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WNBA players Courtney Williams and Natisha Hiedeman know how to bring the mayhem. The pair of Minnesota Lynx teammates, who host a Twitch stream under the name “Stud Budz,” took over the orange carpet on Thursday to capture a very chaotic first night of WNBA All-Star Weekend.
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Williams and Hiedeman, sporting matching neon pink hair, have embarked on a 72-hour live stream on Twitch to cover the entire weekend, starting with the opening festivities on Thursday. And as the night went on, the two got, well … festive.
The pair started off strong with an interaction with WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert, as Williams and Hiedeman praised Engelbert’s outfit before taking the orange carpet.
They had a similar, if more spirited, interaction with the Ogwumike sisters. Nneka will be starting in the All-Star game as a member of Team Collier, while Chiney is there as an ESPN analyst.
And then, it was on to the orange carpet, where Williams and Hiedeman’s mayhem started to shine.
Minnesota Lynx’s Courtney Williams, left, poses on the orange carpet alongside teammate Natisha Hiedeman. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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The Stud Budz crashed a Yahoo Sports livestream with Sydney Colson and Theresa Plaisance, causing a momentary debate over who was interviewing whom. Then the conversation truly devolved when Skylar Diggins popped in partway through.
The pair went on to have viral moments on the carpet with several players, including a moment with Chicago Sky star Angel Reese that left them speechless.
Thursday evening, things really started to get wild. Williams, Hiedeman and the other WNBA players embraced the party — and the Stud Budz stream was there to capture it all.
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As the night went on (and the drinks kept flowing), Williams and Hiedeman entertained the stream with drama, flirting, jokes … and plenty of dancing.
Some of the other WNBA players stepped in as top-tier teammates.
Even Lynx and Team Collier coach Cheryl Reeve joined in on the fun, although she later jokingly tried to claim that any videos of her dancing with the Stud Budz were made by AI.
For Williams and Hiedeman the next morning, though, it was an entirely different story.
It may have been slightly worse for Williams, who had to practice on Friday morning as part of Team Collier — though Hiedeman was right along with her, keeping the livestream going.
The pair was still going on Friday afternoon, at one point making their way through the streets of Indianapolis on one electric scooter. They kept getting recognized as they made their way back to their hotel.
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“Ain’t no way,” one fan said on the stream.
But the two were honest about their state of mind: “We gotta go lay down,” they said.