{"id":324872,"date":"2025-12-04T13:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T13:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/324872\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T13:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T13:23:09","slug":"candace-parker-shares-opinion-on-dallas-wings-top-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/324872\/","title":{"rendered":"Candace Parker shares opinion on Dallas Wings’ top pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Wings<\/a> are on the clock with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft, where they could select UConn guard Azzi Fudd to pair with her former teammate and current girlfriend Paige Bueckers.<\/p>\n

Fudd is the highest-profile prospect of the incoming rookie class and her addition to the Wings would give them a potentially lethal backcourt for many years to come. However, WNBA legend Candace Parker would rather Fudd be taken by the Minnesota Lynx<\/a> with the No. 2 overall pick.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think for Azzi I would probably love to see her with Minnesota,\u201d Parker said h\/t Clutch Points reporter Zachary Draves. \u201cMinnesota would be great. I think that the action and your coming into a team that\u2019s already really good. I think the Storm would be another intriguing place to live, but we don\u2019t get to determine. This isn\u2019t about what Azzi wants, it\u2019s about what\u2019s best for Dallas.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Dallas Wings projected to lose 4-time All-Star in WNBA Expansion Draft<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Chicago<\/p>\n

Chicago Sky franchise legend and WNBA Champion Candace Parker. \/ Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

While Fudd is an option for the Wings, TCU point guard Olivia Miles is another player for the team to look at. There are slight concerns over the fit between her and Bueckers, but Parker thinks the two can co-exist.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd their different dynamics,\u201d Parker said of Miles and Bueckers. \u201cLike Paige is a scoring guard that facilitates and is a great passer. But Olivia is just straight up like gonna get you in your offense and push pace, hit you with some nice passes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Wings will have a long time before they have to come up with a verdict on what to do with the No. 1 overall pick, especially if the league and player’s association are unable to come up with a new collective bargaining agreement by their new deadline of Jan. 9.<\/p>\n

The WNBA Draft is currently scheduled for the middle of April.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: WNBA proposal could see Dallas Wings season start sooner<\/a><\/p>\n

Stick with\u00a0WingsGameday\u00a0for more\u00a0FREE coverage of the Dallas Wings<\/a>\u00a0throughout the offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Wings are on the clock with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-324872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324872","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=324872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}