WNBA Stars Paige Bueckers, Azzi Fudd Confirm Breakup

The 25-year-old emphasized that she and Fudd—who was drafted in April—remain friends. 

“She’s an amazing human, an amazing basketball player,” she continued. “We’re still friends, we’re still cool. We broke up over a year ago, so we played an entire season together. We’re the utmost professional. We care about basketball.”

Bueckers also acknowledged that she wanted to give a “speech” regarding the fan’s obsession with their romance since it was confirmed. 

“There’s a whole list and notes of things that I would love to address if I had the time or the energy but I think and Azzi can agree to this just to start by saying we don’t stand for hate of any kind,” the guard continued. “We don’t condone that. If you’re using our names and our image to spread that, that’s not who we are and that’s not what we’re about.”

Nodding to the negative messages Bueckers and Fudd’s family, friends and teammates received during their relationship, Bueckers acknowledged, “That’s never been something that we’ve stood for.”

Ultimately, both Bueckers and Fudd, 23, made it clear they only support each other—and only want support for each other from their fans. 

“We’re still going to be great teammates,” Bueckers continued. “We’re going to be professionals. We are still going to have other friends. We will eventually move on.”

She also didn’t want any hate for their potential future partners joking, “I know we will continue to be outside and be lit and have a good time so we should not get punished for that as well.”

Fudd, for her part, concurred with everything Bueckers laid out, and confirmed they won’t be speaking any further on their relationship. 

“We know you guys are probably curious and have a ton of questions,” she acknowledged, “but we’ve addressed everything that we need to and the rest will stay with us.”

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