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WNBA star Paige Bueckers is stepping into entrepreneurship alongside NBA superstar Chris Paul. The two are teaming up to launch a bold new snack flavor called Ragerz under Paul’s Good Eat’n brand, and it comes with a mission that goes beyond taste.
For Bueckers, 21, the opportunity was impossible to pass up. Not only is this the first time a WNBA player has taken an equity stake in a brand owned by an NBA player, it also aligns with her passion for making an impact. “My agent came to me with the idea, and first I’m like, it’s Chris Paul. I’ve looked up to him since I was young… So obviously that opportunity was exciting — to work with Chris, learn from Chris," she tells PEOPLE.
Fresh off her record-breaking rookie year in the WNBA, Paige Bueckers is looking to make her leap onto the big screen, as sources tell Deadline she is attached to star in the sports pic Jess & Pearl. Apple Original Films is developing the film, which is based on an original idea by Scandal alum Zahir McGhee.
Unrivaled announced the addition of WNBA Rookie of the Year Paige Bueckers on Monday, along with five other player signings for the 2026 season. Bueckers signed a three-year deal with the women's 3-on-3 league in April and also became an investor. The No. 1 pick in the 2025 WNBA draft earned $78,831 in her rookie season, per the league's collective bargaining agreement. Sources told ESPN that her first-year salary for the 10-week Unrivaled season will exceed what she would make in four years of her WNBA rookie contract.
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It has been a poorly kept secret for quite some time that Paige Bueckers is in a relationship with one of her former teammates, but the Dallas Wings star has now officially confirmed it. During an event on Thursday in advance of the WNBA’s All-Star weekend, Bueckers was asked by WAG Talk to play a game called “how well do you know your D1 girlfriend?” The No. 1 overall pick agreed, and it quickly became clear that she and UConn basketball star Azzi Fudd are dating. Bueckers answered all of the questions fairly easily, which suggests she and Fudd have been together for quite a while.
Scott Agness: Fever-Wings drew an average of 2.1 million viewers Sunday on ABC. It was the network's fourth-largest audience ever for a WNBA game, per Nielsen. It was the first pro meeting with the last three No. 1 picks: Aliyah Boston, Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers.
Lieberman, 67, says Angel Reese, Paige Bueckers, Sabrina Ionescu, and other players are all incredibly talented ... but it's time everyone starts celebrating each other instead of acting like enemies. "Just go out and ball," Lieberman said, "Play the game!"
Marc Stein: As we talked about on @DLLS_Mavs, Cooper Flagg is at tonight's Wings/Fever game to cap his first day in Dallas as an official Maverick. Paige Bueckers was selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA about a month before the Mavericks won the NBA lottery. 📷: @MavsFilmRoom
As we talked about on @DLLS_Mavs, Cooper Flagg is at tonight's Wings/Fever game to cap his first day in Dallas as an official Maverick.
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 27, 2025
Paige Bueckers was selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA about a month before the Mavericks won the NBA lottery.
📷: @MavsFilmRoom https://t.co/dHMtsDqvX4 pic.twitter.com/qxKiGZHktK
The crew will be joined throughout the night by Mavs legends Rolando Blackman, Nick Van Exel, Josh Howard and Dallas’ No. 1 pick on the 1981 draft Mark Aguirre. Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers, the No. 1 pick of the 2025 WNBA draft, and more surprise guests will be included throughout the evening.
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Maggie Hendricks: Dallas Wings just announced that Paige Bueckers will miss the next two games because she was placed in the WNBA concussion protocol. That is a bummer. She was getting treatment for a while after the game last night.
The Mavericks have yet to publicly broadcast this position with loud volume, but all the behind-the-scenes whispers continue to suggest that they will refuse to entertain the idea of fielding trade offers for the No. 1 overall pick in the June 25 draft. .... The Mavericks have yet to publicly broadcast this position with loud volume, but all the behind-the-scenes whispers continue to suggest that they will refuse to entertain the idea of fielding trade offers for the No. 1 overall pick in the June 25 draft. It's an opportunity, materialized almost exactly a month after the WNBA's Dallas Wings drafted UConn star Paige Bueckers. that can't be squandered. When I asked a source close to the process last week if the Mavericks trading away the ability to draft Duke phenom Cooper Flagg away would be considered, I was emphatically told: "No chance." "No ... not even for Giannis," said another source briefed on the team's thinking.
WNBA: With the 1st pick of the WNBA Draft, the @DallasWings select Paige Bueckers! 2025 #WNBADraft presented by @Statefarm LIVE on ESPN