With the start of the 2025 WNBA season just around the corner, excitement and anticipation are at an all-time high.
All eyes are on Caitlin Clark, the Indiana Fever star who broke records and made a name for herself in her rookie year in 2024.
But she’s not the only one turning heads: Paige Bueckers, the No. 1 pick in the 2025 draft by the Dallas Wings, arrives with an aura of greatness after leading UConn to the national championship in April.
The women’s basketball world is eager to see how these two generations of talent will clash on the court, as it will mark the beginning of a rivalry that will generate positive media coverage for the WNBA and the start of a new era.
The debate begins to heat up
Unlike Paige, Caitlin Clark did not have a happy ending in high school, failing to win the title she so desperately wanted. To the point that in a golden class full of champions, her college career was marked by the absence of a title, a striking contrast that sets her apart from the best 2020 recruits, a stain that will follow her for the rest of her career.
Bueckers finished her high school career with a perfect record and a national championship with the Huskies, putting her at the top and raising expectations.
Paige Bueckers fed up with comparisons, blames media
She has yet to play her first official game in the WNBA, but it seems Bueckers has lost patience with the constant comparisons to Caitlin Clark.
“That’s what the media cares about,”Paige told Time magazine when asked for her opinion on comparisons to the Indiana Fever star.
However, she then went on to explain a little more about Clark.
“I don’t think Caitlin and I play the same way. But I understand that we grew up in the same class, the same generation, both point guards. But it’s also about not worrying about that and, like I said, running your own race and being present every day.”
“Those comparisons are just a product of the media, of the narrative. And they’re good for the sport because they get people talking about it and they make it a topic of conversation. So I’m sure we’ve both gotten used to it,” said Paige Bueckers in Cluth Points.
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