Paige Bueckers says she and Azzi Fudd broke up before the Dallas Wings made them teammates again

DALLAS (AP) — Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd broke up more than a year ago, before the former UConn stars became teammates again with the Dallas Wings as back-to-back No. 1 overall picks in the WNBA draft.Fudd was the first to say on the latest episode of her podcast released Friday that she and Bueckers were no longer dating. Bueckers followed up by saying it had been more than a year, her way of trying to end speculation that the Wings drafted Fudd to appease Bueckers.“She was not drafted because she was my girlfriend. She was drafted because she deserved it,” Bueckers said in an appearance on “Fudd Around and Find Out.” “She’s an amazing human, amazing basketball player. And we’re still friends. We’re still cool.”A Wings spokeswoman refused to let Fudd answer a question about her relationship with Bueckers during Fudd's introductory news conference last spring.In her first meeting with reporters at the start of training camp about two weeks later, Bueckers addressed the topic in an op