OT Paige and diner

[Blakeon18]

Don't know if this should be with other Paige threads.

This apparently is a very recent event....and another incredible move by Paige to help others.

 

[MinneHusky]

This kid is amazing.

 

[BBallF]

She really is. No wonder Geno loves her.

 

[CTGirl15]

I'm not sure that's real, unfortunately, the images look photoshopped/AI generated.

Paige is pretty incredible though, lots of amazing stories out there of all the great work she has done in Connecticut and back home in Minnesota. And I'm sure she'll do great things in the Dallas community as well.

 

[hoopsfan22]

There's some AI videos of Geno going around with him giving an envelope full of money to someone working at a gas station. At least I think it's fake because I haven't seen it reported anywhere.

 

[and one]

That's just over the top outstanding. She's half a country away, dealing with being a rookie in the W, dealing with the demands of the media, social and otherwise, doing her training and fitness stuff and she makes the time to do this? Wow.

 

[ctbbfn]

Eating on credit during her college days?

 

[Bone Dog]

Eating on credit during her college days?

I know what you mean. The story doesn't sound quite right -- though I don't doubt that Paige would act in such a charitable way. She's done similar things over the past few years. Also, the photo looks like an AI replica.

 

[CL82]

Well, I hope the story is accurate. Kind of cool in that she, literally, puts her money where her mouth was.

 

[YKCornelius]

Something's amiss here. The article says, "As time passed, Bueckers moved on from college.....Five years later, Bueckers set out to track down Elena, hoping to reconnect and express her gratitude for the years of support.."

Perhaps they meant to say "Five weeks later"...

 

[hoopsdiva]

I haven't found any source for this except Facebook.

 

[EricLA]

I sadly think this has to be fake. Paige comes from a comfortable (financially) family, doesn't she? Unless she was eating there on the DL while in high school, I hardly think Paige needed to run a 1 year tab while in college with all her endorsements and NIL deals.

Having said that, it's totally something Paige would do.

 

[fireford]

So if this is fake, then what would be the motivation to put it out there? Why would someone do it and who would benefit from it? Not saying those who are claiming this is fake are necessarily wrong but trying to understand why someone would do it.
I understand people plant negative stories to try and smear someone's reputation because they don't like them and/or have an axe to grind with them. Why would someone do a fake PR campaign for someone who doesn't really need it? People pretty much already know that Paige is a good person and doesn't need to be propped up. If this turns out to be a fake and it is suspected Paige or someone affiliated with Paige put it out there then this would have the opposite effect of what it's supposedly trying to accomplish (i.e., it would give Paige negative publicity instead of positive publicity).

 

[Bone Dog]

So if this is fake, then what would be the motivation to put it out there? Why would someone do it and who would benefit from it? Not saying those who are claiming this is fake are necessarily wrong but trying to understand why someone would do it.
I understand people plant negative stories to try and smear someone's reputation because they don't like them and/or have an axe to grind with them. Why would someone do a fake PR campaign for someone who doesn't really need it? People pretty much already know that Paige is a good person and doesn't need to be propped up. If this turns out to be a fake and it is suspected Paige or someone affiliated with Paige put it out there then this would have the opposite effect of what it's supposedly trying to accomplish (i.e., it would give Paige negative publicity instead of positive publicity).

It's clickbait. If they have a monetized account, clicks yield money. This one appears to be on Facebook. You see the same thing with YouTube videos, and you may have noticed thousands of short videos there that claim Clark has been suspended or Dijonnai has been suspended or that Paige has gotten in a fight with her teammates. None of them are true, but if you click on them to see, they get some money.

 

[uconnfan68]

It’s the same story that featured Travis Kelce. I’m betting clickbait.

 

[Vowelguy]

So if this is fake, then what would be the motivation to put it out there? Why would someone do it and who would benefit from it? Not saying those who are claiming this is fake are necessarily wrong but trying to understand why someone would do it.

There was another fake/clickbait story a week or 2 ago about Paige and UConn players donating millions to create a shelter in Norristown in Geno's honor. Not true.

 

[Vowelguy]

Folks,

1) If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
2) Get 2 sources for any story.

 

[pvdoggy]

There is so much AI-generated content these days on the internet that I am not sure if I can trust anything I read or look at anymore. I suspect there are a lot of threads started on Reddit by a Reddit bot just to get views/comments/traffic.

 

[my2cents]

FAKE.
Her meals during college were adequately provided to her in UConn dining halls.

 

[veivoli]

Have a close look at the details in both images:

• The upper one has a plain white t-shirt, the lower has the word "DALLAS" and a swoosh.
• The jacket in the top image has an unworn collar, the lower has wear on the collar point on camera left, and between the collar and top button/dome on camera right.
• The jacket has no buttons or domes on camera left in the top image, but they appear in the lower image.

I conclude fake. There's a number of fake videos featuring well known people and politicians. I haven't seen other PB ones yet, but have seen a number of CC ones.

 

[Audi1954]

That is not Paige

 

[BBallF]

That is not Paige

That is very upsetting.