Basketball fans in Dallas have gone through so much in the last year, but their fates are about to change Monday night when the Dallas Wings take Paige Bueckers off the board with the No. 1 pick of the 2025 WNBA draft.
The moment was practically set in stone after the Wings won the draft lottery back in November, giving them the right to select the undisputed top prospect of the 2025 class in Bueckers.
There was some chatter of Bueckers reportedly preferring another WNBA team over the Wings, but the UConn guard cleared that up amid her team's national title run earlier this year. The Wings, for their part, appear to have no intention of trading the No. 1 pick.
In just a few hours, the moment everyone has been waiting for will finally materialize with Bueckers hearing her name called by the WNBA commish in New York City. Just for fun, and maybe a little giddy from the anticipation, the Wings' social media team shared a cheeky post that had their future franchise player written all over it.
The Wings posted a custom graphic of a No. 5 jersey and wrote, "5 hours until a new page."
5️⃣ hours until a new page. pic.twitter.com/zHu14NOM4t
— Dallas Wings (@DallasWings) April 14, 2025
Not slick, admin.
Fans knew that the Wings knew exactly what they were doing.
So who do yall think is going #1 https://t.co/86KaDRQNRz
— Tyler DeLuca (@TylerDeLuca) April 14, 2025
Admin knows what they’re doing here LOL https://t.co/Uwatu6eSvk
— Talia Goodman (@TaliaGoodmanWBB) April 14, 2025
Elite tweet. https://t.co/VHYRHiF1Tb
— Janaé Sims (@auntienae95) April 14, 2025
Subtle https://t.co/NnCstQKQW1
— Daniel Connolly (@DanielVConnolly) April 14, 2025
i just know they’ve had this graphic ready since they secured the #1 pick lmao https://t.co/tCmhUi6eyu
— #35 back 😈🐺 (@bueckers__) April 14, 2025
Haha but just take care of her… https://t.co/QfTHW0BSTg
— Yalia 🏆 (@Yaliaaa_) April 14, 2025
https://t.co/dpaVZ3Otcn pic.twitter.com/CkDTv2ZlE3
— Jessica (@jessicawinslow) April 14, 2025
https://t.co/EdYMp2azS6 pic.twitter.com/pHW23DnGzm
— Vanshay Murdock 🎥🎥 (@VanshayM) April 14, 2025
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