I would not either. She wants to ride the wave that C22 has made. Smart move on her part. She has a limit window as she doesn't want to take a chance to get injured.
Yeah a lot depends on if she gets injured this season. If she does, she will likely stay in college another year. If not, I think she’s ready to go pro. She is going to be 24 next October. That is too old for a college student unless they are post grad going for her Masters or Doctorate and she is not that I know of.
@@tenderstepsPaul the main reason is: CC played basketball for University of Iowa and Iowa knocked Geno’s UConn team out of the NCAA tournament in 2024. He underestimated Iowa and CC who beat his team and made it to the Championship game! There are other things Geno said about CC after the tournament and before the WNBA season that was controversial… you can research this… it’s old news for me!
@@mrjonsey yea… don’t get me wrong if you’re a whiner and want to only think of yourself and are afraid of playing on a losing team … yes, you’re correct but if you want to play basketball and want to be part of building a team around you - a supposedly a “great basketball player -- the best player to ever play the game” according to Geno you go to a team that’s like Texas rebuilding … where they build the team around YOU! Just sayin. It will be interesting and fun to see how UConn does this year and what happens to Page … 📃 but I think she’s just a flash in the pan compared to CC.
@mrjonsey , no! Fever was a losing team just like Wings currently, Caitlin Clark turns the Fever into a winner, let's see if Paige do the same for the Wings.
@@ItsJustMyOpinion_Really how are you a flash in the pan when you were the #1 player in your class, won player of the year as a freshman and will be a top pick in the draft? That literally is the opposite of that saying.
He’s a great coach. But he hasn’t won a final in a while. Even with the best players. He really wants to win this season but we will see. Times have changed over the last 40 years.
He’s playing mind games so she’ll stay! He only cares about himself! She needs to get away from him! He should be encouraging her and telling her she has what it takes to play in the wnba! He’s a jerk!
The difference? Clark went to back-to-back championship games while staying home at Iowa. No way Bueckers exceeds what she's done at UConn if she stays home and plays with the Minnesota Golden Gophers
She should go to the WNBA. The W needs an influx of star players as well as journeyman (Women) that will strengthen the league and generate more interest in women's sports. I am also against a rookie in any sport dictating where they won't play. It undermines the game and rubs fans the wrong way. Ultimately, the fans are who keep players employed.
Your comment reminded me of Eric Lindros in the NHL. Refused to sign with the team that drafted him, so there was a big trade that benefited the team that drafted him which helped that team become a Stanley Cup winner. And I always had to root against whatever team Lindros played on after that.
If Paige stays at UCONN, she'll be the laughing stock of both college and WNBA leagues. I'm hoping some team beats them in the finals, but not only to crush Geno's ego.😅
I hope they go out in the Elite 8, or even better Sweet 16. It would be so fitting... The good thing is, there are a lot of good teams this season who have a legit chance to beat UConn. I dont even have a problem with Paige, I just do not want to see that old arrogant geezer get another ring ever again.
I saw your headline..WHAT?! OOMMGG! Ok now I’m listening! She WATCHED 🙄 What a brat at 23 years old and stays in college, if it’s true! Geno’s a moron, imo
NIL has changed everything. These ladies have choices. Paige is already making millions from her name. Why would she be in a hurry to go sign a contract for a salary under 100,000? Let's get real.
I think she cant. She wont be 22 at draft night if I am not mistaken. I think JuJu will play the normal 4 years like basically all US talents do. I dont know why there are different rules for european players though. Maybe someone can explain to me why players out of Europe can be drafted at age 20 and enter the league... Agree with Bueckers though. Even if Dallas is also a huge market. Not as flashy, but still big... so its not like she is stuck in a small town with no media coverage.
@@Smido83 You have to turn 22 within the year you are drafted, so someone like Bueckers was eligible to be drafted in 2023 as well as 2024. International players have to be 20 and never have played for a U.S. college.
I think the combination of covid, multiple injuries, the desire to play with her close friend Azzi who has also been injured, and a desire to win a championship, plus the minimal extra income from going to the wnba led her to stay this year. My guess is she will leave after this year as well but I don't get the subtle shaming of her if she decided to stay. In the W you have much bigger 30 year olds bullying 21 years olds, so a smaller 24 year old playing with 18 years olds doesnt seem that crazy to me. Plus Paige's faith and relationship with God seems significant in her life and my guess is that plays a big role in her decisions based on other interviews I have seen. Lastly, she said she didn't watch the draft lottery because it was stressful and she knew she would find out the results anyway in that interview.
People didn't and still don't have any problem with Caitlin being bullied, she deals with it like an adult. It'll be interesting to see if Paige can handle it like an adult.
In my humble opinion, this year’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Season is up for grabs! Gino and UConn have their work cut out for them if they want to win the National championship because there is more parity in the game than ever before. For example, who would have thought that S Carolina would have lost to UCLA by as many points as they did. Granted, it’s early in the season and if you’re going to lose a game this is the time to do it when the games don’t mean as much in the national rankings. I’m positive Coach Stalely will have her squad mentally prepared for their next game! She is a very good coach and knows how to motivate her team so they focus on playing one game at a time - which is why she plays these tough games at the beginning of the season to mentally and physically prepare her players for their tough conference season, as well as the conference tournament and NCAA Tournament games & hopefully the national championship game! I am looking for S Carolina to not make it to the NCAA championship game this year. Instead hoping for one of several SEC or ACC teams as well as my home state favorites - the University of Iowa and my Alma Mater Iowa State University from the Big 12 conference - to make a lot of noise in their conferences and hopefully in the NCAA tournament!
