Standing alongside her fellow rookies, No. 1 draft pick Paige Bueckers placed a custom white cowboy hat atop her head, officially signaling the start of a new era for the Dallas Wings.
“There is a lot of new in this organization, so to be a part of something where we can build with each other and create a new sisterhood, we’re really excited,” Bueckers said at the Wings’ rookies’ introductory news conference on Wednesday. “And plus, we got these hats, the cowboy boots, we’re ready to invest all of ourselves into Dallas.”
During the draft lottery back in November, Dallas general manager Curt Miller was hoping not to get the fourth pick. He would have been fine with anywhere in the top three. So he was relieved when he heard the Washington Mystics got No. 4. He was even more excited when they also got the third pick. He was prepared to have the second pick, but once it was announced that No. 2 was going to the Los Angeles Sparks, his giddy emotions took over and he jumped around his former assistant coach’s office.
“The big picture is we knew what that meant, that we would have the opportunity to draft the No. 1 pick — Paige Bueckers,” Miller said.
“You don’t want to take anything for granted, or be entitled to anything, so you want to continue to stay…
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