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Just as the Pistons spent the past month learning everything they could about Cade Cunningham, so did the player tabbed nearly universally as the rightful No. 1 pick spend time since the June 22 lottery envisioning himself tugging on a Pistons jersey.
“I love Detroit,” Cunningham, who indeed was drafted No. 1 in Thursday night’s NBA draft, said last week after being hosted by the Pistons for his predraft workout.
“I’ve already been listening to Detroit music way before the draft lottery, any of that stuff. I was already hip to the culture in Detroit. It’s a city that has a lot of things going on. Getting the sports teams rolling again would be huge for the city. If Detroit picks me, that’s the main thing I’m going to try to do is step in and embody the swag that people from Detroit, Michigan walk with.”
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Virginia women’s basketball had past and future representatives on opposite sidelines in Wednesday night’s WNBA All-Star game as current head coach Tina Thompson squared off against Wahoo legend Dawn Staley. Thompson, alongside Lisa Leslie, coached the WNBA All-Stars, while Staley carried out her role as the US Women’s National Team coach.
Thompson has been the head coach of the Cavaliers since 2018, coming to Charlottesville by way of the University of Texas. Her WNBA career is an illustrious one, spanning from 1997 until 2013, and Thompson was the No. 1 overall pick in the inaugural WNBA Draft in 1997. Thompson is a four-time WNBA Champion, winning the title every year from 1997-2000. Her on-the-court performance led to Thompson being selected as a member of the 2018 class of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and she also has two gold medals from the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.
Paige Bueckers honors Black women during ESPYs acceptance speech
The standout freshman point guard used her platform to advocate for equity rather than lauding her own accomplishments
University of Connecticut basketball star
Paige Bueckers took home the hardware for best college athlete in women’s sports at the 2021 ESPYs on Saturday, and used her acceptance speech to highlight and celebrate Black women.
“With the light that I have now as a white woman who leads a Black-led sport and celebrated here, I want to shed a light on Black women,” Bueckers said. “They don’t get the media coverage that they deserve. They’ve given so much to the sport, the community and society as a whole and their value is undeniable.”
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