Paige Bueckers got a big Dallas welcome on draft night.
The UConn guard was the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft, as the Dallas Wings snagged her with the top pick. Shortly after she was selected, a fellow Dallas basketball player welcomed her to the city. Mavericks big man Anthony Davis recorded a video congratulating Bueckers and expressing excitement that she'll also be in Dallas.
Davis is a fellow No. 1 pick, as the then-New Orleans Hornets selected him with the top pick in the 2012 NBA draft.
From one No. 1 pick to another…
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) April 14, 2025
AD welcomes @paigebueckers1 to Dallas 🙌#MFFL pic.twitter.com/acbNgNRXdy
Davis and Bueckers have a lot in common. Both were McDonald's All-Americans in high school, both were named first-team All-Americans and national player of the year in college and both won a national championship.
Both are also new arrivals to Dallas, as Davis was traded to the Mavericks on February 2 in a deal that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. He'll now team with Bueckers to be the faces of basketball in the city.
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