Wings stifle Fudd-Bueckers relationship questions
The WNBA's Wings shut down a question to No. 1 overall draft pick Azzi Fudd about her relationship with teammate Paige Bueckers, which they made public in 2025.
Azzi Fudd , the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft, answered numerous basketball-related questions at her Dallas Wings introductory news conference Thursday, but one unrelated to the game overshadowed all the others.
Fudd and teammate Paige Bueckers , who will team in Dallas' backcourt this season, went public about their relationship in 2025, and it was an often-discussed subject before this week's draft.
But when Fudd was asked Thursday about both her relationship with Bueckers -- the two overlapped at UConn and won a national championship together -- and whether she would seek advice from other couples in the WNBA about navigating the relationship as pro players, the subject was quickly shut down.
"Understand why you have to ask that question," a Wings public relations staffer interrupted. "We're going to respectfully decline from commenting on our players' personal lives."
Fudd averaged 17.3 points on 47% shooting in her final season at UConn, which ended with the Huskies losing to South Carolina at the Final Four -- their only loss of the season .
Bueckers, who was last year's No. 1 overall pick by the Wings, averaged 19.2 points, 5.4 assists and 3.9 rebounds while winning the league's Rookie of the Year award.