On the heels of being named a WNBA All-Star, Dallas Wings rookie guard Paige Bueckers confirmed she is officially off the market after discussing her girlfriend in a recent interview.
During an interview with WAG Talk, a popular social media brand highlighting ‘wives and girlfriends’ of professional athletes, Bueckers was asked a series of questions about her ‘D1 girlfriend.’ At the end of the line of questioning, she identified her partner as her former UConn Huskies teammate Azzi Fudd.
Bueckers and Fudd played together at UConn for four seasons, with the two winning an NCAA Championship this year.
The questions asked by WAG Talk ranged from Fudd’s basketball career to the text on the UConn guard’s phone case, which Bueckers affectionately said reads: ‘Paige Bueckers’ girlfriend’.
A trio of rookies, consisting of Bueckers and Washington Mystics guard Sonia Citron and forward Kiki Iriafen, are slated to play in the WNBA All-Star game on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. ET at the Indiana Fever’s arena, Gainbridge Fieldhouse, in Indianapolis.
‘We were worried for a second there’
Underneath the WAG Talk interview, TikTok users flooded the comment section, with one of them calling Bueckers’ announcement a ‘hard launch.’
‘ok this is like THE REALL hard launch,’ the user commented.
NaLyssa Smith, a forward for the Las Vegas Aces, commented underneath the interview: ‘awwwwww my baby’s all grown up.’
Gatorade, which named Fudd its 2018-19 National Player of the Year, also chimed in on the fun in the comment section, writing, ‘We were worried for a second there,’ seemingly joking about how long it took Bueckers to answer some of the questions in the video.
Jonathan Limehouse covers breaking and trending news for USA TODAY. Reach him at JLimehouse@gannett.com.