@ Thanks for asking. ISU is currently 5-1 with their only loss to an in state opponent, University of Northern Iowa - a very disappointing loss to say the least. ISU was ranked 8th nationally at the time. This made it huge upset win at home for the UNI Panthers! ISU plays currently #1 ranked S. Carolina on Thanksgiving Day at 12:30 pm CST, at home, in Ames, Iowa where you will find me be glued to my TV! Where I will also hoping for a huge upset of Dawn Staley’s Gamecocks. I hoped to get tickets to the game months ago … but refuse to pay scalpers’ prices. Have a great Holiday Season!
Whether you like Geno or not.... you have to give him credit for what he achieved last year. With basically six players in March Madness , Uconn got to within one basket of making the finals.....multiple players, including rookies, playing 40 minutes.... Last year, his 39th year, was arguuably one of his best coaching jobs ever.
You do realize that UConn had over twice as many minutes played from their bench than Iowa did in last season's final four game between the two, don't you???? Cry me a river🥲
Geno may have done his reminding..pero..I think it was playing with Azzi that was her biggest reason for staying this year..they only played like 19 ganes together and are like best buds
Whether Paige stays or goes - don't let that distraction you from the fact that Iowa is 5 and O. I am loving this team. BTW- lebron stole that line from Kobe Bryant when he said he was taking his talents to the NBA.
I was annoyed that I didn't get to watch Iowa today. I don't have the Big 10 channel, but I've been planning to get it. I spent over an hour after church today trying to get it before the game started. Over an hour with Spectrum, and they quoted me some price higher than they quoted me before. And they were checking on it to see if they could find a better package after I told them that's not what I was quoted. But their system wouldn't allow it. It was a LONG mess, I eventually gave up, so I ended up missing the game. I was going to go live for it. I haven't watched them yet this year.
6 - 0 now. Olsen would of made Christy Sides happy, she shoots many 20' and 15' footers when the other team isn't guarding her like CC is guarded at the 3 point line. I'm happy the rest of the team is still playing Iowa style ball.
@@theadriennerossshow there are several channels on YT showing a condensed version of the game. Usually run about an hour. Just search Iowa and Washington State and it should come up.
@@theadriennerossshowit's a lot different watching them this year without Clark obviously. They're focusing a lot on defense and they just look a lot slower but I still think they have a decent team
I’ll say it again, I don’t think Paige will have anywhere the effect on the game as Caitlin Clark. She just doesn’t have the charisma and personality that Caitlin has. And hopefully she doesn’t have any injuries playing in the wnba.
Why does that matter though? All she needs to do is have a good start to her WNBA career. Caitlin Clark has a lot of “fans” who don’t even understand basketball at all.
Why does she need to have the same effect? She has way more personality than Clark and not that it even matters. This isn't high school for goodness sake.
CC is my girl, but I like Paige a lot, even though I hated it when she bent a knee to the woke media at the Espy's' people like that maggot, Geno, need to just leave her alone and let her make her own decisions. She's a big girl, for crying out loud. The jealous players in the WNBA who hate Clark will probably give Paige the usual lesbo rookie hazings but it won't be as bad as Clarks because Paige is only half as phenomenal as CC but I love, Paige and wish her all the best. I will root for her and Ju Ju but of course, no one will ever replace CC. She is the only reason I watch women's basketball.
He'd bring back Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird and the rest of the UConn clan if he could to make his ego even bigger. Geno is as unlikable as A'ja Wilson. Narcissists. I hope for the best for Paige. Hope everything goes okay after all the injuries she's had.
She’ll move on. She already hangs around the WNBA players and goes to the games. Geno has coached many WNBA players and they all stick together because they came from UConn’s program. However, the dynasty that UConn once had is no more. There are more great players across the country and more outstanding programs as well. Paige should also consider her longevity as a player. She’s had injuries that took away part of her college career. Is she injury prone?
Hopefully she can get her game back after she leaves Auriemma. The sooner the better if she gets a coach that will let her ball like she did in high school.
Zero chance she goes back to UConn. Zero. She's the consensus #1 pick this year. She probably wouldn't be next year. She may not be thrilled about living in Texas, even if it is just for a few monthe each year, but she'll go where she is drafted.
You are absolutely right. That's something I've wanted to talk about more fully. No player wants to answer the question like she's the 1! However, sources, apparently, have said she doesn't want to be in Dallas.
@@theadriennerossshow I agree that both can be true, but I was only aware of the clip you showed. Being more familiar with the league systems of Europe, the draft system is bizarre to me - in the land of the free, very commiesque. No freedom of choice.
Good Evening, Adrienne. You make excellent points for your Paige prediction and if this was a decade ago I’d 100% agree with your assessment. Might I suggest that NIL money for college stars changes the equation these days, especially when one considers the relatively low rookie salary in the WNBA. I’d be curious to know how much NIL money Paige is currently receiving. If it is considerably more than she can make in the W and you add that consideration on top of what appears to be a lukewarm reaction to playing in Dallas, it might make perfect sense to stay another year. Just my two cents. Cheers!
Paige Bueckers stayed one more year in UConn because the UConn promised her that she will get the 2024 NCAA Championship … she should have been a batchmate of Caitlin Clark last 2024 Draft …
Maybe Swoops saw in to the future & saw the wrong 25 year old playing against 18 year olds. Paige Needs to move on. It just looks bad. Geno is about Geno. He'll keep putting guilt trips on her.
She may not stay at UConn but that doesn’t mean she will go to the WNBA either as she has options including using her sixth year as leverage to determine what team she will play for in the WNBA if she chooses to go there. She is financially secure
With the CBA expiring, would she have to sign a 4 yr rookie contract like CC? or would she stay at UConn until the new CBA? I would think that's the only reason she might stay.
