Overview
- Team video from training camp highlighted a quick-hit sequence with Paige Bueckers pushing the break and Azzi Fudd knocking down a three, with the regular-season opener set for May 9 against Indiana.
- Dallas selected Fudd No. 1 overall on April 13 to pair her with last year’s No. 1 pick and Rookie of the Year, Bueckers, after a league-worst 10–34 season.
- Bueckers said Fudd’s value goes beyond shooting, pointing to her 40-plus percent three-point accuracy, smart cutting, playmaking feel, and activity on defense.
- Fudd described her first practice as a flexible start, saying she handled the ball at times and worked on the wing and that she will do whatever the team needs.
- A team staffer shut down a question about their romantic relationship at Fudd’s introductory press conference, prompting coverage that has urged a focus on their on-court roles as camp begins.