Paige Bueckers’ celebration went viral for all the wrong reasons, and now it’s dragging an old Sophie Cunningham controversy back into the conversation.

Bueckers is one of 12 players suiting up for Team USA at the FIBA Women’s World Cup in Berlin, and this week, she became the center of attention for something that had nothing to do with her jump shot.

The former UConn star was filmed twerking while wearing the red USA No. 4 jersey, apparently for a TikTok video. The clip spread fast, and so did the backlash.

“If I were the sporting director of a club or a federation, I’d ban my players from doing those little TikTok dances in the official kit,” one fan wrote.

Another fan didn’t hold back either.

“There are certain things you do not do while wearing your national team jersey in an international competition. This is one of them. She no longer in college or HS. This team needs strong leaders who would put a stop to all these attention seeking and unprofessional behavior,” the fan added.

The criticism painted Bueckers as unprofessional for the moment, with several fans arguing that representing the national team should come with a higher standard of conduct.

Sophie Cunningham Fans Accused Of Double Standard Over Paige Bueckers Backlash

Not everyone was on board with the outrage, though. A section of fans quickly pointed out that Sophie Cunningham had done something arguably more eyebrow-raising just last month, and largely avoided the same level of heat.

Cunningham was seen pulling her shorts down in a prank before a WNBA game, and that video went viral in its own right. Critics now argue the reaction to her moment was nowhere near as harsh as what Bueckers is facing.

“All the people who called Paige and Angel bad role models for doing a TikTok are the most miserable people. I would rather see a player do a fun TikTok than endorse and remain complicit in bigotry and transphobia. Sophie literally did something even more obscene multiple times and these same people didn’t care,” one fan wrote.

Others echoed the sentiment in blunter terms.

“Insane double standard,” one fan added.

“If you have a problem with one, you have to have a problem with another. If you don’t have a problem with one, you can’t have a problem with another,” another fan wrote.

The comparison has struck a nerve because Cunningham has spent much of this season at the center of the trans athlete debate in the WNBA, making her fanbase an easy target whenever criticism is inconsistent.

Team USA, for its part, is trying to keep the noise outside the locker room. The squad is set to open its World Cup campaign against China on Friday, with the game airing on TNT, and Bueckers’ focus now shifts to proving the distraction hasn’t rattled her game.