I think the real question is: "What are Paige's options if she prefers to play for the team with the #2 pick as opposed to the #1?". WOULD SHE enourage the first two teams in the draft to swap picks in a trade? BY SUGGESTING she might stay in college or play outside the WNBA? Anyone know who the likely players are for the #2 pick?
Let's say that, hypothetically, Paige doesn't want to play for Dallas but would love to be in LA. I doubt that this could be done. The shining precedent for something like this was the famous Eli Manning draft situation. He was drafted by the SD Chargers with the first pick even though he made it clear that he didn't want to play for them. So a deal was made with the Giants taking Philip Rivers with the 4th pick and then the teams traded them for each other. it worked out because each team got its franchise QB. That wouldn't be the case in Paige's situation. What could LA possibly offer Kurt Miller of equal value to give up her up? Nothing really so, Paige, welcome to Dallas.
Larry Bird was about 26 years old when he entered the NBA. He left Indiana U and drove a garbage truck before he transferred to Indiana State. If Paige has a great NIL deal it may be to her financial benefit to stay. The problem is she may still be a lottery pick for a team she does not like!!
Deon Sanders son Shilo has done it and in his last year graduating with his younger brother this year playing football. He’s in grad school at Colorado last year and this year to play football with his brother Shedeur and for his Dad and no one is shaming him for being of his age playing with young guys
Paige can also play a year overseas and not enter the draft if she really doesn’t want to go to Texas. Idk why people are ruling this out, it’s an option.
With NIL she may very well make much, much more money playing for UConn and taking endorsement deals catering to her fans than she might at the WNBA. Maybe she's not concerned with the money, but the incentives are actually more to stay than to move on. She would bring another level to the WNBA if she does come out.
Stetson Bennett won 2 national championships at Georgia playing quarterback at 26 years old. I think Paige could do one more year in college at 24 and especially if she gets paid a couple of million dollars to do it.
Caitlin, born in 2002, graduated with bonors (including Academic All American), in 2024. Her parents were proud. She had a year of eligibility remaining, and could have tried one more time for another national championship. She elected to move on. Her decision changed sports history. Page is on the cusp of something awesome, , having a sixseas, and a couple of championships. Then again, she could suffer yet another serious injury and be sidelined again. Friend of mine played high school football with a 23 year old teammate. Teammate wasn’t that bright. When do you pull the plug? How much do you owe Geno?
Did they switch arenas? The old one only had like 6000 seats and was basically sold out every game anyways. Did the Wings finally get the right to play in the AAC?
@@Smido83 The arena holds 7,000 but how the hell is that relevant to anything besides you having an agenda by even bringing it up in the first place 🤔 What does matter is the substantial increase in ticket prices after securing the #1 spot! I have been a STH since 2016, during that time my seats cost $1,326.00...after the draft lottery those same seats are now $2,310.00. That's what matters not the damn size of an arena!!!
Look, its already a bad look that she stayed for a 5th year, cause she didnt want to be the 2nd, maybe even 3rd pick. She will loose all credibility if she stays for a 6th. So that isnt going to happen, even if she doesnt really want to play in Dallas. I dont know why she has something against Dallas, one of the biggest sports markets in the USA. And it doesnt really matter in the 1st place. She has to go there and play her azz off, if she wants to be a true star. End of story.
If UConn wins the championship this year I'd be willing to bet Paige pulls an Eli/Elway. She'll straight up tell Dallas she won't play for them. The league will force them to trade the pick outright or trade her to a team she wants to play for. If UConn chokes in the tournament or if Paige gets hurt again she'll definitely go back to school for another chance at the championship.
I just don’t care that much. She moves to WNBA, it will be fun to see how she does. She doesn’t, that’s fine too. I’ll be watching Caitlin do her thing in either case.
I know it's early in the season but Notre Dame beat USC and Juju and UCLA crushed South Carolina! Not going to be as easy for Geno with or without Paige this season.
@@alanlee3236It’s crazy how people are so proud of saying asinine things. You can really tell that most of Clark’s “fans” don’t know anything about basketball at all except for her.
There’s no way she stays another year. It’d be pure embarrassment. I think she stayed this year for 3 reasons: 1) to have more time with her teammates who she truly seems to love, 2) to win a championship, 3) to go #1 in the draft - in that order. But regardless of what happens this year, she will move on afterwards. Being 24 years old playing against people as young as 18 would just be sad.
well i will give Paige this much yes time to climb out the Collage Shell and show us what you got . Me hard core C-Square and FEVER FAN game time Paige you got what it takes to play against CAITLIN CLARK ?
Geno has a big investment in Unrivaled. He needed CC and did not get her. He needs Bueckers in Unrivaled in 2026. She has already signed up with them. Bueckers is going to the WNBA.
I don’t see her staying at UConn. She might threaten to stay in college to force Dallas to trade the pick to a team she wants to play for. Eli Manning did the same thing years ago in the NFL draft.
Can someone tell me why there is so much hype over Paige Bueckers when her High school and College Stats are good but nothing outstanding when compared with Caitlin Clark and many others??
So ..in the end it’s time for her to move on from college. She is same age as Clark, Van Lith, Reese, Cardosa and Brink. Yes, had a red shirt year with a knee issue but time to move on. I wonder if Swoopes will berate her if she does stay? Of course, Geno is about Geno … he’d want her back .. but what about others that are looking for that playing time and position in 2056-26 UConn Season??
If she stays in college for another year, then all of those acid comments from Swoops and Taurasi about Caitlin (24 year old playing against 18 year olds, having an extra year to break records, etc.) will apply to HER, instead. I see you mention this later on in the video.
