While the All-Star Game has concluded, a clip featuring Paige Bueckers and Kevin Durant just showed that the Dallas Wings star didn’t enter the All-Star break aiming to take things easy. After dropping 21 points in the Dallas Wings’ win over the Portland Fire on July 23, Bueckers grabbed an early morning flight the next day to Chicago just so she could train with Kevin Durant, and the Houston Rockets star couldn’t help but show his admiration.
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“You a machine bro, you was just playing last night,” Durant remarked as per a post by the Wings Bulletin, which showed some fresh footage from their training session. Durant himself posted about the session on his Instagram story.
Celebrity photographer Miles Diggs first posted about the baseline shooting session on Instagram. After that, Durant, who is enjoying his NBA offseason, shared the post on his Instagram story with a playful caption, “Is this allowed?”
From an early morning session with K.D to headlining at the orange carpet and playing for Team Coop in the All-Star game, Bueckers did it all this weekend. So It’s not hard to resonate with what K.D said.
Last Thursday, Bueckers showed her excitement about appearing in her second All-Star Game in her second WNBA season in a video uploaded by the league.
‘The vibes are getting lit. For three days straight, electrolytes. Fun times, parties and a little bit of hoops,” the Dallas Wings star told the WNBA.
Meanwhile, Bueckers has played a crucial role in turning around the Dallas Wings team. She leads the Dallas team in points as well as assists, averaging 20.9 per game while contributing another 4.2 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game.
The #1 pick from the 2025 draft has made herself indispensable to this Dallas team. Her usage rate of 24.7% indicates the Wings’ reliance on her output. She contributes a staggering 29.1% of the Wings’ assists, while shooting 49.2% from the field, and her true shooting percentage of 61.0 shows her high efficiency in this team’s offense.
With a 18-9 record for the season, the Wings are fourth in the standings and look primed for a playoff spot. So it wasn’t a surprise that she was chosen as Team Coop’s captain for the All-Star game. And although her team lost 129-122 against Team Spoon, headed by Caitlin Clark, Bueckers scored a respectable 12 points with 7 assists and a steal.