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2 weeks ago | desertwavemedia.substack.com | David L. Veenstra

Celeste Taylor is back in Phoenix for her second WNBA season. She returns to the Mercury on a training camp contract she signed in January. Taylor spent much of the WNBA offseason in Australia, playing for the Sydney Flames of the WNBL on a one-year deal. After helping the Sydney Flames to a playoff berth, Taylor suffered a foot injury on Feb. 12 in the Flames’ penultimate regular season game that saw her miss the playoffs.

2 weeks ago | desertwavemedia.substack.com | David L. Veenstra

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1 month ago | desertwavemedia.substack.com | David L. Veenstra

PHOENIX — Combined with her unparalleled on-court greatness and unmatched career accolades, Diana Taurasi partly made a name for herself through her fervid competitiveness and blazing intensity. Over the course of 565 regular season games, there were technical fouls (78 of them to be exact), a handful of ejections and a broken locker room door following Phoenix’s loss to Chicago in the 2021 WNBA Finals.

1 month ago | desertwavemedia.substack.com | David L. Veenstra

PHOENIX — Phoenix Mercury legend Diana Taurasi announced her retirement on Tuesday. The 42-year-old played 20 seasons with the Mercury, the only WNBA franchise she has played for. Desert Wave Media's Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Taurasi, the WNBA’s all-time leading scorer, has 10,646 points to her name and won scoring titles in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

1 month ago | desertwavemedia.substack.com | David L. Veenstra

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