Gee No worries about his interests and he dgaf about women athletes unless they serve him. CONNECTICUT is great without the nastiness of a coach like him
Obvioiusly we dont know all the details. We cant really change anything. We can not buy the Paige shoes which I never would anyway. We can text/ email Nike corp. to ask where is the Clark merch for Christmas? We can also buy Fever stuff at their store. Good luck all.
She has to leave the nest at some point. When it comes down to it, the WNBA is a business and she needs to approach it with a business mindset. If she goes to Dallas, she might be the piece that they need to become a winning franchise. The Wings do have Ogunbawale, who was a standout this past season. Who knows. It’s all speculation on my part. Either way, I have and will continue to be a Paige fan. I first noticed her on RUclips as a high school player. As a side note, she needs to get some more meat on her bones if she is going to compete well at the pro level.
Paige could go into the portal. If she really wants to be in LA she could play her final year at UCLA -- that would definitely be a signal to the W that she's serious about living where she wants to live.
She’s not the first to go through UConn she won’t be the last . Geno knows what he’s doing . It’s a Pipline that comes through UConn . They will be fine
Oddly, Sheryl Swoopes hasn't complained that Paige is older than Caitlin and is still playing in college.
Not as much hype. No records.
I would not either. She wants to ride the wave that C22 has made. Smart move on her part. She has a limit window as she doesn't want to take a chance to get injured.
Yeah a lot depends on if she gets injured this season. If she does, she will likely stay in college another year. If not, I think she’s ready to go pro. She is going to be 24 next October. That is too old for a college student unless they are post grad going for her Masters or Doctorate and she is not that I know of.
Geno lost a lot of credibility when he was dismissive about CC ability
Can anyone explain why he was so dismissive? Why attack such a young woman?
Get over it already.
@@tenderstepsPaul the main reason is: CC played basketball for University of Iowa and Iowa knocked Geno’s UConn team out of the NCAA tournament in 2024. He underestimated Iowa and CC who beat his team and made it to the Championship game! There are other things Geno said about CC after the tournament and before the WNBA season that was controversial… you can research this… it’s old news for me!
@@BigTexan59 nice attitude… maybe keep scrolling next time… LOL
He can’t lose credibility, he can make a mistake
She shouldn't listen to Geno. She should talk to Caitlin, who never won a championship, but won the hearts of her fans.
Caitlin did win 3 under 19 world championships and was the mvp in the last one she won!
How many back-to-back National Championship games would Paige have played with the Minnesota Golden Gophers if she had stayed home like Clark?
@@douglaney1177the same number she did at UCONN? It's the journey, not the destination point that matters.
@@JohnRoberts-pt8cu She would have been - page who?
Paige vs. CC: quality vs. quantity. So it is in the good old USA.
Paige doesn't wanna be the oldest rookie ever. Too, I think she's outgrown being coached by Geno.
Gino is selfish. He wants wins and she get them for him.
Geno is an ass
@@millertube40 um… Geno is a man..but you knew that correct? .. LOL
@ItsJustMyOpinion_Really Typo. Thanks
Could anyone imagine that Caitlin Clark said 'I don't want to go to Indiana Fever'?
You’re right. But Caitlin did appreciate playing for a midwestern team.
Going from Iowa to Indiana is a bit different than going from Connecticut to Texas.
@@mrjonsey yea… don’t get me wrong if you’re a whiner and want to only think of yourself and are afraid of playing on a losing team … yes, you’re correct but if you want to play basketball and want to be part of building a team around you - a supposedly a “great basketball player -- the best player to ever play the game” according to Geno you go to a team that’s like Texas rebuilding … where they build the team around YOU! Just sayin.
It will be interesting and fun to see how UConn does this year and what happens to Page … 📃 but I think she’s just a flash in the pan compared to CC.
@mrjonsey , no! Fever was a losing team just like Wings currently, Caitlin Clark turns the Fever into a winner, let's see if Paige do the same for the Wings.
@@ItsJustMyOpinion_Really how are you a flash in the pan when you were the #1 player in your class, won player of the year as a freshman and will be a top pick in the draft? That literally is the opposite of that saying.
Gino thinks he is the god of women’s basketball.
I'm a CT resident and I understand that most people who dis Geno are just jealous and NO OTHER WOMEN'S COACH is even close!!!
@@lindsaymathews5127he's a narcissist
@lindsaymathews5127 give him less 5star recruits and see what he can do.
He’s a great coach. But he hasn’t won a final in a while. Even with the best players. He really wants to win this season but we will see. Times have changed over the last 40 years.
@@lindsaymathews5127 😂
Love UConn, dislike Geno, love Paige!
Enough bloody College! Time to move, to bigger things!
Hannah Hildago seems to be where the needle is starting to point in womens collegiate basketball. Hannah might be a good topic in a future show.
True.
Yes
Bro facts, she is relentless. You can see the fire in her eyes. Her and Olivia are coming for everyone
He’s playing mind games so she’ll stay! He only cares about himself! She needs to get away from him! He should be encouraging her and telling her she has what it takes to play in the wnba! He’s a jerk!
This is the last season she can play with UCONN so it doesn’t matter what Geno thinks. I doubt he wants her to join a rival team next year.
@@ericMT she has one more year of eligibility because of missing seasons due to injury.
She had her Covid year
@@lisadiaz9229 but is still eligible for an extra year due to sitting out a year with injury.
If Paige doesn't win a title, it immediately shuts down the CC haters who criticized her for same. This includes Breanna Stewart
That's right!!
The difference? Clark went to back-to-back championship games while staying home at Iowa. No way Bueckers exceeds what she's done at UConn if she stays home and plays with the Minnesota Golden Gophers
@@douglaney1177 can’t argue with your logic.
Yes I remember Breanna saying that but Paige won't get it this year either `
@@douglaney1177 Also Caitlin wasn't surrounded by a bunch or 5 stars and the only other time Iowa had been to the final four was in 1993.
