{"id":63309,"date":"2025-08-06T19:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/63309\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T19:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:29:11","slug":"menace-of-wnba-hoops-fans-react-as-paige-bueckers-mocks-jonquel-jones-in-latest-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/63309\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Menace of WNBA&#8221;: Hoops Fans React As Paige Bueckers Mocks Jonquel Jones in Latest Matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paige Bueckers has already accumulated a few viral moments in her young WNBA career, but this time it was without a bucket.<\/p>\n<p>A recent video by ESPN during the Dallas Wings vs. New York Liberty game has now gone viral. It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DNBKqv8scip\/?igsh=c2FyNG9yZXZiZGx0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">shows<\/a> Bueckers imitating New York\u2019s Jonquel Jones by making a slow hand rotation motion, the famous review-the-play gesture.<\/p>\n<p>The motion was previously used by Jones in the game, and she appeared to be attempting to get her coaches to review the call. While she was making the motion, Bueckers reciprocated with a sarcastic spin of her finger as she stared down the Liberty forward. The moment quickly went viral, and the fans had plenty to say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s such a menace\u201d one fan said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-148753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/menace-wnba-08-06-25-300x74.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"74\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMan JJ is huge! Paige is 6\u20191\u2033. Paige is fearless \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\u201d another pointed out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-148754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/menace-wnba-08-06-25-1-300x111.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer parents gone. She can do what she wants now \ud83d\ude02\u201d someone joked.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-148755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/menace-wnba-08-06-25-2-300x104.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"104\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolute menace. And the W is better for it!\u201d a fan added.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-148756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/menace-wnba-08-06-25-3-300x79.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"79\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPaige channeling DT for the new generation?\u201d one comment read.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-148757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/menace-wnba-08-06-25-4-300x96.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"96\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPaige may not be \u2018the face\u2019 but she is \u2018the personality we love\u2019 of the WNBA!!!\u201d another shared.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-148758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/menace-wnba-08-06-25-5-300x78.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"78\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPB5 Menace Alert! \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\ude02\u201d a fan declared.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-148759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/menace-wnba-08-06-25-6-300x67.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"67\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>In terms of their performances, Bueckers\u2019 Wings are 12th in the standings with a 8-22 record.<\/p>\n<p>Paige Bueckers Is Bringing the Energy the WNBA Needs<\/p>\n<p>Paige Bueckers also has quite a social media presence and often finds herself trending when playing live games. She was one of the most popular WNBA rookies in the lead-up to the 2025 season due to her fan-following on Instagram during her college years, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/boardroom.tv\/paige-bueckers-brand-uconn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Boardroom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2025\/07\/08\/data-drive-womens-sports-has-early-summer-social-media-stronghold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sports Business Journal<\/a> on July 8, 2025, shows that women were leading the social engagement during the early summer, with eight of the ten most engaged teams on the Blinkfire platform being in the WNBA. This dynamic in contact is part of a larger trend: the league is hitting new levels of digital interest. The presence of figures such as Paige Bueckers, who regularly feature in both league-created and user-created reels, has been a constant in that rise.<\/p>\n<p>With the increase in popularity of the WNBA, moments like this only add more fuel to the rivalry. And as Bueckers continues to rack up highlights and heat checks, the league might just have found its next fan-favorite lightning rod.<\/p>\n<p>College Sports Network has you covered with the latest news, analysis, insights, and trending stories in\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/collegefootballnetwork.com\/football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/collegefootballnetwork.com\/football\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">football<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/collegefootballnetwork.com\/mens-college-basketball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/collegefootballnetwork.com\/mens-college-basketball\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">basketball<\/a>, and more!<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paige Bueckers has already accumulated a few viral moments in her young WNBA career, but this time it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[402,398,400,401,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-63309","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-basketball","11":"tag-ncaabasketball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63309","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=63309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}