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Paige Bueckers always stands out in the WNBA with her game. The Dallas Wings All-Star stands at 6-foot-0 but what stood out in a recent photo was how much shorter she looked vs. an Olympic legend.
Even though the Dallas Wings have now lost five of their last six games after Friday's 86-76 loss to the Golden State Valkyries, Paige Bueckers continues to reach new milestones in what is already one of the best rookie seasons in WNBA history.
The WNBA season is flying by, and we're already past the halfway mark, giving us plenty to chew on from Paige Bueckers' rookie run. The first overall pick this year arrived with a
Paige Bueckers and the Wings led by as many as 12 in the second half but ultimately lost their fifth in six games.
Dallas Wings’ Paige Bueckers (5) dribbles the ball against Valkyries’ Kaitlyn Chen (2) in the second quarter at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Saturday, July 25, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
But her welcome to the WNBA moment aside, Paige Bueckers has transitioned to the league quite well during her rookie season with the Wings. She was one of three rookies who were selected to the All-Star team this season, joining Kiki Iriafen and Sonia Citron of the Washington Mystics.
Azzi Fudd and Paige Bueckers have women's basketball fans constantly gushing over their relationship. Prior to the couple dating, they were teammates at UConn, and Bueckers made Fudd's nickname "The People's Princess" go viral. Fudd is opening up about the origin of the nickname long after Bueckers left UConn for the Dallas Wings.