Overview
- Paige Bueckers said in new interviews that she studies Stephen Curry’s constant movement and screening to shape her off-ball impact.
- She described starting games in attack mode, then using traps and blitzes to free teammates by screening and moving without the ball.
- In a 90-86 loss to the Lynx in Minneapolis, she posted 27 points with eight assists to pair high-efficiency scoring with playmaking.
- Through three games she is averaging 20.7 points on 57.1% shooting and 54.5% from three, while Dallas has opened 1-2.
- Reports highlight the Gravity metric, which tracks extra defensive attention, with Bueckers leading at 13% last year and about 7.8% so far this season after additions like Alanna Smith and Jessica Shepherd changed how defenses load up on her.