{"id":793931,"date":"2026-07-30T19:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/793931\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T19:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:37:10","slug":"social-media-post-showing-bueckers-and-reese-betting-on-game-missed-the-mark-wnba-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/793931\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Post Showing Bueckers and Reese Betting on Game &#8216;Missed the Mark,&#8217; WNBA Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 A social media post showing stars Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese betting $400 on the outcome of a\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/dream-wings-score-fa0655cd85f20614462036877484efda\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">game between their teams<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;missed the mark,&#8221; the WNBA said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The players won&#8217;t be punished for the bet, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The league\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nosyone4\/status\/2082599409481637967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2082599409481637967%7Ctwgr%5E1db7af53788f98df160a4a03e6d8c78d7f30f1b3%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fawfulannouncing.com%2Fwnba%2Fdeletes-post-paige-bueckers-angel-reese-betting.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">posted the initial video<\/a>\u00a0from All-Star Weekend, days before Bueckers&#8217; Dallas Wings and Reese&#8217;s Atlanta Dream were set to play Wednesday night. The clip featured Bueckers and Reese placing what appeared to be a personal wager on the game. It was presented with the caption, &#8220;We did?&#8221; with a laughing emoji followed by, &#8220;Paige Bueckers on the bet she made with Angel Reese at All-Star Weekend on tonight&#8217;s matchup.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The WNBA moved quickly to delete the message, but not before it was shared on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">&#8220;While the social media post was intended to be lighthearted, WNBA players are well aware of the league&#8217;s policies prohibiting betting on WNBA games and receive training every year reinforcing those policies,&#8221; a league spokesperson said Thursday. &#8220;We recognized that the post missed the mark, removed it shortly after it was published, and addressed the matter internally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">&#8220;We will also use this as an opportunity to reemphasize with the players involved that conversations about wagering on WNBA games, even when intended as a joke, can have negative consequences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The Wings and the Dream both deferred to the league statement when asked for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The league&#8217;s collective bargaining agreement states that any kind of wagering is strictly prohibited and that players can be fined, suspended or even disqualified from the WNBA at the sole discretion of the commissioner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The Dream rallied from a 15-point deficit to beat the Wings 82-81 on Wednesday, with Reese notching 22 points and 12 rebounds and Bueckers finishing with 16 points and six assists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 A social media post showing stars Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese betting $400 on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-793931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793931","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=793931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}