"With her pink hair poking out of her blue hood, she's explaining her role in an incident at the end of a Minnesota Lynx- Seattle Storm game. The details don't matter much. But here goes: Hiedeman's Lynx teammate Kayla McBride fouled Erica Wheeler on a drive to the basket. McBride scooped up the ball and tossed it in frustration toward Wheeler. Seattle's Skylar Diggins rushed toward McBride. Hiedeman stepped in and had a few words for Diggins."
"Courtney Williams, sporting sunglasses and matching pink hair, busts out laughing in her perch next to Hiedeman. She grabs her teammate's chair, shakes it and stomps her feet on the floor. "You know what she told me?" Hiedeman continues. "'Shut up. I know you still like me.' Williams. Just. Can't. She gets up and staggers out of the frame as Hiedeman cackles at the camera that's livestreaming the conversation."
Natisha Hiedeman and Courtney Williams appear on camera with playful banter, recounting an end-of-game incident in which Hiedeman intervened between Kayla McBride and Skylar Diggins. Their exchange combines humor and visible queer affection, punctuated by matching pink hair and contagious laughter. Williams and Hiedeman launched StudBudz accounts on Instagram and TikTok, expanded to Twitch, and streamed 72 consecutive hours during WNBA All-Star Weekend. The stream propelled their mainstream profile and spawned merchandise, including "Everyone watches StudBudz" T-shirts, and inspired teammates like Napheesa Collier to display a giant StudBudz chain on the bench. Their presence reflects growing visibility for varied player identities in the WNBA.
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