Overview

Throwing Green Dildos at WNBA Games refers to several incidents of lime green sex toys being thrown onto the basketball court during WNBA games in late July and early August 2025. The first video of a dildo being thrown on the court during a game in Atlanta went viral on July 29th, 2025. A second video went viral on August 1st, 2025. The incidents resulted in WNBA players discouraging game attendants from throwing sex toys onto the court, claiming it risks their safety. On August 2nd, it was reported that the person who allegedly threw the dildo at the Atlanta game was arrested. The incidents inspired numerous memes and reactions online.

Background

First Incident

On July 29th, 2025, a video of someone throwing a green dildo onto the court during a WNBA game in Atlanta went viral.

X^[1] user @cjzero posted the video that day, writing, "Move over Buffalo, someone threw a lime green dildo on the court during play in Atlanta," garnering over 1,600 likes and 476,000 views in six days. They also posted a video of player Jordin Canada's reaction to hearing about what was thrown on the court.

Developments

Second Incident

On August 1st, 2025, a video of someone else throwing a green dildo onto the court during a WNBA game started going viral.

For example, on that day, X^[2] user @NotLikeRuss posted the video under a version of the George Bush Learning About 9/11 meme, garnering over 51,000 likes in three days.

The video was also posted to the /r/sports^[3] subreddit, garnering over 35,000 upvotes in three days.

That night on August 1st, 2025, X^[4] user and WNBA player Sophie Cunningham (@sophaller) posted, "stop throwing dildos on the court… you’re going to hurt one of us," garnering over 179,000 likes in three days.

Arrest

On August 2nd, 2025, it was reported in the media^[5] that the person responsible for throwing the first dildo at the Atlanta game was arrested.

Online Reactions

The incidents inspired numerous reactions and memes online as the events garnered widespread attention in early August 2025.

On August 1st, 2025, X^[6] user @boowiebear posted an AI-generated meme of a mascot referencing the dildo, garnering over 1,200 likes in three days.

On August 2nd, X^[7] user @MBrassenstein posted a video of someone walking forward slowly, writing, "me approaching the arena at an WNBA game with 5 green dildos (they're in my rectum)," garnering over 76,000 likes in two days.

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