Dallas Wings’ point guard Paige Bueckers has started the season strong with multiple games scoring 20 or more points. She scored 27 points, shooting 7 of 13, in the 86-90 loss against the Minnesota Lynx.
Overall, she is averaging 20 points per game in four outings, with 5.5 assists and 2.8 rebounds. These numbers are impressive, and she’s giving her best to help Dallas win games, but some fans believe there’s more to these numbers.
Bueckers is one of the best players in the league today and a genuine threat to Caitlin Clark’s MVP case. So far, Clark has the lead over Buckers with 24.3 points, 9 assists, 5 rebounds, one steal, and one block per game.
Fans of Clark believe that Bueckers, despite her injury history and her team having huge leads, is staying in games to boost her numbers. One fan posted a screenshot of the Wings-Mystics game to make the point.
With over 7 minutes to go in the fourth quarter, the Wings had a 73-48 lead over the Mystics. Usually, star players leave the court in these situations when a win is nearly guaranteed to give time to the bench players.
Clark is known for doing so as her head coach takes her out of the game once the score tips in their favor. However, Bueckers stayed in the game, playing 33 minutes for her 18 points against the Mystics.
“Stat padding!! Don’t even do this in high school for fear of your star getting hurt,” a fan wrote.
Bueckers is averaging 32.3 points per game for her 20-point average, whereas Clark is averaging 30.8 points on the floor for her 24.3.
Paige Bueckers’ Head Coach on Players Being Selfish
The Dallas Wings head coach, Jose Hernandez, recently called out his players for being selfish. Following the loss against the Lynx, Hernandez criticized his players for focusing too much on individual performances.
“There’s selfishness in this locker room,” Fernandez said he told his players. “You gotta look in the mirror and be accountable on how you played. And don’t get upset if you think that you should have played more, or you didn’t play enough, or you didn’t get the shots that you think you should have gotten.”
As per Hernandez, the lack of accountability, worrying about individual numbers, and playing time concerns disrupt the team chemistry. He wants his players to maximize their output for the common goal of winning games.
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