Paige Bueckers: No 1 WNBA Draft Pick

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Why hasn’t middle America given Paige Bueckers the Caitlin Clark treatment?

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Paige Bueckers , the probable No 1 pick in this year ’s WNBA draft, is a brilliant talent, although she may not want you to point that out.

In 2021 , she was the first freshman to earn the Wooden Award , Naismith Trophy , AP Player of the Year and USBWA Player of Year.

She also led the Huskies in points, assists, steals and three -point percentage for a team that played in the Final Four and finished 28 -2 overall.

In July 2022 , she tore her ACL and missed the entire 2022-23 season .

But this season she is healthy and wreaking havoc on every team she faces.

Much of the media made Reese the villain to Clark ’s heroine after the Black Princess upstaged the Great White Hope in the 2023 NCAA Tournament championship game.

The viral image of Reese defiantly waving her hand in front of her face the same taunt Clark had used in a previous game transformed Clark and Reese from great players to lightning rods for racial animus.

Meanwhile, there has been no Black villain for Bueckers to compete against.

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