Paige Bueckers and Caitlin Clark demonstrated they could emerge as the faces of the WNBA in very short order upon entering the league.
But what if you had to pick between the two?
The draw of Clark -- not to mention her explosive long-range shooting and dynamic playmaking -- makes this choice an easy one for Indiana Fever fans. Clark, the WNBA's Rookie of the Year in 2024, has been credited with bringing many new fans to the Fever and to the WNBA at large. Though she missed much of the 2025 season through injury, Clark led all players in All-Star fan voting and figures to be an MVP candidate if healthy in 2026.
While Bueckers, who won Rookie of the Year in 2025, did not enjoy immediate team success when she entered the W, the consensus remains that she will help the Dallas Wings open up a championship contention window in the near future. Like Indiana in 2024, Dallas chose to hire a new coach for Bueckers entering her second season. While the Fever turned to former Coach of the Year Stephanie White to replace Christie Sides, the Wings have replaced Chris Koclanes with longtime South Florida coach Jose Fernandez -- who has promised that his Dallas team will not be the "same old Wings."
Wings fans rally around Geiselsoder
The point is, a WNBA franchise can't really go wrong picking Clark or Bueckers if it is starting from the ground up.
That said, it is no surprise that Wings center Luisa Geiselsoder would prefer Bueckers as her point guard over Clark.
Germany star Geiselsoder told The Journey that Bueckers was the easy pick in comparison with Clark, which sparked spirited debate on Instagram.
One fan wrote in the comments that Clark is "revolutionizing" women's basketball, and that Bueckers -- an NCAA champion at UConn earlier this year -- lacked Clark's "killer instinct." Geiselsoder promptly addressed that perception.
"Caitlin Clark is definitely and an important part of the revolution in women's basketball. Definitely not the only one tho(ugh)," Geiselsoder wrote. "Paige Bueckers has a 'killer instinct' I can confirm 100% from live experience.:)"
"If Paige had joined the WNBA a year earlier, Caitlin wouldn't be talked about so much," another commenter wrote. "Unfortunately Paige had a major injury."
"Paige the real one! There’s only one Paige Bueckers!" Another said. "Nobody as efficient and consistent as her. Period! I said what I said!"
However, a poster operating under the handle @classicstanglover may have offered the best analysis of all: Bueckers and Clark are unique talents who see the game differently, and comparing them endlessly may well be a collective waste of time.
"I don’t think one is better than the other just different," they wrote. "I think we should all be glad to be able to watch both of them and not pit one against the other."
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