Paige Bueckers's Rookie Expectations with Dallas in WNBA

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00:00But let's start with Paige Beckers. Everybody expected her to be the first overall pick way

00:05back in 2021. After a long college career and a national championship to end it, she goes first

00:12overall to Dallas. She will have very high expectations entering her rookie campaign

00:17this summer, Miles. What do you think is a successful debut year in the W for Paige

00:23Beckers in Dallas? So I think a successful year for her is just continuing to be her.

00:28It's not just that she's going to go out there and score 30, 40 in a game, although we saw her

00:34do that in the tournament. She had three games of 30 plus, set her career high with 40

00:38in a tourney game, but it's her efficiency. She was coming off of 52, 43, 89 splits at 20 points a game

00:47with UConn this year and her three and a half assist to turnover ratio of the nation. So I think that

00:52for a rookie to come in and just be that composed, have such a good feel for the game and be alongside

00:58pros like Arike Agunbowale and now Dijanae Carrington is over there. Nalissa Smith's over

01:03there now, Tierra McCowan. They already have a pretty strong starting five that she'll be able

01:08to slot into. They were just meeting this point guard. So I think she's got a lot of vets to lean

01:13on and she's just going to stay at that efficiency level and that'll help her make that transition.