The first time Azzi Fudd saw Paige Bueckers, she didn’t think much of her future best friend and teammate. It was back in 2017 when Fudd was trying out for a USA Basketball team along with Bueckers, who she described as “this skinny little white girl.”
“I watched her play and I was like, ‘Oh, I have nothing to worry about this girl,’” Fudd remembered thinking. “Like, ‘I have a better chance of making it than her.’”
It didn’t take long for Fudd to realize just how wrong she was. Both players made the squad and during one of their first practices together, Bueckers scored on five or six possessions in a row, according to Fudd.