No one can accuse future Hall of Famer Diana Taurasi of a failure to know ball, so when she speaks on a basketball player, it’s probably time to listen. Taurasi made a bold prediction while speaking to the Athletic, saying of 2025’s first-overall pick, Paige Bueckers, that the Dallas Wings‘ guard will someday become “the best player in the league, for sure.”
Taurasi, in a discussion about what it’s like to be drafted first-overall and end up on a rebuilding team, praised Bueckers for already improving from game to game. “The WNBA, it’s a different beast. There’s different challenges, you know, as an individual, as a team. When you get drafted number one, you usually go to a team that’s rebuilding, that’s starting to try something new. There’s a lot of challenges when you get to a team and a franchise that’s rebuilding, and you know you kind of have to change your outlook on wins and losses. You take the wins as far as getting better every single game, and as you can tell already Paige, from game one to game two she was a different player. And from game two to game 10 she’s going to be a different player.”
Bueckers, four games in, is averaging 13 points per game, and 6.3 assists, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.8 steals. The Wings are currently 0-4, but you can already see…
