Paige Bueckers wants to swap lives with Tom Holland for one important reason
Why would a WNBA All Star switch lives with a Spider-Man? The answer slowly dawned on the person asking the question.
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As has become standard practice throughout sports, during the WNBA All-Star Game weekend, players walked the orange carpet and answered banal questions from social media influencers in the hopes of creating clips that would go viral.
When it was Paige Bueckers’ turn in the spotlight, Overtime WBB’s Emma Utterback approached and asked her, “Which celebrity would you want to switch lives with for day?”
Without missing a beat, Buckers immediately answered, “Tom Holland.”
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At first glance it might have seemed puzzling. A 6-foot WNBA Rookie of the Year and two-time All Star voluntarily swapping lives with a 5-foot-7 actor?
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Is Bueckers (who is dating Dallas teammate Azzi Fudd) such a fan of the Spider-Man franchise that she had already done “Freaky Friday” body switches with Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield and she needed Holland to collect them all?
Did she take a classics course at UConn and write a 15 page thesis arguing that “The Odyssey” would’ve been more effective if it were renamed “The Telemachusiad?”
Perhaps she feels that the potential of Rihanna’s “Umbrella” was only fully realized when it was lip synced by a pasty Brit in drag?
Heck, maybe she’s a fan of obscure BBC costume dramas about the court of King Henry VIII?
All of these are valid questions for such a seemingly random response.
But after taking a beat, Utterback quickly realized what the real answer was.
The video clip made it clear by posting a photo of Holland arm in arm with wife Zendaya — and then photoshopping Bueckers’ face over his.
Suddenly, her reply made all the sense in the world.
After doubling over, Utterback exclaimed, “At first I’m like, ‘Wait…ohhhhh, OK!’”
“Makes sense now, right?” said Bueckers, with tongue in cheek.
“Yeah, honestly no comment needed. Y’all know,” added Utterback.
And now not only do we have the answer as to who Bueckers would swap lives with, we also know what her type is.
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