While many fans believed Paige Bueckers' transition to the WNBA would be far from rough, the season opener served as an unpleasant reminder. The post Paige Bueckers & DiJonai Carrington Waste No Time to Lay Out Dallas Wings’ Key Problems After Loss appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings take on Skylar Diggins and the Seattle Storm in this WNBA matchup on Monday night.

Paige Bueckers returns to Target Center, where a player she idolized is evidence of the value of good teammates and a little luck.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Dallas rookie and former UConn star Paige Bueckers scored 19 points and distributed eight assists in her second WNBA game, but was unable to lead the Wings to its first win of the WNBA season.

In 30 minutes during the 99-84 Minnesota road win, Bueckers finished with 10 points on just 3-of-10 shooting from the floor and 4-of-4 shooting from the foul line, seven rebounds, and two assists, plus a -19 plus-minus.

In fact, it's now gone viral. As Bueckers led UConn to the NCAA championship this spring, the post was everywhere. "When I was watching Paige back then in 2013, she reminded me of just (Taurasi's ...