{"id":137336,"date":"2025-09-12T00:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T00:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/137336\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T00:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T00:19:08","slug":"dallas-wings-executives-3-main-focuses-should-give-hope-to-fanbase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/137336\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Wings executive&#8217;s 3 main focuses should give hope to fanbase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_mpoqf4fwa\">The <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_7hjs5u\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/wnba\/wings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dallas Wings<\/a> have not had the season they imagined, sitting at 9-34 entering the final game of the season against the Phoenix Mercury. Paige Bueckers looks like a future superstar with her historic rookie season, averaging over 19 PPG and 5 APG. She&#8217;s the runaway favorite for Rookie of the Year and should even land on an All-WNBA team. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_qzygzgr29\">Bueckers just hasn&#8217;t received much help this season, but that isn&#8217;t stopping the Wings from keeping their sights on the bigger objective. Wings CEO Greg Bibb talked about that vision for the franchise in an interview with the <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_7hjs5u\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/business\/2025\/09\/11\/dallas-wings-ceo-greg-bibb-talks-the-organizations-soaring-financial-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dallas Morning News<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_u7rpdp27c\">\u201cWinning championships, playing in downtown Dallas and continuing to make a positive impact in the North Texas community,\u201d Bibb started.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_x7u035jgt\">\u201cThere are a lot of complexities to our business, but at the end of the day, there are three main things that we focus on. Number one is generating revenue. We are a for-profit enterprise, and you know, there\u2019s no shame in that. Number two, we\u2019re a professional sports franchise, so we\u2019re [in] the business of winning, specifically winning championships. And number three is making a positive impact in our community, and being a double bottom line business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_glhff3t0m\"><a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_7hjs5u\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/wnba\/wings\/paige-bueckers\/before-historic-nil-offers-paige-bueckers-depended-mom-uconn-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">READ MORE: Before historic NIL offers, Paige Bueckers depended on her mom at UConn<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"base_1emrqjj-o_O-initial_fzbddc-o_O-style_1a1csmw\" alt=\"Dallas Wings CEO Greg Bibb\" title=\"Dallas Wings CEO Greg Bibb\"\/><\/p>\n<p>May 7, 2025; Arlington, TX, USA; Dallas Wings CEO Greg Bibb poses for a photo during the 2025 Dallas Wings Media Day. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images \/ Jerome Miron-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_hrh312bfr\">There is likely to be a lockout this offseason as the WNBA and the players try to come to terms on a new CBA. Once that is over, though, the Wings have a lot of decisions to make to surround Paige Bueckers with the best situation possible. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_5vi8ijc9q\">The first is what to do with head coach Chris Koclanes? He&#8217;s had a disappointing run in his first stint as a head coach, and the reactions to him throughout the season haven&#8217;t been the best. Between fans already calling for his job, mixed reactions in huddles to his play draw-ups, and lackluster press conferences, it hasn&#8217;t been a very redeeming season for him. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_fivhkgfvn\">And then there&#8217;s the pending free agency of four-time All-Star Arike Ogunbowale. Her and Bueckers struggled to mesh cohesively this season at times, and many are wondering if she&#8217;s really a great fit alongside the star rookie. Ogunbowale is a star in her own right, so the Wings would like to make it work, but Ogunbowale is free to choose as she wants. That&#8217;s why some fans wanted the Wings to trade her before the deadline. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_74ei2z8h8\"><a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_7hjs5u\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/wnba\/wings\/news\/dallas-wings-could-be-fired-after-season-finale-vs-phoenix-mercury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">READ MORE: Dallas Wings could be fired after season finale vs. Phoenix Mercury<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_jf1cyyp33\">Stick with\u00a0WingsGameday\u00a0for more\u00a0<a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_7hjs5u\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/wnba\/wings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE coverage of the Dallas Wings<\/a>\u00a0throughout the 2025 Season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Wings have not had the season they imagined, sitting at 9-34 entering the final game of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-137336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}