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Already with a rough start in the young WNBA season, the Dallas wings will be their best player without demonstrably.
The team announced on Friday that Paige Bueckers, the number 1 general choice in this year’s design from UConn, was placed in a concussion protocol.
The move came after the loss of the wings of 97-92 for Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky on Thursday evening was the first victory of the heaven of the season.
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Dallas Wings Guard Paige Bueckers dribbles on Thursday during the match against the Chicago Sky in Wintrust Arena in Chicago. (Patrick Gorski imagn images)
The development will force her to miss at least two games.
The team did not give specific details about what led to the move, and it is unclear what BUECKERS has encouraged to go to the protocol. She had 15 points, eight assists and five rebounds in Thursday’s game.
Bueckers will not play in the home game of Dallas against the air or in Seattle against the storm on Tuesday evening. Then she will be again evaluated.
Dallas has lost five of their first six games to start the season. Bueckers has an average of 14.7 points, a team -high 6.7 assists and 2.0 steals a match in her professional debut while playing 33.9 minutes per match, also the most in the team.
She is also in second place in points and third in rebounds.

Dallas Wings Guard Paige Bueckers talks to head coach Chris Koclanes during the match against the Minnesota Lynx in College Park Center in Arlington, Texas, on 16 May. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez)
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For a long time, Bueckers had been the best choice of this year’s design in the midst of a record career at UConn, even if a torn ACL hair cost the season 2022-23.
She on average 19.8 points per match for the Huskies, the most in school history. Bueckers also had the second most career points in the history of March in March for women. She ended her run in UConn with a title in April, after making the last four in every season.

Paige Bueckers poses with WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert, after he has been selected with the number 1 General choice of the Dallas Wings in the WNBA design of 2025 on the barn in Hudson Yards in New York on April 14. (Vincent CarchiTta-Imagement Images)
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It was actually nine years ago since the previous title of UConn, their longest stretch since winning their first in 1995.
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
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