The Dallas Wings just got the best player in all of college basketball. There was never a doubt that they were going to take Paige Bueckers with the first pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft.
Bueckers capped off her epic collegiate journey by helping the UConn Huskies capture their record 12th National Championship. Now, she’ll try to bring an ever-struggling franchise up from the ashes.
With that in mind, Wings general manager Curt Miller reached out to coach Geno Auriemma to pick his brains about how to deal with the star guard. Talking on the No Offseason: The Athletic Women’s Basketball Show, Miller revealed what the legendary coach told him.
Geno Auriemma gave the Wings some pointers on how to deal with Paige Bueckers
“I think the thing that Geno shares, and he will share it in press conferences, is that you’ve gotta live with her, because she’s so intelligent, you’ve got to live with some of the gambling that she does,” Miller said. “He shared some stories that, instead of locking and trailing, attacking and tracing a great player off of a screen, she shoots a gap to go make a momentum-changing steal in a game. And sometimes it doesn’t always work out.”
Head coach Geno Auriemma of the Connecticut Huskies
At the end of the day, it’s not just about being the best player. You need to be coachable, understand your role, and constantly look for ways to get better, even when you don’t always agree.
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Bueckers has always been a coachable player, and while she’s flaunted her character and taken risks at times, she has all the tools to become one of the next faces of the WNBA.
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