The women of the WNBA are still struggling with being taken seriously. After numerous WNBA games in the 2026-2027 season where a phallic object was thrown into the court, it has become an issue that fans say needs to be addressed in a bigger way than cracking jokes and pausing games so someone can clean the debris off the court.
Well, maybe debris isn’t the right word for the bright green dildo that keeps getting tossed out onto the court. As seen in videos across social media, including on X (formerly Twitter), the personal pleasure object flies through the air and falls to the floor as games are going on and slaps to the shiny floor in the middle of whichever field house where a WNBA game is being played. Do I really have to point out that no one in the NBA has had to deal with a similar experience?
The same kind of object was thrown on the WNBA court multiple times.
ANOTHER green dildo has hit a WNBA court tonight pic.twitter.com/S5Tdgieds6
— BrickCenter (@BrickCenter_) August 26, 2026
I’m not sure when it became funny for grown adults to throw dildos onto the court where professional athletes play against each other in a professional adult sport, but apparently that’s where we’re at. Whoever is to blame remains to be seen. Toxic masculinity? Possible. The manosphere of social media? Also entirely possible. But it’s safe to say this doesn’t need to be a thing, moving forward, especially as more cities in the United States pave the way for adding WNBA teams to their sports rosters.
Someone replied to the X post with a video from a game with the offensive debris on the court with, “Imagine being SOOOO insecure that you go to a store, buy a dildo, buy a ticket for the game, and throw it at the court just because…WOMEN.”
Another wrote, “The people laughing at this [are] the same people that claim to care oh so much about women’s sports.”
“There are little girls at these games. Wtf? What’s the purpose?” Someone else commented.
Let’s not forget that WNBA games are, like most professional sporting events, meant for families and children of all ages. There is no world in which it is necessary to throw objects of any kind, let alone this specific category, onto the court while women are playing their hearts out. That’s it. There really is no argument ‘for’ this growing trend.
A WNBA fan has a way to level the playing field with NBA games.
@cedesromero so sick of this bro, just let these women play in peace!! insecure men have no place here 🤬😤 #phoenixmercury #womensbasketball #wnba #equality ♬ original sound – Mercedes 💅✨️
Under a TikTok with footage from the same WNBA game that was shared in the X post, users brainstormed how to give men’s sports the same treatment. I don’t know if retaliation is the way to go, but some women commented on the TikTok to share their ideas about how to one up the men throwing dildos at WNBA games.
“So that just means we’re going and throwing our DivaCups at the NBA right?!” A TikTok user commented.
Others questioned why no one has reviewed security footage to see who threw the dildo on the court and why the person wasn’t immediately thrown out of the arena. Which is pretty fair, considering it’s the sort of repercussions you might expect at a Lakers or Celtics game. According to The New York Times, at least one individual caught throwing the sex toy at a WNBA game was arrested, so hey, progress.
Some say the attendees should be arrested for throwing things onto the WNBA court.
WNBA games have been dealing with the same kind of treatment from non-fans for years, including the dildo incidents. Someone on Reddit suggested the best way to deal with the trend is to have the people responsible arrested and while arrests have been made, it seems that not everyone takes the offensive action as seriously as others.
Per the NBA, the fan code of conduct includes expectations that fans in the audience of games are respectful of other attendees and of the players. As far as throwing items on the court, per the code of conduct, “Guests who engage in fighting, throwing objects, or attempting to enter the court will be immediately ejected from the arena.” Hopefully that remains in place as the WNBA grows.
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