Overview
- The Dallas Wings announced Wednesday that Fudd will have an arthroscopic procedure on her right knee in Connecticut early next week and that she will begin rehabilitation immediately and miss the rest of the 2026 season.
- Fudd has not played since Aug. 5 after feeling pain during warmups on Aug. 7 and has missed multiple games while the team monitored the soreness.
- Her absence changes Dallas’s late‑season picture: the Wings sit 20-16 and hold the eighth seed with eight regular‑season games left and have a substantially worse net rating and record when Fudd is off the floor.
- Fudd’s right knee carries a documented history of major injuries, including torn ACL and MCL in 2019 and another ACL tear with a meniscus injury in 2023, which makes this procedure part of an ongoing durability concern.
- Beyond the immediate playoff implications, there is no firm timetable for a full return, the Wings have said only that rehab starts right away, and Fudd’s planned offseason commitments such as Project B are now in doubt.