When Grace Berger, for the first time ever, got to play alongside rookies, she shared, \u201cYoung players like JJ, Paige, Aziaha\u2026 to be able to be their teammate\u2026 I\u2019m just excited about it.\u201d And while that excitement hasn\u2019t certainly translated into a winning season, on the bonding side, it\u2019s a win.<\/p>\n
Well, that\u2019s because, despite racking up historic milestones this season, Paige Bueckers hasn\u2019t been shy about spotlighting the contributions of her teammate. After the Wings\u2019 78-91 loss against the Mystics, she said in the post-game press conference, \u201cYeah, she\u2019s just getting more comfortable and confident in the offense and getting us organized. She just plays with the effort that you really can\u2019t teach, so she just makes a positive impact on the basketball game, regardless of made or missed shots.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yes, that\u2019s a short but pointed remark that reveals a lot about Berger\u2019s value in Dallas. But you can see how it is between the two teammates\u2014mutual respect, complementary styles, and a shared commitment to making the team better. In a season where Dallas is looking to build both chemistry and consistency, the growing on-court connection between Bueckers and Berger could be one of the most quietly important storylines for the Wings\u2019 future.<\/a><\/p>\n (This is a developing story\u2026)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Grace Berger, for the first time ever, got to play alongside rookies, she shared, \u201cYoung players like…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[402,398,400,401,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-73664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-basketball","11":"tag-ncaabasketball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73664","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=73664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}