Paige Bueckers, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft, made her preseason debut on Friday night during the Dallas Wings' 112-78 loss to the Las Vegas Aces in South Bend, Indiana. In addition to being Bueckers' first appearance in a Wings jersey,

The woman they call Paige “buckets” Bueckers made her first appearance in a Dallas Wings uniform on Friday night in South Bend, Indiana. Bueckers, the Wings’ No. 1 overall draft pick in this spring’s WNBA draft, showed flashes of why she’s one of the most highly anticipated prospects in WNBA history.

Naturally, comparisons to last year’s WNBA Rookie of the Year, Caitlin Clark, are flying. The former Iowa superstar took the league by storm with a tremendous rookie season. But some fans are already noticing one big difference: how the league is defending Bueckers compared to how Clark was guarded in her debut.