The WNBA Is a Perfectly Choreographed TV Drama

Paige Bueckers, the superstar guard who, in early April, led the storied ­UConn Huskies women’s basketball team to their twelfth national championship, had a made-for-TV spring. Bueckers is a smooth player. In the fluidity of her shots, the calm precision of the way she picks apart opposing defenses, there’s an ease to her game. It can be frustrating to see her pass up scoring opportunities, to defer when we might want her to attack. But once she gets going, she’s almost impossible to stop. When she celebrates, she smirks, she laughs, she throws off a Michael Jordan–esque shrug. That was easy.