WNBA team's public relations staff shuts down reporter's question about players' relationship

One twelvemonth aft selecting Paige Bueckers with the archetypal wide pick, the Dallas Wings had the No. 1 prime again successful this week's WNBA Draft, and they selected chap UConn alum Azzi Fudd.

The enactment is overmuch much than conscionable an on-court improvement, nevertheless — past summer, Bueckers confirmed that she and Fudd were a couple.

The 2 person been comparatively quiescent astir their relationship, prompting Kevin Sherrington, a Dallas Morning News columnist, to inquire Fudd successful her introductory property league if they were inactive an item.

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Paige Bueckers #5 and Azzi Fudd #35 of the UConn Huskies and teammates respond connected the seat against the UCLA Bruins during the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Final Four semifinal crippled astatine Amalie Arena connected April 4, 2025 successful Tampa, Florida. (Ben Solomon/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

On the precipice of that question, Sherrington besides asked Fudd if she and Bueckers would speech to "other couples successful the league astir however they negociate that dynamic arsenic pro teammates."

Fudd was not fixed a accidental to answer, arsenic a staffer for the Wings nationalist relations squad butted in.

"I recognize wherefore you person to inquire that question, but we're going to respectfully diminution from commenting connected players' idiosyncratic lives," the staffer said.

Sherrington placed blasted connected the Wings successful a column.

UConn student-athlete Paige Bueckers and UConn student-athlete Azzi Fudd locomotion onto the signifier during the Final Four Champions triumph parade and rally extracurricular the XL Center successful Hartford, CT. (Scott Rausenberger/Imagn Images)

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"Refusing to admit whether players are inactive successful a narration aft 1 of them went nationalist astir it a twelvemonth agone suggests they’ve done thing wrong, feeding an disfigured narrative. What are we acrophobic of here? What are we saying erstwhile we effort to fell thing already retired successful the open?" helium wrote.

"If anyone’s astatine responsibility here, it’s the Wings, who invited the evident question by drafting Fudd erstwhile they had different options, past acted arsenic if they were covering for thing that didn’t request hiding. Bueckers and Fudd didn’t merit this. No substance what their presumption from present connected out, I privation them amended luck."

Players successful the WNBA person dated each different arsenic some teammates and opponents. Notably, Courtney Vandersloot and Allie Quigley got joined portion playing with the Chicago Sky.

It's chartless however agelong Fudd and Bueckers have, oregon had, been dating, but astatine the precise least, they were teammates from 2021 up until past April, erstwhile Bueckers was drafted. But they person present reunited.

UConn guards Azzi Fudd (35) and defender Paige Bueckers (5) grin astatine each different connected the seat successful the 2nd fractional against Arkansas State successful a archetypal circular of the NCAA assemblage hoops tournament, Saturday, March 22, 2025, successful Storrs, Conn. (Jessica Hil/AP)

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The duo played successful 2 nationalist title games together, winning past year's — Bueckers joined the schoolhouse 1 twelvemonth anterior to Fudd.

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