Women’s Basketball Needs All the Stars

It was not so long ago that Paige Bueckers represented the future of women’s basketball. In 2020, she was the top recruit in a class that included Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Cameron Brink, and Kamilla Cardoso. As a true freshman, at the University of Connecticut, she showed preternatural poise and projected a sense of inevitability. She could slip her willowy frame through traffic, and finish at the rim. She had exceptional skill in the midrange, and shot over forty per cent from beyond the three-point arc. She was an adept passer and an above-average defender, and had an instinct for clutch moments.