Paige Bueckers’ rise: All you need to know about the Dallas Wings star taking aim at Caitlin Clark’s crown
Paige Bueckers is lighting up the WNBA, and her jaw-dropping 44-point performance against the Los Angeles Sparks on August 20, 2025, has everyone buzzing. The Dallas Wings' rookie sensation, drafted first overall in 2025, is drawing comparisons to Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark, with many wondering if she could outshine the league's reigning superstar. Born October 20, 2001, in Edina, Minnesota, Bueckers was a hoops prodigy from the start. At Hopkins High School, she was the No. 1 recruit in her class, earning 2020 Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year honors. Her senior year stats-21.0 points, 9.2 assists, 5.2 steals-led Hopkins to a 30-0 record before the state championship was canceled due to COVID-19. At the University of Connecticut (UConn), Bueckers became a legend. Kelsey Plum spoils Paige Bueckers' historic night with a buzzer beaterAs a freshman in 2020-21, […]