She should go to the WNBA. The W needs an influx of star players as well as journeyman (Women) that will strengthen the league and generate more interest in women's sports.
I am also against a rookie in any sport dictating where they won't play. It undermines the game and rubs fans the wrong way. Ultimately, the fans are who keep players employed.
Your comment reminded me of Eric Lindros in the NHL. Refused to sign with the team that drafted him, so there was a big trade that benefited the team that drafted him which helped that team become a Stanley Cup winner. And I always had to root against whatever team Lindros played on after that.
After watching the UCLA team beat South Carolina by 20 today UCon will have a lot to contend with trying to win a championship
Go Bruins! 💙💛🐻
@meredithlyon3142 sorry by 15 pts
@@melissawilson5160they were up by 20 for quite a while. I loved it!!
@@melissawilson5160 it’s okay.. a loss by one point is still a loss. 👍
If Paige stays at UCONN, she'll be the laughing stock of both college and WNBA leagues. I'm hoping some team beats them in the finals, but not only to crush Geno's ego.😅
I hope they go out in the Elite 8, or even better Sweet 16. It would be so fitting... The good thing is, there are a lot of good teams this season who have a legit chance to beat UConn. I dont even have a problem with Paige, I just do not want to see that old arrogant geezer get another ring ever again.
She didn’t declare for the draft last year because she didn’t want to compete against Cc for Roty.
She wouldn’t have gotten it, so she should have declared.
Wrong. She felt that because of the injuries, there was unfinished business. That said, this is her last college season.
@@buzzard6410 By unfinished business you mean she didn't win a championship? Neither did Caitlin and she moved on.
Nah. She tore her ACL and wanted to take another year to get healthy before going pro. She doesn’t care about all that other nonsense.
@@ericMT Right....but she played last year all the way into the semi final game and looked fine.
Show us what you can do Paige in Dallas.
@@Puppathepup Diamond Dallas Paige? Play on words.
I saw your headline..WHAT?! OOMMGG! Ok now I’m listening! She WATCHED 🙄 What a brat at 23 years old and stays in college, if it’s true! Geno’s a moron, imo
NIL has changed everything. These ladies have choices. Paige is already making millions from her name. Why would she be in a hurry to go sign a contract for a salary under 100,000? Let's get real.
Paige probably wanted to go to LA(Sparks) huh? Hollywood, bright lights, etc.. unless Juju Watkins at USC leaves after her Junior season next season?
JuJu had better start playing better. USC just got smoked by Notre Dame.
I think she cant. She wont be 22 at draft night if I am not mistaken. I think JuJu will play the normal 4 years like basically all US talents do. I dont know why there are different rules for european players though. Maybe someone can explain to me why players out of Europe can be drafted at age 20 and enter the league...
Agree with Bueckers though. Even if Dallas is also a huge market. Not as flashy, but still big... so its not like she is stuck in a small town with no media coverage.
I dont think its the bright lights, i think Cameron Brink and a friendlier team.
@@colleenposadas8415 Friendlier team?Arike and Satou are as likable and nice as players can be...
@@Smido83 You have to turn 22 within the year you are drafted, so someone like Bueckers was eligible to be drafted in 2023 as well as 2024. International players have to be 20 and never have played for a U.S. college.
I think the combination of covid, multiple injuries, the desire to play with her close friend Azzi who has also been injured, and a desire to win a championship, plus the minimal extra income from going to the wnba led her to stay this year. My guess is she will leave after this year as well but I don't get the subtle shaming of her if she decided to stay. In the W you have much bigger 30 year olds bullying 21 years olds, so a smaller 24 year old playing with 18 years olds doesnt seem that crazy to me. Plus Paige's faith and relationship with God seems significant in her life and my guess is that plays a big role in her decisions based on other interviews I have seen. Lastly, she said she didn't watch the draft lottery because it was stressful and she knew she would find out the results anyway in that interview.
People didn't and still don't have any problem with Caitlin being bullied, she deals with it like an adult. It'll be interesting to see if Paige can handle it like an adult.
Geno is about Geno. Narcissistic.
Gosh, y'all throw that word around a lot
@@teemigo6921 Only when it applies and it applies to Geno.
He needs to retire. He’s getting creepy.
He acts like he has to put a young woman "in her place" in order to maintain control. Beyond cringe, bordering on bullying imo.
AGREE!!
In my humble opinion, this year’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Season is up for grabs! Gino and UConn have their work cut out for them if they want to win the National championship because there is more parity in the game than ever before.
For example, who would have thought that S Carolina would have lost to UCLA by as many points as they did. Granted, it’s early in the season and if you’re going to lose a game this is the time to do it when the games don’t mean as much in the national rankings.
I’m positive Coach Stalely will have her squad mentally prepared for their next game! She is a very good coach and knows how to motivate her team so they focus on playing one game at a time - which is why she plays these tough games at the beginning of the season to mentally and physically prepare her players for their tough conference season, as well as the conference tournament and NCAA Tournament games & hopefully the national championship game!
I am looking for S Carolina to not make it to the NCAA championship game this year. Instead hoping for one of several SEC or ACC teams as well as my home state favorites - the University of Iowa and my Alma Mater Iowa State University from the Big 12 conference - to make a lot of noise in their conferences and hopefully in the NCAA tournament!
How is Iowa state so far?
@ Thanks for asking. ISU is currently 5-1 with their only loss to an in state opponent, University of Northern Iowa - a very disappointing loss to say the least.
ISU was ranked 8th nationally at the time. This made it huge upset win at home for the UNI Panthers!
