Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki was courtside at College Park Center on Monday night to watch No. 1 overall pick Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings take on the Seattle Storm in her second WNBA game.
The Wings lost 79-71 to fall to 0-2, but Bueckers led the team with 19 points and eight assists in 37 minutes. She also had five rebounds, two steals and a block in the loss.
Although she is still at the beginning of her rookie season, the Hall of Famer already sees a lot of potential Bueckers.
“It’s going to take a while to get used to the physicality in the WNBA, but I think she’s got the talent,” Nowitzki said on the WNBA broadcast. “She’s going to be amazing for us. And she is just going to get better from game to game, from season to season. You already can see now she’s gotten more comfortable out there from Game 1, so she’s going to be tremendous for this organization for a long time.”
Nowitzki, a 14-time All-Star, was the franchise player for the Mavericks and helped them win a championship in 2011. He retired…
