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The WNBA season is rapidly approaching. While CBA negotiations are still ongoing, the hope remains that by the time the season begins, those back-and-forth conversations to reach an agreement will be finalized.
However, several of the league’s top players — including Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers — are currently representing USA Basketball in Puerto Rico during the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifiers.
Bueckers is set to enter her second season in the WNBA after a dominant rookie campaign, despite her team not having much success in the win column.
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She averaged 19.2 points, 5.4 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game en route to winning Rookie of the Year and being named a WNBA All-Star.
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Bueckers was also featured in some major news from the Dallas Wings this week, as the team announced she was named the winner of the third annual PBWA Tamika Catchings Award.
“The award honors the WNBA player who best combines high-level on-court performance with professionalism, cooperation and dignity in dealing with the media and the public,” the Wings posted.
“Congratulations, Paige. Now you and Team USA dominate — best of luck,” one fan said.
Someone else added, “Congratulations, Paige. Very well deserved, as you epitomize all of these attributes beautifully with dignity and grace! Go Wings.”
Another wrote, “Congratulations, Purple Paige.”
“She is a gem!” another fan commented.
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