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Wings Coach Jose Fernandez Comments on Azzi Fudd’s Chances of Starting After Tough First Game

SI·Madison Williams·21 days ago
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The No. 1 pick Azzi Fudd made her WNBA regular season debut on Saturday when her Wings faced the Fever . Even though Fudd was projected to be in the starting lineup this season, Dallas coach Jose Fernandez opted to have the rookie come off the bench instead. In her debut, Fudd made some unfortunate history as she only scored three points off of two shot attempts in 18 minutes played. This is the lowest number of points scored by a WNBA No. 1 pick in their regular season debut—oof. There was originally hope that Fudd would quickly work her way up into in the Wings’ starting lineup, but now it’s up for debate on when that could happen based on her first performance. Instead of playing Fudd, Fernandez opted to start Odyssey Sims who scored 20 points, so it was definitely worth it in the 107–104 Dallas win. Does Fudd have a chance of starting this season? Fernandez is definitely still open to that—it has only been one game .…

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