The WNBA is making waves in the community once more. And once again, for reasons that have nothing to do with basketball. A recent WNBA broadcast went viral for what fans dubbed the “weirdest” graphic of the year.

Stokastic reporter Greg Ehrenberg posted an image of the WNBA broadcast, which listed the names of five WNBA athletes who did not have any Wikipedia pages of their own. 

“Maybe the weirdest graphic in the history of sports television,” he captioned the image posted on X on August 21.

Ehrenberg’s August 21 X post, while it seems trivial, does point out something crucial about the league’s perspectives. It reveals that a player’s reputation and renown isn’t dependent solely on their performance. 

Along with titles, awards, and other honors, a permanent profile on Wikipedia seems to have become part of a player’s legacy. But getting a Wikipedia page doesn’t always have anything to do with talent or accolades.

Ehrenberg’s post listed the names of five WNBA stars: Tonie Morgan, Kara Dunn, Costanza Verona, Alicia Florez Getino, and Zaay Green. Of these five, Morgan, Dunn, Verona, and Getino are rookies, which may explain why none of them have Wiki pages of their own.

However, Zaay Green has had a prolific basketball career spanning her college days and two seasons in the league. She was drafted by the Washington Mystics as the 11th overall pick in the 2025 WNBA draft, and has recently joined the Toronto Tempo on a developmental contract.

Green has enough under her belt to warrant having a Wikipedia page. And yet, there she was on the WNBA broadcast graphic.

Fans call out WNBA over frivolous infographic

Ehrenberg wasn’t the only one who found the WNBA broadcast graphic strange. Fans flocked to the post’s comments section, expressing how they felt about the issue.

“Who researches this?,” one commenter asked, suggesting that it was too trivial to matter even to WNBA fans.

Another fan did their research before commenting, revealing that Wikidata had added entries for the players. What’s worse, the WNBA infographic spelled Getino’s name wrong.

“d*** wikipedia editors work fast, now all of these players have articles lol (though it appears this graphic misspelled Florez Getino),” they wrote.

Another fan even credited Ehrenberg for the players getting Wiki pages of their own.

“It was your siren call to create their pages for them, Greg,” their comment read.

Others took a more humorous approach, with one fan posting a clip of George Costanza from Seinfield, seemingly unaware of the fact that a player with that name existed.

“Wait, there’s a player in the WNBA named Costanza?,” they wrote.

Yet others found the issue interesting, suggesting that every kind of infographic has its audience. But overall, Getino’s fans were mostly miffed at the misspelling.

Do you think Wiki entries matter while evaluating a player’s worth in the WNBA?

Written by

Arundhoti Palit

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Arundhoti Palit