Is Azzi Fudd playing tonight? Final status for Wings rookie vs. Lynx
The Wings are taking it slow with the prized rookie.
Is Azzi Fudd playing tonight? Final status for Wings rookie vs. Lynx originally appeared on The Sporting News .
Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Azzi Fudd played 18 minutes in her WNBA debut with the Dallas Wings on Saturday. The No.
1 overall pick's status since has been in some doubt, as she deals with a right knee injury. Fudd, a standout sharpshooter at UConn, entered the WNBA as arguably the top prospect in her class. But her path to the starting lineup next to Paige Bueckers and Arike Ogunbowale looks like a steep one already -- and her knee injury isn't helping.
Fudd available to play against Minnesota After she missed Tuesday's home opener, Fudd will return to action on Thursday night Olivia Miles and the Minnesota Lynx . Earlier on Thursday, Fudd had participated in the Wings' shootaround at College Park Center. "We’ll see how tonight goes and how she gets through shootaround, and then see how she feels and what our medical staff says," Wings head coach Jose Fernandez had told Dallas Hoops Journal about Fudd's status.