ISU plays currently #1 ranked S. Carolina on Thanksgiving Day at 12:30 pm CST, at home, in Ames, Iowa where you will find me be glued to my TV! Where I will also hoping for a huge upset of Dawn Staley’s Gamecocks. I hoped to get tickets to the game months ago … but refuse to pay scalpers’ prices.
Have a great Holiday Season!
Whether you like Geno or not.... you have to give him credit for what he achieved last year. With basically six players in March Madness , Uconn got to within one basket of making the finals.....multiple players, including rookies, playing 40 minutes....
Last year, his 39th year, was arguuably one of his best coaching jobs ever.
You do realize that UConn had over twice as many minutes played from their bench than Iowa did in last season's final four game between the two, don't you???? Cry me a river🥲
Based on how Olivia Miles and a few others are playing, her draft number may drop then, problem solved
Facts bro, Olivia and Hannah are beasts
She's staying for a sixth season and collude with LA to get the #1 in 2026
Yeah I don't know why people think that. But most of these people are same people that said CC would play in Unrivaled. A lot of is probably clickbait
Geno may have done his reminding..pero..I think it was playing with Azzi that was her biggest reason for staying this year..they only played like 19 ganes together and are like best buds
I want swoopes to make a clip on PB college career.
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@theadriennerossshow when you got a 25 year old going against 20 year olds
I want everyone to ignore Swoopes.
Whether Paige stays or goes - don't let that distraction you from the fact that Iowa is 5 and O. I am loving this team.
BTW- lebron stole that line from Kobe Bryant when he said he was taking his talents to the NBA.
I was annoyed that I didn't get to watch Iowa today. I don't have the Big 10 channel, but I've been planning to get it. I spent over an hour after church today trying to get it before the game started. Over an hour with Spectrum, and they quoted me some price higher than they quoted me before. And they were checking on it to see if they could find a better package after I told them that's not what I was quoted. But their system wouldn't allow it. It was a LONG mess, I eventually gave up, so I ended up missing the game. I was going to go live for it. I haven't watched them yet this year.
6 - 0 now. Olsen would of made Christy Sides happy, she shoots many 20' and 15' footers when the other team isn't guarding her like CC is guarded at the 3 point line. I'm happy the rest of the team is still playing Iowa style ball.
@@theadriennerossshow there are several channels on YT showing a condensed version of the game. Usually run about an hour. Just search Iowa and Washington State and it should come up.
@@theadriennerossshowit's a lot different watching them this year without Clark obviously. They're focusing a lot on defense and they just look a lot slower but I still think they have a decent team
@@theadriennerossshow. Just get RUclips TV and drop spectrum all together. It has everything and every channel
No one ever accused Paige Bueckers of being dumb. Go get em Paige.
I’ll say it again, I don’t think Paige will have anywhere the effect on the game as Caitlin Clark. She just doesn’t have the charisma and personality that Caitlin has. And hopefully she doesn’t have any injuries playing in the wnba.
If her rookie year is like CC’s was, she just may have an injury. Praying she doesn’t.
Why does that matter though? All she needs to do is have a good start to her WNBA career. Caitlin Clark has a lot of “fans” who don’t even understand basketball at all.
Why does she need to have the same effect? She has way more personality than Clark and not that it even matters. This isn't high school for goodness sake.
CC is my girl, but I like Paige a lot, even though I hated it when she bent a knee to the woke media at the Espy's' people like that maggot, Geno, need to just leave her alone and let her make her own decisions. She's a big girl, for crying out loud. The jealous players in the WNBA who hate Clark will probably give Paige the usual lesbo rookie hazings but it won't be as bad as Clarks because Paige is only half as phenomenal as CC but I love, Paige and wish her all the best. I will root for her and Ju Ju but of course, no one will ever replace CC. She is the only reason I watch women's basketball.
You forgot there’s a lot more money to be made in college
Money or not, a 24 year old, I don't believe, is going to want to be in college.
No mom, she’s gonna make a lot more from endorsements in WNBA. Plus the players contract is going to triple when they redo the CBA next year.
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You know best sorry
Am only here the hear & see my ARS daily Rant on women 🏀 I heard dat Paige is older than CC22 Great content 😂😂😂😂😂😎👊🏽
He'd bring back Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird and the rest of the UConn clan if he could to make his ego even bigger.
Geno is as unlikable as A'ja Wilson. Narcissists.
I hope for the best for Paige. Hope everything goes okay after all the injuries she's had.
You're right
You people just label people you don't like as Narcissists. Words have meaning.
Caitlin Clark basket balls spotted at Target online. Wilson is on it. Nike needs to go.
She’ll move on. She already hangs around the WNBA players and goes to the games. Geno has coached many WNBA players and they all stick together because they came from UConn’s program. However, the dynasty that UConn once had is no more. There are more great players across the country and more outstanding programs as well. Paige should also consider her longevity as a player. She’s had injuries that took away part of her college career. Is she injury prone?
Paige will not play another year in college
Hopefully she can get her game back after she leaves Auriemma. The sooner the better if she gets a coach that will let her ball like she did in high school.
Zero chance she goes back to UConn. Zero. She's the consensus #1 pick this year. She probably wouldn't be next year. She may not be thrilled about living in Texas, even if it is just for a few monthe each year, but she'll go where she is drafted.
When I saw the full clip I thought she was not wanting to presume she'd be no1 pick.
You are absolutely right. That's something I've wanted to talk about more fully. No player wants to answer the question like she's the 1! However, sources, apparently, have said she doesn't want to be in Dallas.
@@theadriennerossshow I agree that both can be true, but I was only aware of the clip you showed. Being more familiar with the league systems of Europe, the draft system is bizarre to me - in the land of the free, very commiesque. No freedom of choice.
