UConn's Azzi Fudd is different from almost every WNBA Draft No. 1 overall pick
It's rare that a first pick looks like this.
UConn's Azzi Fudd is different from almost every WNBA Draft No. 1 overall pick originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here .
There's no guarantee that the Dallas Wings take Azzi Fudd with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft. But if they do, it'll be a different sort of selection than almost every first pick in the league's history.
The basic idea is this: Fudd isn't an on-ball player, or a dominant interior force. If someone falls in the middle, they're often the best scorer in every gym they enter. For most of basketball history, post players ruled the game.
And then more recently, it's about the creators who can have the ball in their hand all the time -- think Maya Moore or Sabrina Ionescu or, yes, Paige Bueckers. Fudd doesn't really fit the molds. She averaged 3.