NBA All-Star Luka Doncic has found himself dragged into the middle of the WNBA‘s latest controversy: sex toys. While some believed the alarming trend of throwing sex toys on the court during WNBA games had died in 2025, there have been instances of the unsettling behavior during two games in the last two days.
This guy just threw a sex toy on the court during the Sparks vs. Dream game. #WNBA pic.twitter.com/Il95sg0Tyb
— LoJo Media (@LoJoMedia) August 21, 2026
On Thursday, August 19, a green sex toy was tossed onto the court during the Atlanta Dream versus Los Angeles Sparks game. According to a previous report from The Blast, it happened during the third quarter and caught the attention of many.
WNBA standout Angel Reese reacted visibly to the NSFW device and was caught on broadcast cameras calling out the alleged offender. “Right there! Get him!” she was seen screaming to arena security.
A video of the alleged man who threw the toy also went viral on X, formerly known as Twitter, and in the clip, he’s wearing a Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers jersey.
Front Office Sports reported on August 21 that arena security later apprehended the man before local police arrested him. He also received an indefinite ban from all WNBA and NBA games and league-affiliated events.
A Cryptocurrency Group Says It Orchestrated The Sex Toy Trend
Angel Reese pointing him out pic.twitter.com/BmNfhFwlwf https://t.co/wRbYCUxCMU
— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) August 21, 2026
This isn’t the first time that the WNBA has dealt with this. During the 2025 season, several NSFW toys were thrown on courts during WNBA games. According to ESPN, a cryptocurrency enthusiast told the outlet that he and his group actually orchestrated the scheme to bring more attention to themselves.
“It was more or less like an opportunistic approach to, you know, what is already trending,” he said. “Where is there already controversy and how do we intercept some of that attention?”
WNBA players spoke out on the issue last year, including Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve, who said the events seemed like they had more to do with sexualizing women than anything else.
“This has been going on for centuries, the sexualization of women. This is the latest version of that. And it’s not funny,” she said. “These people that are doing this should be held accountable. … They’re the problem, and we need to take action.”
Natasha Cloud Sounds Off On ‘Weak’ Men For Disrupting WNBA Games
Natasha Cloud with a message for people throwing dildos on the court: pic.twitter.com/0EbXSwRSTj
— Underdog WNBA (@UnderdogWNBA) August 22, 2026
A day after the Dream/Sparks game, another sex toy was thrown on the court during the Chicago Sky/Golden State Valkyries contest. Three sex toys were tossed on the court, temporarily halting the game.
Veteran WNBA player Natasha Cloud broke her silence on the matter, calling the behavior “weird” and “lame as f-ck.” She added, “In most of these occasions, it’s men. And I want you to know that the gayest thing you can do is to go to a sex shop, buy a dildo, and come to a women’s game and throw the dildo on the court.”
Cloud didn’t stop there. She said that the alleged perpetrators’ actions suggest they could be hiding something about themselves. “I’m a firm believer that anyone that has so much of a problem with a marginalized group, just come out and say that you’re a part of our group, because the hate is unwarranted. It says more about the internal struggles of the individual than it ever will say about the collective group,” she said.
Debates Happening Across The League
Before sex toys became the league’s trending topic, coaches and players were talking about transgender athletes competing in women’s sports. The conversation started after Fever backup guard Sophie Cunningham said she was against women competing against biological men.
“I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I’m like, ‘I never once said that,’” she said. “I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest. And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men.”
Others Disagreed With Cunningham’s Stance
While some appreciated her stance, others disagreed, including WNBA coaches, who said spots are about inclusivity and access more than anything else. Women’s basketball legend Geno Auriemma made a similar statement, according to The Blast, and suggested that people are tying themselves to this idea only for “personal gain.”