@@theadriennerossshow possibly important, it is still illegal to be gay in TX, they just can't arrest us anymore.
Good Evening, Adrienne. You make excellent points for your Paige prediction and if this was a decade ago I’d 100% agree with your assessment. Might I suggest that NIL money for college stars changes the equation these days, especially when one considers the relatively low rookie salary in the WNBA. I’d be curious to know how much NIL money Paige is currently receiving. If it is considerably more than she can make in the W and you add that consideration on top of what appears to be a lukewarm reaction to playing in Dallas, it might make perfect sense to stay another year. Just my two cents. Cheers!
No guarantee that LA will have a spot for Paige in 2026.
You rock , Adrienne. Good insight on Paige...get her into the W..Away from Gino. Be part of the movement and CC wave.
Paige Bueckers stayed one more year in UConn because the UConn promised her that she will get the 2024 NCAA Championship … she should have been a batchmate of Caitlin Clark last 2024 Draft …
She couldn't be #1 because of CC.
UConn isn’t winning a championship
@@almawasilewski You forget that Paige was the National Player of the Year as a freshman. She and Clark both started college the same year.
Why be the geriatric rookie ?
I see zero upside in being that
Also, an ACL blow-out puts even more mileage on her
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Geriatric rookie! That is hilarious! 🤣
Any team taking P.B. is also taking a risk on a player who seems to be injury prone.
If she doesn't go to Dallas wont it mess with the whole Draft system? What good would it be if the pick means nothing?
Hey Adrienne. Also, there’s no guarantee that she’ll be a #draft pick in 2026 either
Maybe Swoops saw in to the future & saw the wrong 25 year old playing against 18 year olds.
Paige Needs to move on. It just looks bad.
Geno is about Geno. He'll keep putting guilt trips on her.
Funny, I said the same thing about Swoopes. Would she bring that up again when it's the truth ? Lol. Paige needs to go to the WNBA.
She may not stay at UConn but that doesn’t mean she will go to the WNBA either as she has options including using her sixth year as leverage to determine what team she will play for in the WNBA if she chooses to go there.
She is financially secure
With the CBA expiring, would she have to sign a 4 yr rookie contract like CC? or would she stay at UConn until the new CBA? I would think that's the only reason she might stay.
I think the real question is: "What are Paige's options if she prefers to play for the team with the #2 pick as opposed to the #1?".
WOULD SHE enourage the first two teams in the draft to swap picks in a trade?
BY SUGGESTING she might stay in college or play outside the WNBA?
Anyone know who the likely players are for the #2 pick?
Let's say that, hypothetically, Paige doesn't want to play for Dallas but would love to be in LA. I doubt that this could be done. The shining precedent for something like this was the famous Eli Manning draft situation. He was drafted by the SD Chargers with the first pick even though he made it clear that he didn't want to play for them. So a deal was made with the Giants taking Philip Rivers with the 4th pick and then the teams traded them for each other. it worked out because each team got its franchise QB. That wouldn't be the case in Paige's situation. What could LA possibly offer Kurt Miller of equal value to give up her up? Nothing really so, Paige, welcome to Dallas.
Geno is a great coach. But Pride is a killer. Please Geno be humble and take care the the fine young women you have recruited. It’s all about them.
Another strong and entertaining analysis, AR
Larry Bird was about 26 years old when he entered the NBA. He left Indiana U and drove a garbage truck before he transferred to Indiana State. If Paige has a great NIL deal it may be to her financial benefit to stay. The problem is she may still be a lottery pick for a team she does not like!!
Deon Sanders son Shilo has done it and in his last year graduating with his younger brother this year playing football. He’s in grad school at Colorado last year and this year to play football with his brother Shedeur and for his Dad and no one is shaming him for being of his age playing with young guys
Paige can also play a year overseas and not enter the draft if she really doesn’t want to go to Texas. Idk why people are ruling this out, it’s an option.
With NIL she may very well make much, much more money playing for UConn and taking endorsement deals catering to her fans than she might at the WNBA. Maybe she's not concerned with the money, but the incentives are actually more to stay than to move on. She would bring another level to the WNBA if she does come out.
Stetson Bennett won 2 national championships at Georgia playing quarterback at 26 years old. I think Paige could do one more year in college at 24 and especially if she gets paid a couple of million dollars to do it.
Caitlin, born in 2002, graduated with bonors (including Academic All American), in 2024. Her parents were proud. She had a year of eligibility remaining, and could have tried one more time for another national championship. She elected to move on. Her decision changed sports history. Page is on the cusp of something awesome, , having a sixseas, and a couple of championships. Then again, she could suffer yet another serious injury and be sidelined again. Friend of mine played high school football with a 23 year old teammate. Teammate wasn’t that bright. When do you pull the plug? How much do you owe Geno?
If UConn comes up with 2 million bucks or more than a rookie WNBA contract, she would stay & should stay if she don’t like Dallas. It’s NIL era.
Gino only cares about himself. Every athlete around him should keep that in mind.
Dallas fans just bought up all those tickets. Dallas would be pissed if Paige did not show up
Did they switch arenas? The old one only had like 6000 seats and was basically sold out every game anyways. Did the Wings finally get the right to play in the AAC?
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The arena holds 7,000 but how the hell is that relevant to anything besides you having an agenda by even bringing it up in the first place 🤔
What does matter is the substantial increase in ticket prices after securing the #1 spot!
I have been a STH since 2016, during that time my seats cost $1,326.00...after the draft lottery those same seats are now $2,310.00.
That's what matters not the damn size of an arena!!!
@@MrDallasblk Do you understand anything about Economics? No? Cool... thanks for the conversation!
Foot note damn Paige i doubt but NEVER WILL beat Caitlin Clarks all time 3951 point record now ?????
