After a number of indicators that the 2 had been courting, Paige Bueckers has seemingly confirmed that Azzi Fudd is her girlfriend.
Throughout WNBA All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis, the Dallas Wings rookie took half in a number of interviews on Thursday night time. Many of the interviews had a typical topic: Fudd.
In an interview with WAG Discuss, Bueckers was quizzed with enjoyable info concerning the UConn guard whom WAG Discuss known as the Dallas star’s “D1 girlfriend.”
She answered questions accurately concerning the highschool Fudd attended, her accolades and the staff that drafted her mom, Katie Smrcka-Duffy Fudd.
Bueckers was requested about Fudd’s cellphone case — which reads “Paige Bueckers’ girlfriend” — that took the web by storm. When reporters requested Bueckers to disclose her girlfriend, she replied “Azzi Fudd” with a smile.
She didn’t specify how lengthy they have been courting.
Bueckers was additionally requested if her life had been on the road, who would she belief with a last-second shot. With out hesitation, she answered, “Azzi Fudd.”
Fudd was Bueckers’ teammate with the UConn Huskies. The Arlington, Virginia native averaged 13.6 factors, two rebounds and 1.8 assists within the 2024-25 season, when she scored 24 factors within the ladies’s nationwide championship sport in opposition to the South Carolina Gamecocks to steer UConn to victory.
Earlier in July, Bueckers was requested about her on-court sneaker rotation and the way she decides what shoe to put on earlier than revealing Fudd picks her sport sneakers. Nonetheless, Bueckers mentioned Fudd is not going to select her All-Star Recreation kicks and that Nike will oversee the sneakers she wears.
Bueckers at present leads the Wings and all WNBA rookies in factors (18.4), assists (5.5) and steals (1.7). She was the No. 1 decide of the 2025 WNBA draft.