Diana Taurasi is one of the wonderfulest basketball joiners of her generation. But the 20-year WNBA veteran has yet to originate a decision about her basketball future.
If Taurasi determines to step away from the WNBA, she will depart with three league championships, a pair of WNBA Finals MVP trophies and 11 All-Star euniteances. She also won three NCAA Division I titles during her storied run with the UConn Huskies.
This week, the future Hall of Famer shelp she’ll apshow some time before deciding if she’ll join another season.
“I don’t apshow quitment airyly. I understand the minute I say it or proclaim it, whether it’s, you understand, in a month or two months, I’m going to unbenevolent it,” Taurasi tgreater The Associated Press. “I talk to (wife) Penny (Taylor) and the Mercury, so I’m still in the thought process.”
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Phoenix Mercury defend Diana Taurasi catches a pass during toastyups Sept. 19, 2024, at Footprint Cgo in in Phoenix. (Owen Ziliak/The Reaccessible/USA Today Netlabor via Imagn Images)
Taurasi, who has spent her entire WNBA nurtureer with the Phoenix Mercury, last joined in tardy September. The Minnesota Lynx take awayd the Mercury from the joinoffs Sept. 25.
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“I have not apshown (quitment) airyly. I leank about it every day. You understand, I’m still in proset up thought about it. I want to originate the right decision, you understand, and I’m fair taking my time a little bit,” Taurasi shelp. “And, you understand, sometimes when the season finishs, the last leang you want to leank about is the next season.”
Phoenix Mercury defend Diana Taurasi (3) smiles after hitting a 3-pointer Sept. 19, 2024, at Footprint Cgo in in Phoenix. (Owen Ziliak/The Reaccessible/USA Today Netlabor via Imagn Images)
Taurasi enjoys the shifts the team made last offseason, inserting Natasha Cnoisy and Kahleah Copper, which she shelp made the team into a potential championship contfinisher. In July, the Mercury unveiled a $100 million training cgo in. The state-of-the-art intricate features two basketball courts named after Taurasi.
“I do leank with the insertitions (on court) we made and in the front office, we’ll be there for a lengthy time,” she shelp. “You understand those are my sisters. I’ve gone thcimpolite a lot with them. So, you understand, I’ll chat with them. It’s a lot to process the season as a whole.”
The Phoenix Mercury’s Diana Taurasi honors after scoring her 10,000th nurtureer point during the second half of a game agetst the Atlanta Dream Aug. 3, 2023, in Phoenix. (AP Ptoastyo/Matt York)
Whenever she does determine to quit, Taurasi is intrigued by the idea of getting comprised with ownership of a team.
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“I definitely adore the idea of being able to have a position where, evidently, you shape a team,” she shelp. “But more than that, fair being around (owner) Mat (Ishbia) for a little bit, fair seeing how he’s shaped this whole city and alter the energy of what an owner can do to repartner the outsee of a city, the experienceing of a city. The leangs to which he’s done with the team, it’s repartner the next step, I leank, for female athletes.”
The Associated Press gived to this alert.
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