Look, its already a bad look that she stayed for a 5th year, cause she didnt want to be the 2nd, maybe even 3rd pick. She will loose all credibility if she stays for a 6th. So that isnt going to happen, even if she doesnt really want to play in Dallas. I dont know why she has something against Dallas, one of the biggest sports markets in the USA. And it doesnt really matter in the 1st place. She has to go there and play her azz off, if she wants to be a true star. End of story.
Well Beckers could sabotage her game and become the #2 player in the country to get what she wants.. Problem solved 🤣😩
She might be number two anyway if Olivia Miles keeps playing like she is.
NIL pays more than WNBA, endorsement wise may not make much of a difference. At the very least it gives her a lot of bargaining power.
Lucy Olsen and the Iowa Hawkeyes will knock UCONN out at Sweet 16 this year.
If UConn wins the championship this year I'd be willing to bet Paige pulls an Eli/Elway. She'll straight up tell Dallas she won't play for them. The league will force them to trade the pick outright or trade her to a team she wants to play for.
If UConn chokes in the tournament or if Paige gets hurt again she'll definitely go back to school for another chance at the championship.
I just don’t care that much. She moves to WNBA, it will be fun to see how she does. She doesn’t, that’s fine too. I’ll be watching Caitlin do her thing in either case.
Adrienne it’s all about the Money-76,000-WNBA
College-3,000,000-UCONN
Geno- will remind her-No championship
That’s the difference between Paige and CC. CC is always hungry for the next level. Mindset determines everything
I know it's early in the season but Notre Dame beat USC and Juju and UCLA crushed South Carolina! Not going to be as easy for Geno with or without Paige this season.
Who is Geno? Never heard of him, until he hated Clark. Lol.
Never hear of him because you're not a fan of women's basketball. Next thing you'll say is you don't know who Pat Summitt is smh
@@alanlee3236It’s crazy how people are so proud of saying asinine things. You can really tell that most of Clark’s “fans” don’t know anything about basketball at all except for her.
Bueckers is older than Caitlin Clark
There’s no way she stays another year. It’d be pure embarrassment. I think she stayed this year for 3 reasons: 1) to have more time with her teammates who she truly seems to love, 2) to win a championship, 3) to go #1 in the draft - in that order. But regardless of what happens this year, she will move on afterwards. Being 24 years old playing against people as young as 18 would just be sad.
well i will give Paige this much yes time to climb out the Collage Shell and show us what you got . Me hard core C-Square and FEVER FAN game time Paige you got what it takes to play against CAITLIN CLARK ?
Geno has a big investment in Unrivaled. He needed CC and did not get her. He needs Bueckers in Unrivaled in 2026. She has already signed up with them. Bueckers is going to the WNBA.
I don’t see her staying at UConn. She might threaten to stay in college to force Dallas to trade the pick to a team she wants to play for. Eli Manning did the same thing years ago in the NFL draft.
I agree with other comments about Geno. He has been in his position of power too long.
Can someone tell me why there is so much hype over Paige Bueckers when her High school and College Stats are good but nothing outstanding when compared with Caitlin Clark and many others??
I find it weird how he didn’t want Paige to go to wnba but allows muhl and Edward’s to go.
So ..in the end it’s time for her to move on from college. She is same age as Clark, Van Lith, Reese, Cardosa and Brink. Yes, had a red shirt year with a knee issue but time to move on. I wonder if Swoopes will berate her if she does stay? Of course, Geno is about Geno … he’d want her back .. but what about others that are looking for that playing time and position in 2056-26 UConn Season??
If she stays in college for another year, then all of those acid comments from Swoops and Taurasi about Caitlin (24 year old playing against 18 year olds, having an extra year to break records, etc.) will apply to HER, instead. I see you mention this later on in the video.
So Paige is better than, Diana, Sue, Breanna, Maya? WOW, I knew she was good but, Damn, I didn’t know she was THAT good.
of course she's not staying...Popa Geno says its time...lol🤣🤣🤣
Gee No worries about his interests and he dgaf about women athletes unless they serve him. CONNECTICUT is great without the nastiness of a coach like him
He’s also telling her that she’s better than CC22 but she has to win a chip to prove it.
CC could have stayed and tried to get a Championship. Maybe IOWA would have won but why ?
Obvioiusly we dont know all the details. We cant really change anything. We can not buy the Paige shoes which I never would anyway. We can text/ email Nike corp. to ask where is the Clark merch for Christmas? We can also buy Fever stuff at their store. Good luck all.
She has to leave the nest at some point. When it comes down to it, the WNBA is a business and she needs to approach it with a business mindset. If she goes to Dallas, she might be the piece that they need to become a winning franchise. The Wings do have Ogunbawale, who was a standout this past season. Who knows. It’s all speculation on my part. Either way, I have and will continue to be a Paige fan. I first noticed her on RUclips as a high school player. As a side note, she needs to get some more meat on her bones if she is going to compete well at the pro level.
Geno is making moves to increase her NIL earnings bigly.
Lmao, it's how she looks left before answering. 😅 she watched it.
My university setting experience resembled to that of a country club. The fragile stick Page not built for the WNBA!
Paige could go into the portal. If she really wants to be in LA she could play her final year at UCLA -- that would definitely be a signal to the W that she's serious about living where she wants to live.
She’s not the first to go through UConn she won’t be the last . Geno knows what he’s doing . It’s a Pipline that comes through UConn . They will be fine
She was supposed to be in CC draft class but she won’t go number one so it’s said she staying another year.
But let me just say. I don’t know anything about it. I was just told.
Paige is gonna be a grandma leaving geno. For hype??
You are either wanting WNBA or not so get off your high horse.