Phoenix Mercury and the legend of the WNBA Diana Taurasi retired from professional basketball after 20 seasons of the WNBA (21 professional years in total).
Taurasi has played for Mercury every year since 2004 apart from a season (2015) during which his Russian Premier League team (Ummc Ekaterinburg) paid Taurasi so as not to lace for Phoenix this season. In its time in the WNBA (all with Mercury), Taurasi won three championships from the WNBA final and two MVP prizes from the WNBA final.
Considered by many as the best player in the history of WNBA, Taurasi has been the subject of congratulations from people in the world of sport via social media. One of the most remarkable was his six -year -old Mercury teammate – the Sophie Cunningham Guard:
Taurasi was named the most useful player in the WNBA in 2009. She is a five -year champion of the WNBA score.
Mat Ishbia, the owner of the Phoenix Mercury for two years now, has shown an immense appreciation for Taurasi on X (formerly Twitter):
Geno Auriemma was the Taurasi head coach in Uconn, where they won three national championships together. Twice winner of the Naismith Prize under Auriemma, Taurasi was again coach by Auriemma for the American Olympic team. They won three gold medals together.
Auriemma had a lot to say about what Taurasi meant for him and the basketball game in general. Uconn’s Instagram for Women’s Basketball published its declaration after retirement:
Taurasi was a selection of the WNBA 14 times. Ten of these selections were first team selections. The guard pulled averages of 42.5 / 36/87 in the shooting divisions and scored 18.8 points per game.
Beyond social media, the big basketballs also had a lot to say after Taurasi’s retirement. The legend of the NBA Lebron James had not only an appreciation of his performance and his career, but noticed that others did the same:
Taurasi began his WNBA trip as a recruit of the year 2004 of the WNBA, a selection of the first All-WBA team and a finalist among the first three for the MVP of the WNBA. She finished her trip to the WNBA, a star with an average of 14.9 points per game.
She spent 21 years at the top of the world basketball scene in the world, and although the world of basketball is sad to see her hang up on her jersey, that will at least go directly to the chevrons.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Basketball icons show the star of Mercury Diana Taurasi Love after retirement
