This article was originally published on www.si.com/wnba/wings as WNBA star Paige Bueckers breaks silence on Wings-Lynx trade. Dallas Wings rookie guard Paige Bueckers kept a cheerful attitude upon learning the news that two of her former teammates, DiJoNai Carrington and NaLyssa Smith, would no longer be playing together.

That being said, the WNBA took to social media to share a major announcement about Bueckers on Monday. In their post, the league announced that Bueckers has been named the WNBA Rookie of the Month for the month of July.