Dallas Wings star Paige Bueckers embracing point guard role in second WNBA season

Bueckers, embracing the point guard role in her sophomore season, ranks eighth in the WNBA in points per game and eighth in assists.

“I think Paige is such a great decision maker,” Wings coach Jose Fernandez said Friday after the win over the Sparks. “Paige is going to get everybody’s best defender night in, night out. Now, she’s playing primarily at the point guard spot …She just makes really, really good reads.”

Rookie Azzi Fudd, the 2026 No. 1 overall pick who won a championship with Bueckers at UConn in 2025, echoed that sentiment.

“Passing is something she’s phenomenal at, she’s been good at since I met her in high school,” Fudd said Sunday after practice in Arlington. “She has some of the best court vision [and] basketball IQ of anyone that you’ll ever meet..


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