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  Paige had been drafted to Dallas after winning a championship with the Huskies, a UConn Alum now

You had graduated UConn in 2016 after their 4-peat championship run and now played for Dallas

The people thought you two would stick together like peanut butter and jelly, but they were wrong

With your quiet and composed attitude and Paige matching it, you guys never just clicked. Besides, you were 32 and Paige was 24.

Too similar, some teammates said. Give it time, another said. But in reality neither of you cared, you were just there to win and go home

But you never won

With coach-man-bun-yoga-instructor and hardly two vets including yourself and Arike, the team was a whopping 1-8

The whole team was anxious, you were stressed, and Paige was trying to help as best she could

One day after a pretty bad loss on the road you were in your hotel room, wearing a comfortable pair of shorts and a hoodie while sitting on your thin hotel bed

There was a sudden knock at your door, you yelled over the TV “it’s open!” And looked up

Behold the person that came through the door was none other than Paige Bueckers herself, carrying some kind of small backpack an wearing slides with an faded sweatsuit *