{"id":786763,"date":"2026-07-27T05:49:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T05:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/786763\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T05:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T05:49:17","slug":"paige-bueckers-hyped-for-dominique-malongas-dunk-from-2026-wnba-all-star-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/786763\/","title":{"rendered":"Paige Bueckers Hyped for Dominique Malonga&#8217;s Dunk from 2026 WNBA All-Star Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers lauded Dominique Malonga after the Seattle Storm forward threw down a dunk in Saturday&#8217;s 2026 WNBA All-Star Game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Bueckers told reporters that Malonga &#8220;makes it look easy,&#8221; adding she fully understood the 20-year-old&#8217;s potential after they were teammates in Unrivaled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">As with any All-Star Game, defense was optional at times in Chicago. In the second quarter, Malonga had a wide-open lane to the basket and made the most of it with a right-handed jam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Malonga was the youngest player in league history to post a double-double (12 points and 13 rebounds) in the All-Star Game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Storm have the worst record (6-23) in the WNBA, and they&#8217;re pretty much out of the playoff race looking at the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Malonga is a big reason why fans in the Pacific Northwest are nonetheless excited by what they&#8217;re watching. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Heading into the 2025 draft, the French standout was <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theringer.com\/2025\/03\/07\/wnba\/dominique-malonga-2025-wnba-draft-scouting-report-height-france\">described<\/a> as a special kind of prospect who could help to shape the entire league moving forward. Midway through her second season, she&#8217;s on a trajectory to do just that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers lauded Dominique Malonga after the Seattle Storm forward threw down a dunk in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-786763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786763","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=786763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}