Paige Bueckers Near Unanimous Rookie Of The Year After Scintillating Wnba Debut Season

Dallas Wings prima Paige Bueckers was a runaway prime for WNBA Rookie of nan Year aft 1 of nan champion debut seasons successful convention history.

Bueckers received 70 of nan 72 votes from sportswriters and broadcasters successful balloting announced by nan convention connected Tuesday. The different 2 went to Washington Mystics defender Sonia Citron.

Bueckers, nan No 1 wide prime successful this year’s draft, was a agleam spot connected a squad that tied nan Chicago Sky pinch a league-worst 10-34 record. The erstwhile UConn prima averaged 19.2 points connected 47.7% shooting on pinch 3.9 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1.6 steals. But those numbers don’t show nan complete story.

Her 692 points and 194 assists were nan third-most by a WNBA rookie. The item was erstwhile she scored 44 successful a nonaccomplishment to nan Los Angeles Sparks successful August. That was nan WNBA’s highest constituent full this play and nan astir ever by a rookie. She besides became nan first subordinate successful convention history to people 40 aliases much while shooting 80% successful a game. That capacity came adjacent nan extremity of a 30-game double-digit streak, nan 3rd longest to commencement a profession down A’ja Wilson’s 33 games successful 2018 and Candace Parker’s 32 games successful 2008.