Dallas Wings star Paige Bueckers drew a hard line on her relationship with No.1 overall draft pick Azzi Fudd.
On Monday, during the Wings' media day, Bueckers used her opening statement to address her relationship with Fudd. Bueckers said she planned to address it once with the media, and the pair would decide to share moving forward as they saw fit.
"Me and Azzi have always been the utmost professional. We've always conducted ourselves as such, and we'd never let anything that happens off the court carry onto the court," Bueckers said. "And that's what we continue to do.
"We've been doing this for a long time. ... So we will continue to use that experience to show up and be professionals, teammates, great leaders − great leaders, the hardest workers and continue to show up and do our job and help the Dallas Wings win basketball games."
Bueckers reiterated she understood the media has a job to do and will ask questions about the basketball aspect of their relationship. However, if the questions turn to their personal relationship, Bueckers said she and Fudd will refer to her statement on Monday or deflect to questions about their teammates.
