For over a week now, the WNBA has been facing a curious phenomenon. All across the country, dildos have been hurtling through the air, landing onto the court, and interrupting games in all their phallic glory. First, there was the lime-green dildo that made an appearance at the Atlanta Dream–versus–Golden State Valkyries game on July 29 in Georgia. A few days later in Chicago, another dildo was thrown onto the court during the Valkyries game against the Chicago Sky. Then, on Tuesday, an Indiana Fever–Los Angeles Sparks game in Los Angeles was halted for a third airborne dildo. Suspiciously, all three dildos have been green.
Move over Buffalo, someone threw a lime green dildo on the court during play in Atlanta pic.twitter.com/VXOjE790Bm
— CJ Fogler 🫡 (@cjzero) July 30, 2025
A lot of players seemed to find it funny at first — after the first incident, Las Vegas Aces guard Kierstan Bell reposted video of it, writing, “Damn how my shit get there,” while Indiana Fever point guard posted on X, “Sorry I did NOT mean to throw that so far y’all.” Even Valkyries forward Cecilia Zandalasini couldn’t help but laugh when asked about it at a post-game press conference, even as she warned that “it was super-dangerous.”
But now, one too many dildos have found their way onto courts, and athletes and their coaches are getting pretty sick of it. After the first two incidents, Fever guard Sophie Cunningham asked spectators to “stop throwing dildos on the court,” saying “you’re going to hurt one of us” — and then she appeared to get hit by one of those dildos on Tuesday. “This did NOT age well,” she wrote on X the next day, reposting her previous plea for a dildo armistice.
they responded by throwing a green dildo at sophie… https://t.co/8SDIi1BwOV pic.twitter.com/leM5agupyB
— correlation (@nosyone4) August 6, 2025
After Tuesday’s game, Sparks coach Lynne Roberts spoke out about the situation. “It’s ridiculous, it’s dumb, it’s stupid,” Roberts said. “It’s also dangerous. Player safety is No. 1, respecting the game, all those things. I think it’s really stupid.” Sparks guard Kelsey Plum — who kicked the dildo out of the way after it wound up on the court — said she thought ignoring it was the best option. “I thought we did a great job, Indiana included, just playing on. Like, don’t give it any attention,” she said.
Kudos to them, because is there anything harder to ignore than a lime-green dildo? Going forward, if you’re thinking of bringing your sex toys to an WNBA game, you do you — just maybe keep it in your bag.
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