After the unfortunate event of misusing technology to create explicit images of prominent female basketball athletes like Angel Reese, Caitlin Clark, and Paige Bueckers, the basketball community has come together in support of the players.
UConn star Paige Bueckers follows Angel Reese’s stand
Bueckers has finally spoken by taking a stand for women in sports, echoing the statements of Reese.
On Sunday, manipulated images of these women’s basketball players went viral all over the internet. However, Buecker and other athletes found themselves under overwhelming support from the women’s basketball community.
Buecker took to X to express her gratitude for the love she received and also called out for supporting women in sports. She wrote:
“The devil works hard but Gof and the people around me work WAY harder. The outpouring love and support from the WBB community is unreal. Love yall. Support women in sport ALWAYS,” wrote Bueckers on X.
Reese, another target of the explicit AI images, bravely stood against the violation of her privacy in a social media post. As per Marca, she said:
“For me, it’s weird and I don’t like being sexualized in this manner,” said Reese in a post on social media.
In another tweet, Reese put gravity into the need for better ways to safeguard the privacy of young women in sports. She wrote:
“Protect young women in sports!!!”
Reese was drafted to the Chicago Sky as a No. 7 pick after a successful collegiate career with LSU. She is all set to start her new career in the WNBA and these unfortunate events don’t seem to stop her from succeeding yet again.
Bueckers is potentially the new face of women’s collegiate basketball for the upcoming season. Beuckers recently decided to return to UConn for her fifth year after forgoing her WNBA eligibility. She was phenomenal for UConn and was a key player in their Final Four NCAA tournament run.
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