Azzi Fudd out for season after knee surgery
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- Azzi Fudd, the No. 1 pick in this year's WNBA draft, will undergo an arthroscopic procedure on her right knee in Connecticut early next week and miss the rest of the season, the Wings announced Wednesday.
- Fudd last played Aug. 5 and has missed Dallas' past five games; she previously tore the same knee's ACL and meniscus in 2023 and the same ACL and MCL in 2019.
- The rookie averaged 13.1 points, 1.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.7 steals (fifth in the league) and 0.8 blocks over 30 appearances, leading Dallas with a +13.1 net rating.
- Fudd ranks fourth in rookie scoring and first in made 3-pointers among first-year players, and in July became the first rookie in league history to win the WNBA 3-point contest.
- Selected No. 1 after five years at UConn, where she won the 2025 national title and Final Four Most Outstanding Player, Fudd had been largely healthy late in her college career, playing 34 of 40 games her championship season and all 39 the next year.
- The Dallas Wings have already doubled last year's win total but are 2-7 since the All-Star break, sliding to eighth in the standings — currently enough for the final playoff spot.
Why it matters: Dallas loses its leading offensive engine, the player behind a +13.1 team-best net rating, with the postseason approaching. Combined with a 2-7 slide since the All-Star break, Fudd's absence threatens to push the Wings out of the eighth and final playoff position they now occupy.
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