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INDIANAPOLIS — As the 2026 WNBA regular season tips off this weekend, sportsbooks are bracing for one of their largest preseason liabilities, and Dallas Wings star Paige Bueckers is at the center of it. Bueckers enters Year 2 with the fifth-shortest WNBA MVP odds at 14-1 on DraftKings Sportsbook, with...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Dallas Wings head coach Jose Fernandez offered an encouraging update on the statuses of Alanna Smith and Aziaha James following Thursday's practice, with both players continuing to work back from injuries two days before Saturday's regular-season opener at the Indiana Fever. "I think they're progressing well," Fernandez...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Arike Ogunbowale could have left the Dallas Wings this offseason. She did not seriously entertain it. The eighth-year guard was eligible for the super max under the WNBA's new collective bargaining agreement but re-signed with Dallas for less in part to help the franchise add Alanna Smith and Jessica Shepard in free agency. Speaking with...

DALLAS — The Dallas Wings' arena situation for the 2027 season came into sharper focus this week, though the franchise has not formally closed the door on its long-stalled Memorial Auditorium project. Wings head coach Jose Fernandez told reporters Thursday that the team intends to play all of its 2027 home...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Arike Ogunbowale plans to play in the Dallas Wings' regular-season opener Saturday at the Indiana Fever after returning to practice Tuesday from a right ankle injury. Ogunbowale missed Dallas's May 3 preseason finale against the Las Vegas Aces at Moody Center in Austin with the injury. The...

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Dallas Wings practiced Tuesday with Awak Kuier and Arike Ogunbowale both available for the first time, marking head coach Jose Fernandez's first chance to run 5-on-5 work with the projected core group on the floor together. Both players spoke with the media after the session. Watch the...

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks held the introductory press conference for new president of basketball operations and alternate governor Masai Ujiri on Tuesday, with the longtime NBA executive addressing local media for the first time since taking the job. Ujiri did not commit to Jason Kidd returning as head coach next...

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks named Masai Ujiri President and Alternate Governor on Sunday, hiring the executive who built the Toronto Raptors' 2019 NBA championship team to lead their basketball operations. Ujiri will oversee roster construction, player personnel, and scouting, and work with team leadership on the franchise's basketball direction,...

AUSTIN — Dallas Wings starting center Alanna Smith exited Sunday's 101-84 preseason win over the Las Vegas Aces with a face injury and did not return after taking an inadvertent elbow from four-time MVP A'ja Wilson that left her mouth bleeding. The Australian big had been the most efficient player...

AUSTIN — The Dallas Wings opened their preseason with a 95-80 win over the Indiana Fever on Thursday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Head coach Jose Fernandez spent his postgame remarks identifying the issues he and his roster need to clean up before Sunday's preseason finale against the Las Vegas Aces at...