Paige Bueckers responds after coach called out ‘selfishness’
May 14, 2026; Arlington, Texas, USA; Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers (5) runs back up the court during the game between the Wings and the Lynx at College Park Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images After back-to-back losses last week, Dallas Wings head coach coach Jose Fernandez got pretty blunt about what he was seeing from his team as he called out “selfishness” in the locker room. Now, the Wings have righted the ship a bit, and superstar Paige Bueckers appears to have addressed those comments.
After beating Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever to open the season, the Wings suffered back-to-back losses last week, which lead Fernandez to call out the “selfishness” he saw in the team’s locker room. “I mean, it’s real talk and it’s accountability. That’s what I told them,” Fernandez said last week .
“There’s selfishness in this locker room. There is. You gotta look in the mirror and be accountable on how you play.
And don’t get upset if you think you should’ve played more or you didn’t play enough or you didn’t get the shots you think you should’ve gotten. Really good teams, they don’t give a s— about that. You know what they give a s— about, they give a s— about winning, ‘cause that’s what matters.
” While those were obviously some strong words from the head coach, it seems that the team took it to heart. In their very next showing, the Wings played perhaps their most complete game of the season as the team dominated the Washington Mystics by a score of 92-69. Following the game, Bueckers appeared to respond to this callout from her coach as she made it clear that the message was received.