"Miami’s ready for you": Napheesa Collier Drops Heartfelt Reaction to Paige Bueckers' "last tour" Before Unrivaled Debut

After a Rookie of the Year season, Paige Bueckers is taking her talents to Unrivaled.

On Saturday, the Dallas Wings star posted a series of pictures from her recent outing. In the first picture, she posted a snap of her candid moment with her former teammate, Inȇs Bettencourt, who is now a Gozanga player.

One of the pictures showed her posing with San Antonio Spurs star Stephon Castle. The rest of the compilation showed Bueckers getting her hair colored, a snap of the shootaround and a pose with her UConn teammates.

"Last tour before Miamiiiiiii😝," she wrote in the caption.

Paige Bueckers is perhaps the biggest story before the second season of the Unrivaled tips off in Miami in January. She will debut her Unrivaled career in January next year. With Bueckers sending a big message for the 3x3 league, Napheesa Collier dropped a heartfelt message on the post.

"Miami’s ready for you," Collier wrote.

The post also saw some other known faces in the basketball community commenting on the post. San Antonio Spurs star Stephon Castle, who is a fellow UConn alum of Bueckers, posted a hilarious comment.

"my son right here," he wrote.

Castle and Bueckers made history in their rookie seasons. Castle and Bueckers became the first players from the same school to win NBA and WNBA Rookie of the Year honors.

Paige Bueckers' former UConn teammate, Kamorea Arnold, and her Dallas Wings teammate, Maddy Siegrist, also commented on the post.

"Miss you Boogers 🥹❤️," Arnold commented.

"Worldwide," Siegrist wrote.

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Paige Bueckers' Unrivaled team is elite, featuring Cameron Brink

Paige Bueckers will play for the Breeze BC in the Unrivaled when the tournament begins in January. As the Unrivaled added two more teams (Hive BC being the second) to the original six, Bueckers' addition is set to kick-start the league's ascension amid looming fear of a WNBA lockdown.

Bueckers' team has an elite balance of offense and defense. She will be joined by Cameron Brink, Dominique Malonga, Rickea Jackson, Aari McDonald and Kate Martin on the court when the Unrivaled starts.

While she was still in college, Bueckers had made her commitment to play in the Unrivaled. Last year, Bueckers signed an investment deal in the league, making her an equity partner.

The Unrivaled league's second season will tip off on Jan. 5 in Miami. Moreover, the league also introduced a new change to expand the league's footprint, adding Philadelphia as another spot to conduct a game in January.