Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd reveal they broke up long ago, before becoming WNBA teammates

Dallas Wings teammates Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd shockingly announced on Fudd’s podcast that the two are no longer in a relationship, and they, in fact, have been broken up since before Fudd was drafted to the Wings in April of this year.

“Paige and I have something that we want to share with everyone,” Fudd said. “We are no longer together.”

“We were not together before she got drafted. So all of those narratives can go to bed,” Bueckers said. “She was not drafted because she was my girlfriend. She was drafted because she deserved it. She’s an amazing human, amazing basketball player. And we’re still friends. We’re still cool.”

“We played an entire season together. We’re the utmost professional. We care about basketball.”

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Sources tell Outsports that reporters within the WNBA who cover the Wings knew the relationship was over for a long time. The most surprising aspect of the situation is how much controversy Fudd’s selection in the WNBA Draft created and both women decided to let the public think they were still dating.

Bueckers was questioned before the season about the relationship and shut down all questions about it.

“I believe me and Azzi’s personal relationship is nobody’s business but our own. And what we choose to share is completely up to us,” Bueckers said. “As media members, I understand you guys have a job to do, and you guys have to ask questions about the basketball aspect of it, so that’s what I’ll be addressing today.

“Me and Azzi have always been the utmost professional. We’ve always conducted ourselves as such, and we’ve never let anything that happens off the court carry onto the court. That’s what we continue to do.”

The Wings finished 27-17 in the 2026 season. They lost in the first round of the playoffs to the eventual champions, the Golden State Valkyries. Bueckers averaged 20.9 points per game, and Fudd averaged 13.1 points per game and won the WNBA Three-Point Contest during the All-Star events.

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