. The Lynx teammates, currently locked in a championship chase after last year\u2019s heartbreak in the Finals, have even more to celebrate. The duo is set to return for a second straight season in Unrivaled, the new 3v3 league founded by Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier.<\/p>\n

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And if the All-Star stream was any preview, fans will be expecting plenty more of the \u201cStud Budz\u201d magic when Unrivaled tips off. The excitement was clear the moment Natasha Hiedeman\u2019s participation was announced. Thousands of fans flocked to X to share their reactions.<\/p>\n

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Fans react to Natasha Hiedeman joining Unrivaled<\/p>\n

\u201cI need Natisha & Courtney on the same team. I will have it no other way,\u201d one fan demanded, and honestly, it\u2019s hard to argue against that. Who wouldn\u2019t want the full Stud Budz package on one roster? After all, this is the same duo that convinced Cheryl Reeve to hit the Shmoney dance, and the same duo who even got a Nobel Prize for peace shoutout from analyst Chaunt\u00e9\u2019l Powell.<\/a><\/p>\n

Last season in Unrivaled, Courtney Williams suited up for the Lunar Owls, while Natasha Hiedeman wrapped up her campaign with Rose BC. Will they get to link up together in the same team? For now, it\u2019s still a waiting game. The league has been slowly rolling out names on its official page, and the full rosters are yet to be revealed. Give it about a week, and we\u2019ll have a much clearer picture of where everyone lands.<\/p>\n

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Another fan added to the excitement, writing, \u201cUnrivaled know what they\u2019re doing. By bringing on T, you get Studbudz \ud83d\udd25.\u201d Sure, both players were part of the league last season, but with the \u201cStudbudz\u201d Twitch channel only launching in June 2025, this will be the first time fans get to experience them as a full-blown streamer duo in Unrivaled.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s honestly a good time to be in the Stud Budz eyes. With the WNBA riding a massive wave of momentum, Natisha Hiedeman and Courtney Williams have managed to carve out a spotlight that goes far beyond the hardwood. Between their chemistry on the court and their infectious energy online, the duo has become a marketing magnet.<\/p>\n

They have inked deals with heavy hitters like CashApp, DoorDash, and Sprite. Their joint Instagram page has already pulled in more than 119,000 followers, and their line of hot-pink-winged Stud Budz merch has fans showing up in style at both home and away games. The attention hasn\u2019t stopped there. Since their marathon All-Star Weekend stream, the two have popped up on the cover of Slam and tossed ceremonial first pitches at a Minnesota Twins game.<\/p>\n

So, Unrivaled could ride that pink wave, and tap into StudBudz\u2019s 81,100 Twitch followers.<\/p>\n

\u201cFull-time T! No more of that relief role for Hiedeman!\u201d one fan pointed out as another fan chimed in, saying, \u201cT should have won 4th Player of the Year last season! I\u2019m happy to see that she\u2019s back and officially official. \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffe\u201d\u00a0For those unaware, Hiedeman spent last year in the league\u2019s relief player pool, stepping in for teams hit by injuries. She suited up for Phantom BC and Laces BC before finally landing with Rose BC for the playoffs, where she went on to win it all.<\/p>\n

So, she suited up for three different teams across 13 games and averaged 7.2 points in roughly 9 minutes per outing. Her impact off the bench was undeniable, proving she could change the game in limited time. Interestingly, Hiedeman was also in the running for Sixth Player of the Year in the WNBA, but the honor went to Naz Hillmon\u2013her teammate from Rose BC.<\/p>\n

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Lastly, one fan wrote, \u201cT balled out hard for the Rose team so it\u2019ll be nice to see her officially on a team this year.\u201d In reality, that\u2019s a bit of an overstatement. Hiedeman joined Rose BC following Angel Reese\u2019s wrist injury, which sidelined Reese for the semifinals and finals. According to the Unrivaled website, Hiedeman ended up playing just one minute of playoff action, making her actual court impact minimal.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, fans are hyped at the thought of seeing the duo link up during the tournament. How excited are you? Drop your thoughts in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WNBA All-Star weekend has always been more than basketball \u2013 a time for the league\u2019s best to drop…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-184694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}