{"id":630204,"date":"2026-05-08T03:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T03:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/630204\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T03:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T03:53:10","slug":"dallas-wings-finalize-roster-ahead-of-2026-season-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/630204\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Wings finalize roster ahead of 2026 season opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wings.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">ARLINGTON, TX &#8211; MAY 3: Azzi Fudd #35, Maddy Siegrist #20, Paige Bueckers #5 and Jessica Shepard #32 of the Dallas Wings celebrate during the game against the Las Vegas Aces during a WNBA Pre Season game on May 3, 2026 at the College Park Center in Ar <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">DALLAS &#8211; The Dallas Wings have finalized their Opening Day roster for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>   Dallas Wings finalize 2026 roster <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The Wings announced the 14 players they will carry on their roster to begin the 2026 season. The players are:<\/p>\n<p> Paige Bueckers, guardAlysha Clark, forwardAzzi Fudd, guardAziah James, guardAwak Kuier, forwardDulcy Fankam Mendijadeu, forward-center (Developmental Player Pool)Arike Ogunbowale, guardJJ Quinerly, guardJessica Shepard, forwardMaddy Siegrist, forwardOdyssey Sims, guardAlanna Smith, forwardCostanza Verona, guard (Developmental Player Pool)Li Yueru, center <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Bueckers and Fudd were the No. 1 overall picks in the 2025 and 2026 WNBA Draft, respectively. Bueckers is coming off a sensational rookie season where she was named WNBA Rookie of the Year.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Siegrist and Ogunbuwale are both multi-year starters for the Wings, while Yueru, Quinerly, and James were contributors to the 2025 squad.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gettyimages-2273904246.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">AUSTIN, TX &#8211; MAY 03: Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers #5 dribbles up the court against the Las Vegas Aces during the game on May 03, 2026, at the Moody Center in Austin, TX. (Photo by Adam Davis\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The team signed Alysha Clark, a three-time WNBA champion, in the offseason. Dallas also brought in 2025 Co-Defensive Player of the Year Alanna Smith in free agency as well.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Odyssey Sims returns to Dallas after several previous stints with the franchise that drafted her No. 2 overall in 2014.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Verona and Mendijadeu can play up to 12 games with the Wings on their Developmental Player Pool contracts.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The Wings will open their 2026 season on the road against the Indiana Fever on Saturday, May 9 at 12 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The team&#8217;s first home game will take place on Tuesday, May 12 at 7 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this story comes from the Dallas Wings.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/wnba\/wings\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Wings<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/sports\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sports<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/wnba\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WNBA<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article ARLINGTON, TX &#8211; MAY 3: Azzi Fudd #35, Maddy Siegrist #20, Paige Bueckers #5 and Jessica Shepard&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,13469,434],"class_list":["post-630204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wings","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}