Dallas guard Paige Bueckers, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA draft, won’t play when the Wings host the Las Vegas Aces. Dallas listed Bueckers out because of “rest.”

The Valkyries shot 30.3% from the field in the first half and trailed by as much as 11. Janelle Salaün and Tiffany Hayes combined to score 16 points to keep the Valkyries within striking distance as the Wings took a 36-30 lead at halftime.

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

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)

Paige Bueckers has appeared to figure out to gain the system, at least when it comes to her off-court ambitions. Bueckers is in the midst of her rookie season w

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.

It’s long been rumored, but only in the past month has it become quasi-official that Dallas Wings star Paige Bueckers is in a relationship with her former teammate at Connecticut, Azzi Fudd. The two have been seen together more and more on social media, and were together, too, at the WNBA All-Star weekend.

Paige Bueckers expressed her love for the “DeadShot” in her first words as a Dallas Wings player. The post Paige Bueckers-Kyrie Irving Moment Helps Wings Promote Aug 1 Game Against Caitlin Clark-Less Fever appeared first on EssentiallySports.