{"id":146808,"date":"2025-08-15T03:46:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T03:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/146808\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T03:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T03:46:15","slug":"azzi-fudd-and-paige-bueckers-make-appearance-on-close-friends-only-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/146808\/","title":{"rendered":"Azzi Fudd and Paige Bueckers&#8217; make appearance on &#8216;Close Friends Only&#8217; podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"179cc0cf-4aff-5dd9-80cb-c4bbf21c5442\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/womens-college-basketball\/team\/_\/id\/41\/uconn-huskies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UConn Huskies<\/a> star <a data-player-guid=\"343afb44-7a8b-3984-8141-361e8045fdaa\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/womens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4433790\/azzi-fudd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Azzi Fudd<\/a> appeared on Instagram&#8217;s &#8220;Close Friends Only&#8221; podcast with her former college teammate and now-<a data-clubhouse-guid=\"34946ff8-281e-c57d-bb76-37fb1ebe3ec6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/team\/_\/name\/dal\/dallas-wings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Wings<\/a> star <a data-player-guid=\"5d79683b-b6b8-3474-a96f-617daff9251e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/4433730\/paige-bueckers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paige Bueckers<\/a>, and the entertaining moments were plentiful.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/45769903\/paige-bueckers-dallas-wings-azzi-fudd-uconn-huskies-girlfriend\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/r1520671_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/45718859\/dallas-wings-paige-bueckers-uconn-huskies-azzi-fudd-chooses-sneakers-stephen-curry\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/r1517826_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<p>Just under a month ago, Bueckers at long last seemed to officially confirm that she and Fudd have been dating. The national champion backcourt duo bantered together throughout the 12\u00bd-minute conversation, which covered a wide range of topics.<\/p>\n<p>From their favorite WNBA players to when they first felt they connected, here are some of the best moments from Fudd and Bueckers&#8217; appearance on &#8220;Close Friends Only.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/_end_rule.png\" width=\"100%\"\/>Fudd&#8217;s favorite WNBA player probably won&#8217;t surprise you<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Probably Paige Bueckers,&#8221; Fudd said without hesitation when the question was posed. Replying to the same question, Bueckers went with <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"d815e23c-aa3e-3490-d7be-f876d1e30e8a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/team\/_\/name\/min\/minnesota-lynx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Lynx<\/a> star <a data-player-guid=\"3050c42f-4845-9e46-c003-1b0adb4c5e14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/player\/_\/id\/3917450\/napheesa-collier\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Napheesa Collier<\/a> &#8212; after some light teasing from Fudd about the prospect of the Wings guard choosing herself.<\/p>\n<p>Collier also represented Fudd&#8217;s second pick after Bueckers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNVy__jN-Ji\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/><p>\nWhat can one find on Bueckers&#8217; close friends story?<\/p>\n<p>Lots of trolling, apparently. Fudd asked Bueckers what kind of posts make it only to her &#8220;close friends&#8221; story &#8212; a feature of Instagram that allows you to share posts to select followers &#8212; she had a simple answer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would say a lot of trolling posts,&#8221; Bueckers said. &#8220;Where I&#8217;m just clowning stuff that is exclusive to the friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When Fudd responded with &#8220;heavy on the trolling though,&#8221; Bueckers kept things blunt:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I try.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DNV1rbSgroC\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/><p>\nThe connection was instant between the two<\/p>\n<p>The first question asked in the segment&#8217;s introduction was when the pairing realized they would be so close.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Almost kind of immediately,&#8221; Fudd said from an on-court perspective, but noted she thought it took some time for the two to click off the court.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had this on-court chemistry. And you don&#8217;t remember me off the court,&#8221; a bemused Bueckers added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNVqizdNWq9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/><p>\nBueckers clears the air on a common misconception<\/p>\n<p>On the topic of style and fashion, Bueckers was quick to clear up something:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s like a large &#8212; I don&#8217;t want to say a large controversy, but a misunderstanding &#8212; that we share clothes. Azzi takes clothes out of MY closet,&#8221; Bueckers said. &#8220;There&#8217;s never like, Paige took Azzi&#8217;s clothes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fudd didn&#8217;t refute the notion, and says she looks to take inspiration from Buecker&#8217;s feel for fashion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You like to step out of the comfort zone and do bold things,&#8221; Fudd said of Bueckers&#8217; style. &#8220;I hope that that will rub off on me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UConn Huskies star Azzi Fudd appeared on Instagram&#8217;s &#8220;Close Friends Only&#8221; podcast with her former college teammate and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":146809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[62,67,132,68,232],"class_list":{"0":"post-146808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-united-states","10":"tag-unitedstates","11":"tag-us","12":"tag-wnba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115030732699201389","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}