The Dallas Wings introduced on Friday guard Paige Bueckers will miss at the very least two video games after being positioned beneath the WNBA’s Concussion Protocol. The staff will consider her following Tuesday’s street sport at Seattle.
Throughout the Wings‘ loss to the Sky on the street on Thursday, Bueckers performed 36 minutes of motion and had 15 factors, 5 rebounds and eight assists.
What do the Wings Must Regulate With out Bueckers for at Least Two Video games?
In six video games, Bueckers is averaging 14.7 factors, 4.7 rebounds, 6.7 assists and a couple of.0 steals per sport for the Wings, who presently have 1-5 report this season. First-year head coach Chris Koclanes anticipates that Azaiha James will obtain extra taking part in time for Dallas resulting from Bueckers‘ absence.
Guard Arike Ogunbowale is main the Wings in factors per sport with 17.7 and had her first sport scoring greater than 35 factors within the season on Thursday.
Bueckers joins second-year Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, who’s out at the very least two weeks resulting from a quad pressure, as the one rookies to common these numbers or higher over any five-game span in factors, rebounds and assists per sport.
Paige Bueckers final 5 video games:
15.6 PPG4.2 RPG7.6 APG
She joins Caitlin Clark as the one rookies in WNBA historical past to common these numbers or higher over any 5-game span. pic.twitter.com/5HT1MvLTRu
— Polymarket Hoops (@StatMamba) Might 30, 2025
The primary total choose on this yr’s WNBA Draft out of UConn is making a easy transition from school to the skilled stage. Phoenix Mercury legend Diana Taurasi shared her expertise of being drafted first total by the staff within the 2004 WNBA Draft. In an interview with The Athletic, she mentioned the changes she confronted, that are just like what Bueckers is presently experiencing.
„The one factor I find out about Paige is she’s so grounded, she’s so affected person, she’s so ready,“ Taurasi mentioned. „And I feel she’s discovered that within the final 4 or 5 years and all these issues that she discovered at Connecticut, they’re going to alter the best way you take a look at that staff. At some point she’s going to finish up being the perfect participant within the league, for certain.“
The Wings will once more face the Chicago Sky at house on Saturday, earlier than touring to Seattle on Tuesday to tackle the Storm within the Commissioner’s Cup matchup.
